10 Questions for Neil deGrasse Tyson

[fleischpudding]

I is a physicist!

[YouAreABunghole]

This man does not need Old Spice for Swagger.

[UberTankred]

if this motherfucking physicist moderates the new motherfucking cosmos i'm gonna watch the hell out of it! he has that same passion in his voice when he talks about science like good old carl sagan!

[sageSPH]

No love for Leonardo da Vinci the "painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer?" I always believed him to be the most brilliant person ever. Shakespeare is up there for me as well.

[EeekZombies]

we are stardust; this is beautiful, evocative poetry.

[lewisner]

It is ironic that NDT is an astrophysicist and has a brain the size of a planet.

[akemimeka]

- if you could meet and talk to any scientist, who've ever lived, who woul-

- ISAAC NEWTON.

[Masterpro2012]

acaso las ciencias naturales son las únicas ciencias?

[AndyDOHD1]

Just one awesome presenter of science. Such enthusiasm should be bottled and fed to our children to inspire their lovve of science.

[RafaelloCraiova]

it is such a joy to listen to Neil ! I get the same warm feeling that i get from listening to Carl Sagan.

[browjosd]

I love this just watching this guy talk. He makes me excited about Calculus.

[cronopioman]

“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” --Isaac Newton

[jarryto]

Yo pensé que el del "ay si, ay si" sería más divertido jejejejeje



[ReaverStone]

"He invented CALCULUS." There was enough of wonder in that statement to make a person loose the small self consciousness you have and make you laugh.

[WeThePeopleVStheNWO]

I'm RACIST for criticizing Obama.

TERRORIST because I'm not with Bush.

ANTISEMITIC for not supporting Rothschild Zionism.

TEABAGGER for supporting the Constitution.

TRUTH-ER for asking unanswered questions.

TRAITOR for whistle-blowing on my corrupt Government.

CONSPIRACY THEORIST for presenting documented facts.

TROLL for uploading news, videos, quotes and U.S.Atrocities.

ANTI-AMERICAN for supporting Constitutionalists like Dr. Ron Paul.

RON PAUL 2012!

[technatezin]

@WeThePeopleVStheNWO youtube[dot]com / watch?v=SSJFbOfA4SE

[AcruxSolus]

@WeThePeopleVStheNWO Nope. Just an idiot.

[jonstephen1]

@WeThePeopleVStheNWO you arent any of those things, and nobody really throws those words around as lightly as you suggest, but you are a loser for posting that on a video that has nothing to do with politics.

[SeoulSon51]

@WeThePeopleVStheNWO If you do these things and they are all justifiable and genuinely guided by the will to improve things, then you are none of the aforementioned labels. You are a true American.

[umidontno040394]

lol the square root of a porkchop.

[chuo1737]

Ay si Ay sii estoy buscando el videoo donde dices AY si gran vaina

[Honor261]

we've got a badass over here

[84Juliet84]

Neil Degrasse Tyson is my Issac Newton.

[dabukkares]

ay si gran vaina estoy viendo tu video

[420simpson]

I love neil degrasse tyson.

[pengy44]

This guy is so epic! He goes into such a level of detail that gives me goosebump!

[JillmanVideo]

This man could hold a lecture about the inner workings of a broomhandle and make it the most interesting thing you have ever heard. He's an amazing speaker.

[therealjammit]

@JillmanVideo You really missed out on the broom handle lecture. Epic.

[gregboader]

so glad he includes engineering alongside science. Heads high boys heads high

[x2thay]

The sheer enthusiasm this guy talks about science is just so compelling...

[kingofthering24]

mind=blasted.

Man crushed = developed

[TorxT3D]

goosebumps. man crush.

[MarsIsAngry]

I am dumb.

[obadets3]

CAPS LOCK DO I GET THUMBS NOW?

[mydogeatsfaces]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is my hero.

[Mickayeel11]

Dr Tyson would be my first pick if I had to nominate someone to speak for Earth, if we ever made contact with an Alien Civilization.

[felipetoniolo]

1:07 badass over here

[slapthelip]

jesus christ he just blew my mind

[MrSuperZangief]

Isaac newton, do not ask me question like this, or I will invent mathematics that will ruin your children school time.

[Redeemedsinner17]

if Neil deGrasse asked

I'd let him lul me to sleep while explaining the universe ... d'awwh :3

[DomestikMC]

"At what temperature does the number 7 melt? What's the square root of a pork chop?" The reporter laughed at this, and many scientists scoffed, but one man listened. One man heard these questions and was intrigued by them. That man was Herman Cain.

[somberlight]

@DomestikMC too bad he didnt understand a damn thing.

[MrMetalFingers]

watch out , we got a badass over here

[TheExopolitics]

such a brilliant man.

[markedwardindc]

Isaac Newton may be the smartest scientist who ever lived, but Neil Tyson is the cutest!!!!!!

[LopezAdr]

Watchout!

[TheArcadianFlame]

Nikolas Tesla>Isaac Newton

but only by an inch.

[saphira2111]

@TheArcadianFlame It would be nice if you spelled Nikola Tesla correct, since you are such a huge fan.

[TheArcadianFlame]

@saphira2111 just put an s by accident relax

[ProseCombats]

@TheArcadianFlame Defend your ridiculous claim!

[CrissBlackHawk]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the coolest scientists ever.

[Fenomenoe9]

get reall lol keep denying it u idiots.

[roushfann]

i just got lost in the moustache

[abasslinelow]

He's a complete fucking bad ass.

[Fenomenoe9]

the big bang is a bullshit theory god created everything u dumbass

[rangerbylaw]

@Fenomenoe9 lol

[pololopo23]

@Fenomenoe9 uhhuh And Santa designed it before God created it.

[m1che1]

@Fenomenoe9

LOL TROLL

[mjfraser04]

@Fenomenoe9 hahahahahahahhahahhahahahhahah­ahahhahahhahahaha...wait....HA­HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH­AHA!!!

[TomVodkaCollins]

@Fenomenoe9 LMAO Great joke.

[PaladinHero]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is such an explosive inspiration. I honestly can't fathom why anyone would dislike any of his videos.

[Awzomk]

such a great guy:D

[ilackedtheheart]

This guy is my hero. I wasn't around back when Carl Sagan was doing a good majority of his work, and I wasn't able to appreciate his body of work until his untimely passing, but I'm glad we still have people like him who are so interested in science, and is able to pass that passion on to other people.

I would love to see him give a lecture, or even have the opportunity to thank him for helping popularize science and skepticism.

[supremeDiamonds]

Watchout we gotta badass here

[my89tube]

This guy is amazing. He needs to start cloning himself and putting a version of himself at every university in the world.

[DarKnightofCydonia]

This guy is amazing. Does he do documentaries? He'd be like the David Attenborough of science documentaries

[ilackedtheheart]

@DarKnightofCydonia He's going to be doing a reboot of Cosmos. It should air this upcoming spring. I can't wait!

[vicksoma]

@ilackedtheheart hate to bring bad news but i think Cosmos will be coming out in spring 2013. For some reason he has said 2012 a couple times but he recently gave a talk where he said they are currently script writing and will go into production in late 2012 so it can come out in spring 2013.

[whorebucks]

where the 10 questions. wtf

[abraves119]

"Then he turned 26" haha

[Fitzit87]

Brilliant man. 

[234jrtjsoejt4jty0]

1:08 watch out , we're dealing with a badass over here

[Niflrog]

"Watch out, we got a badass over here!"

Lol.

I agree, Isaac Newton.

[lordtenrai]

I felt shiver running down my spine when he said "Isaac Newton" lol

[RedSkyNord]

I like his philosophy on the importance of science. Very well put.

[gayfishby]

Sexiest man alive.

[xlr8rkid98]

I basically want to fuck Isaac Newton right now.

[sonny123ification]

ww0j321 if christianity didnt exsist wene aristotle was a live he must be over 2000 years old lol

[MrArchiteuthys]

@sonny123ification Well considering he died in 322 BC (That would be 322 years before the birth of christ) that's correct.

Your derp is showing.

[jaycabralesmusic]

Chuck Norris doesnt have any atoms in his body , Atoms has Chuck Norris inside of them.

[jaycabralesmusic]

NEIL MUST BE DUHHH TO THOSE 49 PEOPLE WHO DISLIKED THIS.

[gorillazfan3]

I wonder how he deals with badasses....

[sundayraver]

Tyson is a legend!!

[longtail4711]

If only all of us could have this much fun and passion in our daily work. I just love watching him light up when he speaks. Neil Tyson is my hero. :)

[MyLifeDean]

It blows my mind when I think that I have the worlds population, and more... inside my ballsack. I am that powerful. (This isn't vulgar, and it is true)

[zosoyoung]

THEN HE TURNED 26.

[GhostFerret3000]

Such an eloquent, intelligent human being.

[Vennificus]

CURRENTLY ON REDDIT DOING AMA

[TaffyRaphie]

@Vennificus AND AGAIN

[SuiCideTheCrazyOne]

@Vennificus BITCH Y U LIE

[Zisaar]

@SuiCideTheCrazyOne Y U NO SEE COMMENT A MONTH OLD

[SuiCideTheCrazyOne]

@Zisaar I SEARCHED AMA, IT AINT THERE

[Zisaar]

@SuiCideTheCrazyOne redditDOTcom/r/IAmA/comments/m­ateq/i_am_neil_degrasse_tyson_­ama/ THERE YOU GO

[Vennificus]

@SuiCideTheCrazyOne I no lie, you slow

[tompaste]

i love the way this guy talks

[camgan1]

This guy is the science equivalent of a precher

[JeffreyOKay]

@CleverAndHandsome I've read a lot of what Aristotle wrote, along with Nietzche, Plato, and many other philosophers, but my vote still holds with Newton, because he created some of the most advanced maths we've ever seen.

[MrBR420]

he's right... the universe is in each of us. that's a profound thought to ponder.

we are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

[sonny123ification]

aristotle was also a very clever christian so much praise to my christian brother

[wetone1962]

I love this guy; he is so fascinating to listen to. Also the way he can articulate how he explains things, allows you to see what it is he is trying to convey.

[iFhernd]

Impressive!

[sonny123ification]

i would like all on here to follow sir issac newton the very clever christian to become christians and be as clever as newton god bless you all amen

[JFri4321]

@sonny123ification

It is VERY unclear what Newton thought of religion as a whole, not just Christianity. He was more an agnostic than a Christian. That's like saying Darwin had a death bed revelation to the Christian god, which is terribly untrue.

[ninjajesus81]

@JFri4321 He may not have agreed with the church on certain issues, but he was definitely religious.

He probably could have done a lot more in science had he not wasted his time writing and thinking about religion so much.

[sonny123ification]

sir issac newton was a very clever christian amen

[PeacefulHobbit]

@sonny123ification not a big surprise for a person who lived on the XVII and XVIII centuries

[xyoop]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is the coolest scientist

[sonny123ification]

GOD CREATED SIR ISSAC NEWTON AMEN

[PixelSlayer247]

@sonny123ification Fuck you.

[Salladsdressing]

@sonny123ification No, his parents did by an act of sexual intercourse

[emperor262626]

@sonny123ification you´re crazy

[ihatecandy01]

omg, he did all that b4 he turned 26! dam wtf does the average american achieve before hes 26? reach lvl 85 in wow? own in call of duty? (O_O)? lol

[gatorbroe]

holy shit this makes me want to watch a documentary on sir isaac newton

[fissionemblem1]

I think I had an orgasm when he was talking about how we're all stardust ....

[dallasluce]

@fissionemblem1 Same

[beastroaf]

@fissionemblem1  - i think he did too! lol

[TomVodkaCollins]

@fissionemblem1 It's his body language and speech patterns. Makes my lady-parts all tingly every time I hear it.

[abarbar06]

I agree, isaac newton. fucking brilliant

[Litterboxer529]

I love this guy.

[MoonTribe]

@Litterboxer529 Agree.

[interludez84a4]

He's a genius!

[Jstrick9]

And THEN he turned 26.

[angrygrunt]

sir isaac newton for president 2012

[accd1d]

Newton is the man, totally agree with Tyson.

[harveydents]

f the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist. All I tell them is, invite me some other month and I’ll be happy to give a talk.----Dr. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON to NAACP and TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

[Kruezoraxe]

@harveydents Is that true? if so, he is truly my hero

[harveydents]

f the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist. All I tell them is, invite me some other month and I’ll be happy to give a talk.-----DR. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON TO the NAACP and TEMPLE UNIVERSITY when they asked him to speak for black history month

[harveydents]

f the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist. All I tell them is, invite me some other month and I’ll be happy to give a talk.

[harveydents]

I love how TEMPLE UNIVERSITY and the NAACP invited him to speak for BLACK HISTORY MONTH...and the CLASS ACT that TYSON is...he said...if you are picking me to speak just on BLACK HISTORY MONTH because of the colour of my skin...than i am not doing a good job asa physicist I guess!

[BlockisticStudios]

He's so passionate about his work. I love that.

[Dantheon]

When the interviewer asked him what was the most astounding fact about the Universe my first thought was that the atoms in every persons body and the atoms that comprise everything I see were formed in a Star at one point. Then Neil said the exact same thing. Haha I was surprised.

[skepticlogician]

(...wait for it, ...wait for it...) .... THEN HE TURNED 26!!

LOOOOOOOOL!!!!

Amazing and humbling...

[TravisVadon]

Damn, now I have to read everything Newton wrote and not just the cliff notes lol. Having an addiction to learning is a catch 22. On the one hand, the addiction is like slowly but thrillingly unwrapping the universe like a giant gift of knowledge, but on the other hand you become egotistical, especially when compared to the average uninterested masses:(

[british123able]

people just dont give issac the credit he deserves because he was british, every single country in the world hates britain. and always trys to deflect the good things that come out of it. i learnt that a few years ago.

[KinaNafasi]

I totally love this man! If there was such a thing as a comedic scientist he'd be King hands down lol.

[donovn1]

Thanks so much for posting that.

[Elsoddo]

The word "Awesome" is not awesome enough to describe what Neil deGrasse Tyson is.

[osubuckeyes459]

That was not 10 questions! :(

[iPriestHolmes]

A world of scientists > A world of religions

I couldn't imagine how far this world would be if the bible was never written.

[DeinosDinos]

@iPriestHolmes Some other collection of bloodthirsty and depraved stories would be collected into a sort of Holy Book which the majority never read and considers sacred. I think what you meant was "I can't imagine how far this world would be by now had we not all been overly religious for the past 2,000 years." and I believe the answer to that is "To infinity and beyond!"

[tokyowaed]

Imagine that instead of billions of religious people, we have billions of scientist. Imagine instead of thousands of churches and mosque, we have science facilities and space research facilities. Imagine instead of spending billions and billions of dollars on military weapons and wars, we spend that money on science, understanding the universe and advanced medicine. The human mind is greater then this and only a few people in the world seem to understand that.

[Jerphun]

@tokyowaed If only, It that than we would have self lacing shoes and hoverboards.

[Nerdovich]

I wonder if deGrasse has ever visited Grantham? They have a shopping centre dedicated to Newton. Any ideas what it's called?

[sirukinx]

I'd definitely agree. Isaac Newton is a giant in science.

[NamelessBlaze]

Still haven't forgiven him for what he did to Pluto!

[buffboynick]

Tyson is an idiot.

I also say another idiot (Richard Dawkins) own Tyson in a debate on here lol

[mikeyseverson]

@buffboynick Intresting, what makes him an idiot?

[solitaryman098]

@buffboynick Why do you think he's an idiot? I trust you have a reasonable explanation?

[darisdawn]

@buffboynick I suspect you say Tyson is an idiot because the scientific insight he shares threaten your limited, unquestioning beliefs in dogma.

[itsanawesomeguy]

ahh i love this guy...he has the same raging passion that i think everyone here has...but he's expressing it for us...awesome dude

[Erufailon42]

Newton is overrated

[wardy2294]

@Erufailon42 I'd say you're over rated, but i'm sure most people already think your a dick.

[Erufailon42]

@wardy2294 Ouch. I guess all my friends secretly loathe me for thinking that Newton is overrated in mainstream society. Now that you mention it, many of them have been giving me the finger when they thought I wasn't looking.

[SagesOfSeraphim]

@Erufailon42 Overrated might be strong. Although it is true that many of his ideas have become invalid due to Einsteins replacing of Newtonian physics with the theory of relativity and that ideas like gravity and motion had been around for some time and philosophically proven (mostly by Aristotle), but Newton came around with that philosophical mind and constructed a scientific and mathematical model to back it up which made him so special. Newton was the first to put science on the map

[Erufailon42]

@SagesOfSeraphim I agree. I'll change my statement. Newton is glorified. He takes a lot of space in the "modern mind" that could have been filled up by other scientists who were active at the time, and some of them he deliberately pushed aside. Like Galileo is sometimes credited for inventing the telescope, proving the heliocentric theory, discovering that the world is round, and many other anectodes that are not true. The same is true for Newton. That said, they were both brilliant people.

[ZZzzzzzWhat]

For me is the -down to earth humor- that makes Neil deGrasse Tyson charismatic.

★★★★★ to the 3rd answer, powerful and true.

[fukyous]

I wish I could be as happy as him.

[Stickalas]

"If you could meet, and talk with any scientist who has ever lived, who would it be and wh"... "ISAACNEWTON"!

Just like a kid :D

[11KieranTobin11]

Super Mason 

[nilbud]

@11KieranTobin11 Cracker

[powderyorgan]

Ask him does he neil on de grass

[itsanawesomeguy]

@powderyorgan LFMAOAOOO

[JCmultiverse]

I was disappointed with his answer to "what is the most astounding fact about the universe"....I was expecting an answer like " why is there something rather than nothing?"...but I suppose he's just an astro physicist rather than a theoretical physicist

[aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy]

@JCmultiverse yeah that's the question that amazes me too. i LOVE astronomy and the fact that we are made of star stuff is mind blowing. but the question of - why something, instead of nothing? - really throws me for a loop.

[JCmultiverse]

@aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy great..!!!.. Stephen Hawking wrote this I recall.. as the most profound question he could ask ...I categorise myself as a Roman Catholic a-theist ( a non subscriber to the little god) but a subscriber to the BIG GOD.. that ultimate mystery .. and I pray as well

[aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy]

@JCmultiverse yes i believe it was Stephen Hawking. very interesting religious views you have!

[JCmultiverse]

@aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy thanks ..I also have to admit that my forefathers and mothers brainwashed me with Roman Catholicism... right out of the womb and DNA I suspect... I also have to admit that it has done a lot of good .. and possibly saved me at my lowest ebbs....I'm praying for beings from more advanced civilisations come to rescue us from our ills .. our silly little microscopic egos on planet earth...but keep our sex drive.. most of us would hate to lose that I suspect..just bring abundance

[CarnivorousBiped]

@JCmultiverse Would you please tell me where that Stephen Hawking quote came from, I have googled, binged and yahooed to no avail. What stands out in my searches is how Hawking used god as a metaphor and is in fact atheist. The impression he is an atheist is clear in his latest book "The Grand Design"

[JCmultiverse]

@CarnivorousBiped I think I have the book on my shelf at home....I'm traveling this week.. I recall it is in the first chapter or introduction,, where he says the most profound question is ""Why is there something rather than nothing"""....for me that question must contain a pointer to a deeper or more enlightening question.. and in regards to the GOD question.. I class myself as an a-theist but I humbly accept that there is a BIG GOD (the ultimate mystery).. a-theist like Voltaire was

[JCmultiverse]

@CarnivorousBiped Voltaire did not subscribe to the little god of the priests.. nor does Richard Dawkins, Hitchens or Bill Maher.. but if you dig deeper with these professed a-theists and ask them to define their GOD.. they fall apart because all they are capable of is spectator critiques of Islam and Judaeo-christian practices and rituals... plus a smattering of spagetti monsters.. I'm waitng for some alien or smart kid from Cambridge or Princeton to come up with a better question than Hawking

[CarnivorousBiped]

@JCmultiverse Voltaire, Spinoza, Einstein, and yes, Hawking did/do not believe in the religious version of god (little god) Their big god was the science of nature and natural philosophy. If they claimed the existance of a god, it was not a personal god.

I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings. (Albert Einstein)

[JCmultiverse]

@CarnivorousBiped hey for me .. that's too limiting.. science, mathematics etc are all to belittling for the BIG GOD...we anthropocentric little beings caught in this material space-time have no friggin idea..,,but Im optimistic that some kid will be greater than Einstein et al.. and bring us closer to the quest....many suggest that the "future" will surprise us..I'm excited and hopeful that the aliens will save us from our little space time miseries..our little egos..and bring us abundance

[haydenh13]

... and THEN he turned 26.

[zyxek]

"He invented calculus!" I love this guy.

[zkvattram]

I got goosebumps from the whole star thing