I personally am proud that Mr. deGrasse Tyson is a black man. We do need men of his intellect and brilliance as an example to young minorities that we can strive to be something other than a music stars and athletes. For this I thank him.
Neil deGrasse Tyson - "OUR COLLECTIVE FREE TIME NEEDS TO SHIFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATION. WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG STUDENT OR FINISHED SCHOOL LONG AGO, GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY WHENEVER YOU CAN AND WORK HARD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS WORLD. EACH INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. EDUCATION IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT REPAYS YOU ENDLESSLY."
funny to see this stuff starting to become sociable and acceptable... before a man would keep most his research / thoughts inside, people are talking... youd think if 80% of the world changed their mission to advancement.. the guys already communicating with space for our technology ect ect wouldnt break or we'd overcome?
Minding my own business, just listening to Neil Tyson while writing a research proposal when he says, that there's an asteroid that has a non-zero probability of hitting Earth.
first reaction: oh god we're all gonna die!!
he continues to say the impact might cause a 1/4 mile tidal wave
I think the only way to stop racism is to stop talking about it. Good you support african americans? Nobody gives a shit. You support whites? Nobody gives a shit? YOu support latins? Nobody gives a shit.
Do you want to be recognized by your achievements and not by your skin color? Then don't even mention peoples skin color. The only way to get rid of racism is to stop talking about it.
@MrWalker1000 Not talking about an issue does not cause an issue to become nonexistent. Elements of racism exists, many times unconsciously, in hearts and minds, and sometimes explicitly in the actions of others. Discussion brings those elements to the surface where they can be addressed and, hopefully, changed.
Tyson explains here how amazing he is for being a black astrophysicist. Meanwhile, I'm thinking how amazing he is for being a BRILLIANT astrophysicist. People, we have to lose this idea that we're different just because our skin color is different. Tyson just set all of humanity back a hundred years with this little shpiel... stick to astrophysics, Tyson. Steer clear of astroracism...
@tpstrat14 You're speaking of Tyson describing the impact of being a black astrophysicist? In order for Tyson to serve as a counter-example to the negative stereotypes of black intellect, it is not sufficient to be brilliant - he also needs to be black. Similarly, in order to inspire the black community in certain ways, it is also significant that he is black. Speaking of these things does not make him an "astroracist"; he's actually speaking of his efforts to combat racism.
@robertholder I define racism as looking at people differently because of their race. I would have respected him a whole lot more if he forgot the color of his skin and never made this speech about how blacks are "supposed to be stupid". Blacks AREN'T supposed to be stupid. It's not amazing at all to me that Tyson is a black astrophysicist. It's amazing to me that he is AN astrophysicist.
Pretty much this and I agree fully. It's amazing how many people dont understand what racism and how it works. People need to stop identifying people from their color. And even Neil came to the stupidity of the mass. Kind of a really stupid point to make really.
@MrWalker1000 There is a South Park episode where the children are asked whether the town flag, which depicts four white people hanging a black person, should be changed. They respond "no, people have killed each other throughout history". At first, the only black man in town is outraged that the white children don't see the significance of the color of the people's skin depicted in the flag. Then he has an epiphany and realizes that it is a truly beautiful thing that children are color-blind.
@tpstrat14 yes but high school is brutal. xD ..and real life? fuggedaboutit! he's just more realistic.. don't cancel him out because of it. but yeah there is one guy who a nit-picky purist like you would admire and that would be ben carson... to me, he is closer to god. x)
@jeaniebaby001 I hate realistic people. It's not a good thing to be "realistic". That's just lazy. We should always be striving to change reality. And you have to have an idea of what reality should be if you want to change.... It's like murdering someone then telling the judge "Well, judge, murders happen. That's just reality". That aint gonna get you off.
@MrWalker1000 Too bad Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks differently. We really need to work AWAY from this kind of separation of races. "I'm black and that's important". Umm... no it's not. Get over yourself. You're nothing more than anyone else just because of the color of your skin.
@tpstrat14 you werent listening to him were you. he was trying to change societies perceptions of black people being lazy on the side of being an astrophysicist
@anessone Agreed. And wouldn't he have done that SOOO much better by just BEING a black astrophysicist instead of talking himself up to the stars. This guy doesn't impress me in the slightest by the color of his skin. He impresses me with his understanding of his field of science.
@anessone RIGHT. I understand that. I understood that SOOOO much better before I heard him talk about how amazing the color of his skin was!!!!!! Sometimes you just have to shut up about how great you are and why you're so great, you know? Tyson doesn't know how to do this....
@tpstrat14 I think that what you have failed to realize is that during the time that Neil was growing up... Skin color made a big difference. It is well worth mentioning those details because what he pursued at that particular time was an unpopular choice; perhaps even frowned upon by his peers. The discussion is about Neil's path to his success and those details are integral to the discussion.
@leespatch There is extensive research done on stereotype threats, particularly about differences in the mathematical performance according to racial/gender conditions. Calling someone who pointed it out a racist is sweeping existing problems under the rug; it never solves anything. The question is how America should approach this problem and how it would ultimately solve it.
so articulate, eloquint and just down right passionate with his ambitions as a scientist. and yet able to seem so average at the same time, like a guy you could go have a beer with. a true dimond amongst the dust............
"Whether or not you can ever become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that.And don't say "Oh, I'll never be good." You can become better. And one day, you'll wake up and find out how good you actually became; having transcended whatever limits you might of thought you couldn't pass." - Neil Degrass Tyson.
@gir908922 totaly right, after all, nomatter where you look on the globe, the same bunch of people, wrapped in slightly differently '''wrapping paper''. if people just started seing humans as inhabitands of the earth and not this and that group, i think we would make great progress in any number of things... creating a better future for the next generations, sharing more and avoiding many wars and conflicts, maybe get off of this planet as we use up its resources... i dont know :)
@gir908922 Hear hear (or is it here here... Sorry I always forget) and thats coming from a white dude :p Neil DeGrass Tyson is such an awesome dude to listen too. I am absolute laymen in his line of work, but he brings the subject with such clearity that I understand it :D
@gir908922 the mentality of having a "black community" is what screws you all. let go of all that stone age bullshit. The religion, the community feel itself, IS the root of the problem.
@Polybun I, myself, have let go of that mentality a long time ago and if I had a nickel for all the self-hate accusations, I'd be richer than the Koch brothers. LOL!
You're still a member of the black community honey. There is a good portion who love metal, and who are atheist and who love The asian shows on adult swim. I know a few! There are black people like that, and so while your part of a smaller portion, your still a member! Black people are as diverse as every other community, if not more.
@dancingwithcalvin There is no black community. It's old bullshit that is doing nothing but keeping racism alive. The more we keep feeding into this crap, the less we have a right to bitch when racism doesn't go away.
@dancingwithcalvin the entire point of an ethnic commune is to discourage diversity! To promote and preseve ethnicity and ethnic identity. It's bullshit.
@Polybun Think about this in a different way. Ethnic enclaves really preserve diversity. Nature diversifies to assure local & eventual global adaptability that promotes survival of the fittest for our common environmental challenges we all face. We are nature's experiment of chance. Let the best man win, or let the best groups win. Let the race begin! ...and in a friendly, respectable & respectful way. None of us knows our genetic fate, so honor us all for our differences.
@Polybun I definitely do not advocate racism in any context of oppression. As with Neil's statements about ethnic pride, color is indifferent in the greatest sense. We have social obligations to respect one another that transcend our differences, yet we should always recognize & respect our differences as sources of strength, both individually & collectively. What that usually has meant is irrelevant to our future as one species, and we must guard against prejudgement.
@SIMKINETICS Choosing to be part of an ethnic community is choosing to be prejudged. That is the entire goddamn point of them. To help tradition survive is always one of their biggest sticklers. Well the biggest tradition of the black community seems to be crime! Either commited unto them or commited by them, crime is it's largest legacy. It's second largest legacy is unfathonable support of religion. There just isn't anything positive in the traditions of african americans.
@Polybun Wow! You have issues, don't you. Do you always miss the point? I'm talking about genetic survival through its diversity, and you're stuck on racist epithets.
@SIMKINETICS genetic diversity through artificial means is no diversity at all. If anything it enourages in breading and discourages genetic diversity. It's still as fake as a hookers smile. Choosing to stay in a community and not breed with the outside community is a lack of diversity both genetic and culturly. preservation is the job of musuems, not society.
What the fuck are you talking about? There are communities of every ethnicity, moron. Blacks wouldn't haven't had to form their own community if they weren't discriminated against and had to look out for themselves, you fucking white denialist. Go read a history book, wanker.
@dancingwithcalvin and all ethnic communes are bullshit. They just propigate racism and in most cases, willing ignorance. Pride in race is moronic at best. Blacks wouldn't be descriminated against if they made an effort to join society. Most don't, most form an ethnic group and try to preserve a set of ideals that lead to violence, poverty, and ignorance.
@gir908922 Black community just hurts my ears. Imagine this: The redhead community, the moustach wearing community, the sneaker community, the jeans wearing community. That's how "black community" sounds to me. There's no such thing.
hahhaha "the moustach wearing community" made me laugh. but seriously, there is a "black community" only because thy had to form their own community because of discrimination. Its still american, no big deal, white borrow from it all the time.
@henkvanderlaak How ridiculous! Redheads don't live together nor do people with moustaches, sneakers or jeans. But you can go to multiple urban areas throughout America and abroad and find communities with black people. Some of which do have moustaches sneakers and jeans.
I understand your sentiment, but over here there's the history of racial tension. There are still many people alive today, who experienced segregation and the civil rights movement that took place here.
I hope that someday we will be completely "post-racial", but we're not all the way there yet.
@henkvanderlaak Unfortunately that is not entirely true. THE black community doesn't exist but black communitiES do. For various historical and cultural reasons some blacks (talking about african-americans in particular) like to bond together and form their own communities to distinguish themselves in some way from the rest of society. It's bollocks and I really dislike it but it's still pretty common.
@henkvanderlaak unless of course alot of black people in a limited area have a community for some reason and you need a word to describe that community.
@henkvanderlaak Hell yes. I always get annoyed when I see news stories talking about schools, who then go on to list the ethnic makeup of the school, as if anyone cares about how it has a 38% hispanic population.
I'm taking journalism and physics just because he made me aware of the need to make science accessible to a wider audience. Dr. Tyson has taught me so much, not just about science or scientific discoveries, but about the communication of scientific ideas. If we had 100 more of him we would not have enough.
i hope the wannabe youtube scientists are listening to him...especially at about an hour in, during the green shirt asian's question...a real scientist should know that they know very little about the universe.. and those that are closed minded and think they know it all, are just fooling themselves..dont pretend you understand much about the universe..youre so quick to mock christians because they pretend they know it all, yet you are the same as them, mindless sheep
clearly neil is a thinking man that is serious about what he does, unlike most profesionals and educators, that are only concerned about one thing, two things, money and comfort
they train people to memorize what their told, its brainwashing...and thats why most college education is worthless, which is why most people that fill jobs are only good at memorizing bullcrap.. and thats why i live in a country of idiots that believe everything their churches, tv, and schools tell them
Neil became an inspiration to me not just because of his brilliance, but because he's also an African American. Being one myself, I can tell you many African Americans tend to only look up to those of their own race. Here in America, that mostly means sports and music. For me I would much rather become like Neil than I would Kobe Bryant, Terrell Owens, Lil' Wayne or anyone else. I wish the young African American community had more encouragement on science. Scientists are the real superstars.
@GravityFoxx It has to be kind of a cool time for you folks-- not only is one of the smartest and most inspiring astrophysicists a black man, not to mention the current leader of the free world (who even his harshest critics will deride as being "too smart"). We've got a way to go-- but that's got to be pretty cool.
@GravityFoxx Well, I'm white as fuck and I love this man. I don't think it should just be the African American community who looks up to this man - it should be everyone. Our role models currently aren't people with big brains. They should be. I can only dream of a world where men as good as Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan are held up and praised as wondrous individuals. Because they are, and they deserve to be.
@GravityFoxx "many african americans tend to only look up to those of their own race" ...Holy shit, did you just openly admit that you're a total racist and get 79 thumbs up for it?? Wow, blacks get away with racism way too much these days. It's understandable what with slavery and everything. But still... come on....
@tpstrat14 Checked your channel, and the comments on it which reveal you're nothing but a troll. I don't feed trolls. I'm frankly surprised you were capable of spelling the word "Astrophysicist" in order to get to this video. In any case, moving right along.
@GravityFoxx Yea, I'm a pretty good speller. But anyways, don't be such a shitty racist person. Look up to anyone that has shown determination, will and hard work, whether they're white or black.
Tyson is a huge inspiration of mine as well...not because of his skin color - something that humans have no say or choice in, but because he's a brilliant human being, and we need more like him.
I could see African-Americans taking a liking to him for that reason, but people need to get past our subtle differences so our species can fucking move on and evolve past these things. It's about time that people opened their eyes and kicked these things out of our psyche.
@666SLAY3R666 1) It's not about being held up by differences. The fact of the matter is that Tyson is African American as am I and neither of us had a choice in the matter. However, Tyson is one of the first African Americans that has become a prevalent voice in this field. Like it or not, that's worth mentioning, and like it or not, it does help inspire other African Americans as it did for myself feel as though they can do it too. It's odd to me when white male's seem to attack the idea
@666SLAY3R666 of a black male being inspired by another black male being the first of his race to do something. What's wrong with that? Should we just not mention or have ever mentioned when an African American is the first of his/her race to do something? Why not?
@666SLAY3R666 What's wrong with you? I'm going to just assume that mean's you don't really have much to contribute to the conversation? I think I kind of laid out why I said what I said originally and your response here was...I'm not sure how to describe it, it sure didn't respond to what I said though. The first sentence doesn't even make grammatical sense...
@GravityFoxx Honestly I've always wondered why people don't get that, that some of today's real superstars are scientists! People need to change their view of science.
@GravityFoxx The reason they only look up to other blacks is because you fucking idiots keep pushing this "black community" rubbish. You are all a bunch of useless racists, and until you fucking losers decide to step out of your stoneage beliefs, no good will come from you.
@Polybun You seem angry. Is there a problem? Congratulations on spelling the word astrophysicist correctly to get to this video, I'm impressed with you so far.
the best, sexiest stand-up astrophysicist ever lol
MrPsychedelic11 2 days ago
I love it when NDT yells. It's exactly the way I yell when trying to make a point. It's not because of anger, but enthusiasm.
UniversalRee 1 week ago
Watch out! we gotta Bad ass over here! :D
Trevion3D 2 weeks ago
He should be.famous.
1extenderpro 2 weeks ago
Neil is a genius in so many ways
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MediumNothinFull 3 weeks ago
i would of liked talking to neil alot more than that guy
MediumNothinFull 3 weeks ago
Dearest of Neil: So dear, so Neil!.. thanks man!!!
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myemailisgrant 3 weeks ago
I personally am proud that Mr. deGrasse Tyson is a black man. We do need men of his intellect and brilliance as an example to young minorities that we can strive to be something other than a music stars and athletes. For this I thank him.
casanovaisagirl1 3 weeks ago
that word....sescrepedallious, or whatever...what's the right spelling?
edgaristtod 3 weeks ago
41:59 wonderful story bro
NewgroundsOwnSBB 1 month ago
Man! Hate mail from third graders must hurt your heart. I feel for the guy.
TomVodkaCollins 1 month ago
This is so much better than what's usually on TV.
divadworld 1 month ago
I AM PROUD TO BE A BLACK MAN BECAUSE OF YOU NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
cheatdath 1 month ago
@cheatdath I'm proud to be a human being because of Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Snarfoidosis 3 weeks ago
@cheatdath Neil will probably tell you that you're a jackass. Being proud of his accomplishments and not your own is stupid.
Nopalesasados 3 weeks ago
This guy is just so awesome... too awesome >>; Im suspicious now.
A801506 1 month ago in playlist Neil deGrasse Tyson
@A801506 Illegal doping... awesome-pills!
basmithtx 1 month ago
@basmithtx haha if there was an illegal drug that makes you entertaining and informative. Id accuse him of taking it.
A801506 1 month ago
WOW Neil Degrasse Tyson WOW. 1 hr 29 mins and I feel like I hadn't had enough :)
srikargottipati 2 months ago
This guy is like Bill Maher crossed with Lawrence Krauss XD
Adamantium9001 2 months ago
@Adamantium9001 Naaahhhhh - Bill Maher isnt good enough!! lol
A801506 1 month ago in playlist Neil deGrasse Tyson
i count ten syllables in dna
superextremelaser 2 months ago 2
'In astrophysics, [Shatneresque pause] we tell it like it is.'
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Neil deGrasse Tyson - "OUR COLLECTIVE FREE TIME NEEDS TO SHIFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATION. WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG STUDENT OR FINISHED SCHOOL LONG AGO, GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY WHENEVER YOU CAN AND WORK HARD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS WORLD. EACH INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. EDUCATION IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT REPAYS YOU ENDLESSLY."
TheLogicalBrain 3 months ago
Dr. Neil Tyson could be a comedian with all the jokes he's always making.
theemusic92 3 months ago 23
@theemusic92
Neil deGrasse Tyson is awesome enough to be whatever he wants. That's why he's a world famous astrophysicist.
PhenomZ 3 months ago 4
@PhenomZ He is not world famous. He should be.
kingda117 3 months ago in playlist Neil deGrasse Tyson
how did i get here?
BeanTownKid97 3 months ago
funny to see this stuff starting to become sociable and acceptable... before a man would keep most his research / thoughts inside, people are talking... youd think if 80% of the world changed their mission to advancement.. the guys already communicating with space for our technology ect ect wouldnt break or we'd overcome?
buzinazz 3 months ago
Minding my own business, just listening to Neil Tyson while writing a research proposal when he says, that there's an asteroid that has a non-zero probability of hitting Earth.
first reaction: oh god we're all gonna die!!
he continues to say the impact might cause a 1/4 mile tidal wave
new reaction: man, I wanna model that system
aeemnrsu 3 months ago
Thomas Cech looks a little like John Malkovich at the start of the video when he is being introduced.
Haizum74 4 months ago
sesquipedalian |ˌseskwəpəˈdālyən|
adjective formal
(of a word) polysyllabic; long : sesquipedalian surnames.
• characterized by long words; long-winded : the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin sesquipedalis ‘a foot and a half long,’ from sesqui- (see sesqui- ) + pes, ped- ‘foot.’
bl8ant 4 months ago
@bl8ant Recursion is fun!
TheScottKirk 3 months ago
i'd love to drink a beer with that guy.
bl8ant 4 months ago
@bl8ant I hate it when people say that
DUBSAC 4 months ago
@DUBSAC let's go drink a beer together and talk about it.
bl8ant 3 months ago
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39:28 appropriate close up of a black man
Bucwildx26 4 months ago
37:20 appropriate close up of a black man
Bucwildx26 4 months ago
Ok folks, hes talkin bout black people, give us some random shots of black people in the audience 0:39:28
Gregorick 4 months ago
The title of this video is stupid...This conversation about his ethnicity is also stupid. That is all.
MARSdaFIFTH 4 months ago
12 people live on Pluto.
MonkeyBoy00000000000 4 months ago
I hope if we ever meet aliens that we allow him to talk to them first instead of the re re's we have in power... maybe then they will let us live.
Muipha 4 months ago
I wish more scientists were as public as him.
Meef1701 5 months ago
If you have a tendency to feel better about yourself because there is a black astrophysicist, you are just a fucking nigger.
Eladox 5 months ago
deoxyribonucleic acid has 10 syllables!
NateKirch 5 months ago
Cam somebody tell me where Neil starts talking about racism?
MrWalker1000 5 months ago
I think the only way to stop racism is to stop talking about it. Good you support african americans? Nobody gives a shit. You support whites? Nobody gives a shit? YOu support latins? Nobody gives a shit.
Do you want to be recognized by your achievements and not by your skin color? Then don't even mention peoples skin color. The only way to get rid of racism is to stop talking about it.
MrWalker1000 5 months ago
@MrWalker1000 Not talking about an issue does not cause an issue to become nonexistent. Elements of racism exists, many times unconsciously, in hearts and minds, and sometimes explicitly in the actions of others. Discussion brings those elements to the surface where they can be addressed and, hopefully, changed.
robertholder 5 months ago
@robertholder
Umm no I dont think you understand the issue hand at all. But it's okay most people dont.
MrWalker1000 5 months ago
Grats to Dr. Tyson for getting to do a modern version of COSMOS on Fox in 2013! Carl Sagan would be proud.
ViperRob42 5 months ago
"What matters more than anything, even more than how smart you are, is how strong and how deep your ambition is"
FaithForLife1990 5 months ago
Tyson explains here how amazing he is for being a black astrophysicist. Meanwhile, I'm thinking how amazing he is for being a BRILLIANT astrophysicist. People, we have to lose this idea that we're different just because our skin color is different. Tyson just set all of humanity back a hundred years with this little shpiel... stick to astrophysics, Tyson. Steer clear of astroracism...
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@tpstrat14 You're speaking of Tyson describing the impact of being a black astrophysicist? In order for Tyson to serve as a counter-example to the negative stereotypes of black intellect, it is not sufficient to be brilliant - he also needs to be black. Similarly, in order to inspire the black community in certain ways, it is also significant that he is black. Speaking of these things does not make him an "astroracist"; he's actually speaking of his efforts to combat racism.
robertholder 5 months ago
@robertholder I define racism as looking at people differently because of their race. I would have respected him a whole lot more if he forgot the color of his skin and never made this speech about how blacks are "supposed to be stupid". Blacks AREN'T supposed to be stupid. It's not amazing at all to me that Tyson is a black astrophysicist. It's amazing to me that he is AN astrophysicist.
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@tpstrat14
Pretty much this and I agree fully. It's amazing how many people dont understand what racism and how it works. People need to stop identifying people from their color. And even Neil came to the stupidity of the mass. Kind of a really stupid point to make really.
MrWalker1000 5 months ago
@MrWalker1000 There is a South Park episode where the children are asked whether the town flag, which depicts four white people hanging a black person, should be changed. They respond "no, people have killed each other throughout history". At first, the only black man in town is outraged that the white children don't see the significance of the color of the people's skin depicted in the flag. Then he has an epiphany and realizes that it is a truly beautiful thing that children are color-blind.
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@tpstrat14 yes but high school is brutal. xD ..and real life? fuggedaboutit! he's just more realistic.. don't cancel him out because of it. but yeah there is one guy who a nit-picky purist like you would admire and that would be ben carson... to me, he is closer to god. x)
jeaniebaby001 5 months ago
@jeaniebaby001 I hate realistic people. It's not a good thing to be "realistic". That's just lazy. We should always be striving to change reality. And you have to have an idea of what reality should be if you want to change.... It's like murdering someone then telling the judge "Well, judge, murders happen. That's just reality". That aint gonna get you off.
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@MrWalker1000 Too bad Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks differently. We really need to work AWAY from this kind of separation of races. "I'm black and that's important". Umm... no it's not. Get over yourself. You're nothing more than anyone else just because of the color of your skin.
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@tpstrat14 you werent listening to him were you. he was trying to change societies perceptions of black people being lazy on the side of being an astrophysicist
anessone 4 months ago
@anessone Agreed. And wouldn't he have done that SOOO much better by just BEING a black astrophysicist instead of talking himself up to the stars. This guy doesn't impress me in the slightest by the color of his skin. He impresses me with his understanding of his field of science.
tpstrat14 4 months ago
@tpstrat14 thats how he wants to impress you. just that in his story he is also playing a role in destroying stereotypes
anessone 4 months ago
@anessone RIGHT. I understand that. I understood that SOOOO much better before I heard him talk about how amazing the color of his skin was!!!!!! Sometimes you just have to shut up about how great you are and why you're so great, you know? Tyson doesn't know how to do this....
tpstrat14 4 months ago
@tpstrat14 I think that what you have failed to realize is that during the time that Neil was growing up... Skin color made a big difference. It is well worth mentioning those details because what he pursued at that particular time was an unpopular choice; perhaps even frowned upon by his peers. The discussion is about Neil's path to his success and those details are integral to the discussion.
ludogogo 5 months ago
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tpstrat14 5 months ago
The interviewing guy on the left, looks like an Isaac Asimov clone
Neueregel 5 months ago
Mars has an atmosphere and storms? Oh Neil...
sodafromyoda 6 months ago
@sodafromyoda ...it does. Carbon Dioxide/some methane. And there are strong wind storms.
murderbunnies 6 months ago
@murderbunnies Hmm
sodafromyoda 6 months ago
@sodafromyoda Maybe you're confusing Mars with the Moon?
xKittyOnTheRocksx 5 months ago
@Deft, That you missed the joke means the joke is on you. Whatever you measure, you will get more of.
leespatch 6 months ago
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leespatch 6 months ago
@GravityFoxx
That's racist.
leespatch 6 months ago
@leespatch There is extensive research done on stereotype threats, particularly about differences in the mathematical performance according to racial/gender conditions. Calling someone who pointed it out a racist is sweeping existing problems under the rug; it never solves anything. The question is how America should approach this problem and how it would ultimately solve it.
DeftCrowMk3 6 months ago
oh man the jokes are great lol
dtrmp4 6 months ago
Why can't I play this video on the iPad?
MiegmaishMenas 6 months ago
I bet Dr. Tyson would be an awesome computer salesman.
CaeserOct 6 months ago
As a Longhorn, sorry we treated you this way, Dr. Tyson!
CaeserOct 6 months ago
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CaeserOct 6 months ago
0:17:24 That face is priceless.
KaslarProductions 6 months ago
Was it just me, or did that first questioner ask something which Neil had been explaining for an hour right before?
spp41 7 months ago
The ones who thumbs down this video live on Pluto
wowamonn 7 months ago
@wowamonn ..they're pissed because it got 'demoted' to dwarf planet status.. ;D
akumabito2008 6 months ago
I love how he keeps touching the Bio prof and he doesn't even mind.
IhasBen 7 months ago 6
@IhasBen hes a chem prof, hell hes a nobel prize winner in chem
notagingerkid 3 months ago
so articulate, eloquint and just down right passionate with his ambitions as a scientist. and yet able to seem so average at the same time, like a guy you could go have a beer with. a true dimond amongst the dust............
williamcrabtree 7 months ago
The guy askin the questions is very annoying. Trying to be funny all the time
iamadamsusername 7 months ago
"Whether or not you can ever become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that.And don't say "Oh, I'll never be good." You can become better. And one day, you'll wake up and find out how good you actually became; having transcended whatever limits you might of thought you couldn't pass." - Neil Degrass Tyson.
DavidsVirtualSelf 7 months ago
I'll be damned if thats not the best looking student audience I've ever seen. Men and women both.
DailyMorningMusic 7 months ago
I want to meet this guy....he, along w/ Michio Kaku, influenced me to want to major in physics.
HybridD91 7 months ago
Is he drunk?
Anawnymous 8 months ago
""Astrophysics? The black community cannot afford the luxury of someone with your intellect to spend it on that subject." That's the exact quote."
It's that type of mentality that screws us up. The black community can use more scientists and the like.
gir908922 8 months ago 41
@gir908922 totaly right, after all, nomatter where you look on the globe, the same bunch of people, wrapped in slightly differently '''wrapping paper''. if people just started seing humans as inhabitands of the earth and not this and that group, i think we would make great progress in any number of things... creating a better future for the next generations, sharing more and avoiding many wars and conflicts, maybe get off of this planet as we use up its resources... i dont know :)
Lindholmer5k 7 months ago
@gir908922 Hear hear (or is it here here... Sorry I always forget) and thats coming from a white dude :p Neil DeGrass Tyson is such an awesome dude to listen too. I am absolute laymen in his line of work, but he brings the subject with such clearity that I understand it :D
toverkleet 4 months ago
@gir908922 the mentality of having a "black community" is what screws you all. let go of all that stone age bullshit. The religion, the community feel itself, IS the root of the problem.
Polybun 4 months ago
@Polybun I, myself, have let go of that mentality a long time ago and if I had a nickel for all the self-hate accusations, I'd be richer than the Koch brothers. LOL!
gir908922 4 months ago
@gir908922
You're still a member of the black community honey. There is a good portion who love metal, and who are atheist and who love The asian shows on adult swim. I know a few! There are black people like that, and so while your part of a smaller portion, your still a member! Black people are as diverse as every other community, if not more.
dancingwithcalvin 4 months ago
@dancingwithcalvin There is no black community. It's old bullshit that is doing nothing but keeping racism alive. The more we keep feeding into this crap, the less we have a right to bitch when racism doesn't go away.
gir908922 4 months ago
@dancingwithcalvin the entire point of an ethnic commune is to discourage diversity! To promote and preseve ethnicity and ethnic identity. It's bullshit.
Polybun 4 months ago
@Polybun Think about this in a different way. Ethnic enclaves really preserve diversity. Nature diversifies to assure local & eventual global adaptability that promotes survival of the fittest for our common environmental challenges we all face. We are nature's experiment of chance. Let the best man win, or let the best groups win. Let the race begin! ...and in a friendly, respectable & respectful way. None of us knows our genetic fate, so honor us all for our differences.
SIMKINETICS 4 months ago in playlist Liked
@SIMKINETICS that "diversity" is as fake as a hookers smile. What it usually means is keeping those people poor, stupid, ignorant, and beat down.
Polybun 4 months ago
@Polybun I definitely do not advocate racism in any context of oppression. As with Neil's statements about ethnic pride, color is indifferent in the greatest sense. We have social obligations to respect one another that transcend our differences, yet we should always recognize & respect our differences as sources of strength, both individually & collectively. What that usually has meant is irrelevant to our future as one species, and we must guard against prejudgement.
SIMKINETICS 4 months ago
@SIMKINETICS Choosing to be part of an ethnic community is choosing to be prejudged. That is the entire goddamn point of them. To help tradition survive is always one of their biggest sticklers. Well the biggest tradition of the black community seems to be crime! Either commited unto them or commited by them, crime is it's largest legacy. It's second largest legacy is unfathonable support of religion. There just isn't anything positive in the traditions of african americans.
Polybun 4 months ago
@Polybun Wow! You have issues, don't you. Do you always miss the point? I'm talking about genetic survival through its diversity, and you're stuck on racist epithets.
SIMKINETICS 4 months ago
@SIMKINETICS genetic diversity through artificial means is no diversity at all. If anything it enourages in breading and discourages genetic diversity. It's still as fake as a hookers smile. Choosing to stay in a community and not breed with the outside community is a lack of diversity both genetic and culturly. preservation is the job of musuems, not society.
Polybun 4 months ago
@Polybun
What the fuck are you talking about? There are communities of every ethnicity, moron. Blacks wouldn't haven't had to form their own community if they weren't discriminated against and had to look out for themselves, you fucking white denialist. Go read a history book, wanker.
dancingwithcalvin 4 months ago
@dancingwithcalvin and all ethnic communes are bullshit. They just propigate racism and in most cases, willing ignorance. Pride in race is moronic at best. Blacks wouldn't be descriminated against if they made an effort to join society. Most don't, most form an ethnic group and try to preserve a set of ideals that lead to violence, poverty, and ignorance.
Polybun 4 months ago
@gir908922 Black community just hurts my ears. Imagine this: The redhead community, the moustach wearing community, the sneaker community, the jeans wearing community. That's how "black community" sounds to me. There's no such thing.
henkvanderlaak 4 months ago 32
@henkvanderlaak Agreed and everytime I try to tell other folks this, they accuse me of being self-hating. :P
gir908922 4 months ago
@henkvanderlaak
hahhaha "the moustach wearing community" made me laugh. but seriously, there is a "black community" only because thy had to form their own community because of discrimination. Its still american, no big deal, white borrow from it all the time.
dancingwithcalvin 4 months ago
@henkvanderlaak How ridiculous! Redheads don't live together nor do people with moustaches, sneakers or jeans. But you can go to multiple urban areas throughout America and abroad and find communities with black people. Some of which do have moustaches sneakers and jeans.
TheCannabisKitchen 2 months ago
I understand your sentiment, but over here there's the history of racial tension. There are still many people alive today, who experienced segregation and the civil rights movement that took place here.
I hope that someday we will be completely "post-racial", but we're not all the way there yet.
basmithtx 1 month ago
@henkvanderlaak i can't remember people being inslaved for wearing sneakers.
emelianenkoo 1 month ago
Stephen Colbert agrees with this comment.
hiroismyhomeboy 1 month ago
@henkvanderlaak Because there aren't towns that are almost all sneakers or jeans-wearing people. But there are with black people, so wake up.
Blurtex33 1 month ago
@henkvanderlaak Unfortunately that is not entirely true. THE black community doesn't exist but black communitiES do. For various historical and cultural reasons some blacks (talking about african-americans in particular) like to bond together and form their own communities to distinguish themselves in some way from the rest of society. It's bollocks and I really dislike it but it's still pretty common.
SubTachyon 1 month ago
@henkvanderlaak You have no right expressing yourself like that about the moustach community!
Jonayofsweden 3 weeks ago
@henkvanderlaak unless of course alot of black people in a limited area have a community for some reason and you need a word to describe that community.
TheAtheologian 1 week ago
@henkvanderlaak Hell yes. I always get annoyed when I see news stories talking about schools, who then go on to list the ethnic makeup of the school, as if anyone cares about how it has a 38% hispanic population.
InvertedHorizon 3 days ago
I love Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's so amazing to listen to.
feralpandy 8 months ago
KNEEL BEFORE NEIL!
Saber10inch 8 months ago
arrogant racist!
Ronyals 8 months ago
I'm taking journalism and physics just because he made me aware of the need to make science accessible to a wider audience. Dr. Tyson has taught me so much, not just about science or scientific discoveries, but about the communication of scientific ideas. If we had 100 more of him we would not have enough.
ejenglin 8 months ago
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R2rGangstaFC 8 months ago
Is Tyson rapporting astrophysical mechanics with a classroom while slightly tipsy? Awesome! :D
BlueMaxx86 9 months ago
Use Google Image to type in "sexiest astrophysicist" and you'll find a picture of Tyson sitting sexily on a loveseat couch. Made my day.
BlueMaxx86 9 months ago
I learned, like, six highly scientific things watching this. I actually wanted it to be longer!
Friartuck2 9 months ago 6
...fuck pluto.
crocswsocks 9 months ago 3
How many glass of wine did Neil consume before this lecture?
hankaaron1961 9 months ago
@hankaaron1961 What are you talking about? The man is genuinely excited about science.
Cegal3 9 months ago
Oh man why do they keep turning the camera on that ugly audience
CitizenOfCosmos 9 months ago
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crocswsocks 9 months ago
@crocswsocks I disagree.
roblescg 9 months ago
How are there 11 dislikes? Must all be from his grad school adviser.
mleonsmith 9 months ago
i hope the wannabe youtube scientists are listening to him...especially at about an hour in, during the green shirt asian's question...a real scientist should know that they know very little about the universe.. and those that are closed minded and think they know it all, are just fooling themselves..dont pretend you understand much about the universe..youre so quick to mock christians because they pretend they know it all, yet you are the same as them, mindless sheep
longfootbuddy 9 months ago
and social status
longfootbuddy 9 months ago
clearly neil is a thinking man that is serious about what he does, unlike most profesionals and educators, that are only concerned about one thing, two things, money and comfort
longfootbuddy 9 months ago
@longfootbuddy indeed
FIGHTFANNERD3 9 months ago
oh, and their shitty government
longfootbuddy 9 months ago
they train people to memorize what their told, its brainwashing...and thats why most college education is worthless, which is why most people that fill jobs are only good at memorizing bullcrap.. and thats why i live in a country of idiots that believe everything their churches, tv, and schools tell them
longfootbuddy 9 months ago
Neil became an inspiration to me not just because of his brilliance, but because he's also an African American. Being one myself, I can tell you many African Americans tend to only look up to those of their own race. Here in America, that mostly means sports and music. For me I would much rather become like Neil than I would Kobe Bryant, Terrell Owens, Lil' Wayne or anyone else. I wish the young African American community had more encouragement on science. Scientists are the real superstars.
GravityFoxx 10 months ago 115
@GravityFoxx I couldn't agree more, we need more Neil Tysons in the world. A true role model.
MrDRW88 9 months ago
@GravityFoxx same here.
mike7743 9 months ago
@GravityFoxx It has to be kind of a cool time for you folks-- not only is one of the smartest and most inspiring astrophysicists a black man, not to mention the current leader of the free world (who even his harshest critics will deride as being "too smart"). We've got a way to go-- but that's got to be pretty cool.
cholerymorbilus 7 months ago
@GravityFoxx i totally agree!!!!!!!
sutfinmikes 7 months ago
@GravityFoxx Bravo brother bravo!!!!
simbakafiri 6 months ago
@GravityFoxx :)
CarlSagan6 6 months ago in playlist Neil deGrasse Tyson
@GravityFoxx Hey good for you man. I hope you achieve your dreams and make a great discovery.
starcraftplayerone 6 months ago
@GravityFoxx Well, I'm white as fuck and I love this man. I don't think it should just be the African American community who looks up to this man - it should be everyone. Our role models currently aren't people with big brains. They should be. I can only dream of a world where men as good as Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan are held up and praised as wondrous individuals. Because they are, and they deserve to be.
NikTheJew 5 months ago 30
@GravityFoxx That is a monumental task because African American Atheists/Agnostics are super rare.
iz2sicc 5 months ago in playlist Neil deGrasse Tyson
@iz2sicc I happen to be an African American Atheist.
GravityFoxx 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx I could not agree with you more.
DElvizPresley 5 months ago
What you say is really encouraging.
focl2003 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx "many african americans tend to only look up to those of their own race" ...Holy shit, did you just openly admit that you're a total racist and get 79 thumbs up for it?? Wow, blacks get away with racism way too much these days. It's understandable what with slavery and everything. But still... come on....
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@tpstrat14 Checked your channel, and the comments on it which reveal you're nothing but a troll. I don't feed trolls. I'm frankly surprised you were capable of spelling the word "Astrophysicist" in order to get to this video. In any case, moving right along.
GravityFoxx 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx Yea, I'm a pretty good speller. But anyways, don't be such a shitty racist person. Look up to anyone that has shown determination, will and hard work, whether they're white or black.
tpstrat14 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx
Tyson is a huge inspiration of mine as well...not because of his skin color - something that humans have no say or choice in, but because he's a brilliant human being, and we need more like him.
I could see African-Americans taking a liking to him for that reason, but people need to get past our subtle differences so our species can fucking move on and evolve past these things. It's about time that people opened their eyes and kicked these things out of our psyche.
666SLAY3R666 5 months ago
@666SLAY3R666 1) It's not about being held up by differences. The fact of the matter is that Tyson is African American as am I and neither of us had a choice in the matter. However, Tyson is one of the first African Americans that has become a prevalent voice in this field. Like it or not, that's worth mentioning, and like it or not, it does help inspire other African Americans as it did for myself feel as though they can do it too. It's odd to me when white male's seem to attack the idea
GravityFoxx 5 months ago
@666SLAY3R666 of a black male being inspired by another black male being the first of his race to do something. What's wrong with that? Should we just not mention or have ever mentioned when an African American is the first of his/her race to do something? Why not?
GravityFoxx 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx
He's the FIRST HUMAN Astrophysicists?
He's a brilliant person who has contributed immensely to the world of Astrophysics.
666SLAY3R666 5 months ago
@666SLAY3R666 What's wrong with you? I'm going to just assume that mean's you don't really have much to contribute to the conversation? I think I kind of laid out why I said what I said originally and your response here was...I'm not sure how to describe it, it sure didn't respond to what I said though. The first sentence doesn't even make grammatical sense...
GravityFoxx 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx I think we could all use more people like Neil to look up to, he's an amazing example of the potential for humanity.
TBayM 5 months ago
@GravityFoxx Honestly I've always wondered why people don't get that, that some of today's real superstars are scientists! People need to change their view of science.
Hayacafrita 4 months ago
Responder a este vídeo... 37:00 Great epiphany
Hayacafrita 4 months ago
@GravityFoxx The reason they only look up to other blacks is because you fucking idiots keep pushing this "black community" rubbish. You are all a bunch of useless racists, and until you fucking losers decide to step out of your stoneage beliefs, no good will come from you.
Polybun 4 months ago
@Polybun You seem angry. Is there a problem? Congratulations on spelling the word astrophysicist correctly to get to this video, I'm impressed with you so far.
GravityFoxx 4 months ago
@GravityFoxx yiff in hell furfag
Polybun 4 months ago
Dr. Neil is a brilliant speaker.
defect530 10 months ago
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defect530 10 months ago
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Yes, if I HAD to rub my taint on someone's face Dr. dGT would be on the short list.
amsterdon2010 10 months ago
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Yes, if I HAD to rub my taint on someone's face Dr. dGT would be on the short list.
amsterdon2010 10 months ago
Yes, if I HAD to rub my taint on someone's forehead Dr. dGT would be on the short list.
amsterdon2010 10 months ago
43:45 Worst...joke...ever.
ligyro 10 months ago
@ligyro Oh, jeez, you're right... Ugh...
onlynameithoughtof 10 months ago
brain transplant Neil's brain in President Obama's body and solve some problems for a few years then reverse it
dalton696 10 months ago