Neil Degrasse Tyson - Stupid Design

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia.

Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.

In 2001, Tyson was appointed by President Bush to serve on a 12-member commission that studied the Future of the US Aerospace Industry. The final report was published in 2002 and contained recommendations (for Congress and for the major agencies of the government) that would promote a thriving future of transportation, space exploration, and national security.

In 2004, Tyson was once again appointed by President Bush to serve on a 9-member commission on the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy, dubbed the "Moon, Mars, and Beyond" commission. This group navigated a path by which the new space vision can become a successful part of the American agenda. And in 2006, the head of NASA appointed Tyson to serve on its prestigious Advisory Council, which will help guide NASA through its perennial need to fit its ambitious vision into its restricted budget.

In addition to dozens of professional publications, Dr. Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public. He is a monthly essayist for Natural History magazine under the title "Universe." And among Tyson's nine books is his memoir The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist; and Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, co-written with Donald Goldsmith. Origins is the companion book to the PBS-NOVA 4-part mini-series Origins, in which Tyson serves as on-camera host. The program premiered on September 28 and 29, 2004. And beginning in the fall of 2006, Tyson appears as the on-camera host of PBS-NOVA's spinoff program NOVA ScienceNow, which is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.

Tyson's latest two books are the playful and informative Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto's planetary status.

Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson". On the lighter side, Tyson was voted "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" by People Magazine in 2000.

Tyson is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. Tyson lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

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[evilwatermelon]

3:11 aborted feces cracked me up.

[SD G]

says the ignorant dummy with a confederate flag on his profile pic. good to see that Arkansas 'edumcation' paying off for ya.

[Venon Smithjr]

perfection can display imperfection , and the resulting outcome can still lead to a perfect state of existence while living through an imperfect state to learn how appreciative one should be of a perfect state, If experiencing imperfection results in a greater understanding and appreciation of perfection , than the imperfect existence is a maximally (to use your term) beneficial experience.

[Venon Smithjr]

And atheists say you can't prove a negative.lol...yahoo...except you seem to think your "ifs" are valid. and sorry , they're not logical............". a MGB could not choose a "less" great option over a "more" great option."...this is completely false because you are taking this example in the short term instead of the infinite, resulting in your believing it is a less great option. The long term result of this choice is infinitely great for the physical world is temporary,spiritualresultisgre­at

[Jason Barr]

Proof Atheism is True:

If God exists, he is a maximally great being (MGB). A MGB would be free, but he could not contradict his nature. Thus, a MGB could not choose a "less" great option over a "more" great option. If a MGB fine-tuned The Big Bang for a species to evolve, then he chose us (a "less" great option) instead of some greater species (a "more" great option) to exist now. This conflicts with God's essence by definition. Thus your very existence is tangible proof that God does not exist.

[Jack Ribar]

No... You live under a rock and this is your first time seeing the internet, If you have children, I sincerely dread your existence.

[Don Roberlyn Daniel]

what intrest many is probaly 90% of people who watch these videos bombart anyone who supports intelligent design which is plain wrong.Oh god does all these bad thins he cant be real. Let me pose some questions to you. 1.Have any of you read the bible and understand its meaning. 2.why would a heavenly being be responsible for what happens on earth no where in the bible did god say that the world or life was perfect.People are sick in the bible people do evil things in the bible.

[ManlyStump]

That's not just stupid, that makes you a sociopath. You're saying God can give babies HIV, malaria, etc, let children be raped and assaulted, and cause tsnuamis, hurricanes and whatever kill thousands of people, but because none of these things have affected YOU, God is good? Wow. Just wow.

[ManlyStump]

Did you even watch it? He says there is intelligently designed and stupidly designed aspects. The universe if far too diverse and complex to consider the whole thing either one or the other. I think you'll find the engineers look to imitate the aspects that are functionally beneficial, not the aspects that just don't work/make sense.