God of the Gaps & Frontier of Knowledge - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"If that's how you want to invoke your evidence for god, then god is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance."

After explaining that all of the physically understood matter accounts for only 4% of observed energy and gravitation in the universe, Neil Tyson is asked to reconcile the unexplained.

From "A Conversation about Communicating Science": http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ulkX-DA9BM
Graciously lifted from http://thesciencenetwork.org

For the history of the god of the gaps in science, see: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0vrpPPV_yPY

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, host of the PBS series NOVA Science Now and host of the radio show Star Talk. He is the author of nine books including his memoir The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist and his most recent, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

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[heyathere1000]

If it was up to nature the world would of been destroyed millions of years ago, nature by nature is very sloopy, God does things decent and in order, the sun rise ans sun down is in decent and in order, nature is to dumb to do that. And thinking about the purpose of the sun for it's existance sure enough is evidence that is a God.

[nakomaru]

@heyathere1000 You say nature is too dumb to have the sun rise and set? This is the cause of the simple conservation of angular momentum. I don't know what else we can mean by "nature" if not basic physics.

You say the world would have been destroyed millions of years ago? Indeed, millions of worlds like ours, in the vastness of space, surely have been destroyed. But the fact that we find ourselves on one that made it should not be surprising for obvious, non-metaphysical reasons.

[eigang]

In the end. God did nothing.

[khoops66]

Dave fucking Silverman. That's the atheist guy Dr. :)

[Juniversal]

"God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance" is one of the best quotes ever.

[heyathere1000]

@ZombiePirateEddie And always remember just because a person may know one thing doesn't mean they know everything. And just becuase a person is incorrect in one area doesn't make them incorrect in all areas. A test fro ex. if a person miss 3 out of 10 it's still a passing grade and their still considered knowledgable. Thank you, have a good day.

[heyathere1000]

@ZombiePirateEddie Stop calling me ignorant because I'm very intelligent. I didn't mean to say that the sun is only meant for us to see, but it is for the main use. The sun is used to grow plants, provide vitamin d, etc., but the main use of the sun is for light so that we can see. I'm not going to argue with you either, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And if a person is wrong in one area doesn't speak for all their knowledge, if you beleive that, then all I can do is laugh.

[ZombiePirateEddie]

@heyathere1000 "The sun's only purpose comes out so that we can see and goes down only so that we can sleep"? Then why does it create radiation that damages our skin? The is not completely benevolent and your assertion displays your ignorance on many simple facts about our sun. It makes many wonder if you are also ignorant about other things.

[acfixerdude]

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[TheSaltyAdmiral]

@khoops66

Thats an rare middle name:)

[kasra20giv1]

there are many many gods, when there is talk on god which one do we mean by that?whare is the proof of its existence? how do we know that god exists?

[Liberteh]

@heyathere1000, You're funny as hell! (or is that an insult to you?:D)

[wlbarbo]

Oh, that damned Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil... it just f**ked up everything! Now we know 4% of too much!

[heyathere1000]

@incaugnito37 No you are, dimwit.