Duh 425 Miler wrote:
You do realize that Neil Tyson's 4:25 mile was imaginary, right? It comes as no surprise that he also erred with Pluto.
yeah but you can multiply it by its complex conjugate and the amplitude is the same as if it were real. You may want to read up on your (trackand)field theory.
lulz wrote:
Just so you know, Pluto is still officially NOT a planet. A few people's opinion vote at Harvard does not mean Tyson is wrong. Sorry, OP.
This thread is worthless without pics.
Pluto is a Planet.
Pluto Is Geologically Alive. Tyson thought there wouldn’t be much in the way of geological activity.
Pluto Has Nitrogen Glaciers and Floating Mountains. Tyson though the planet would be mountainless and solid ice.
Pulto's Large Moon Charon Is Not Dead. Tyson through it would be dead, cratered relic like the Earth's Moon.
In conclusion: Pluto is a Planet.
Tyson's attempt to make a name for himself has backfired in Big Bang fashion.
http://cdn.video.nationalgeographic.com/85/14/b734c4fb4db990d5101a22b24134/nw-seo-17003-science-101-pluto-b.jpghttps://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/pluto-planets-new-horizons-one-year-anniversary-nasa-space-science/Double loss for Tyson. His Joe Rogan podcast # of views is now Rogan's #2 most popular podcast ever. Rogan's podcast with Musk has 7,600k views to Rogan podcast with Tyson of 7,584k views.
“I bet if the dinosaurs had a space program, they’d still be here and we wouldn’t.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/07/neil-degrasse-space-forceasteroid-defense-808976
Pretty Slow Learner wrote:
He started graduate work at UT Austin, but was unable to finish. He had to transfer to an easier school, and after eleven years, finally completed an acceptable dissertation in 1991. Since then, he has had no significant contributions to science or authored any peer reviewed papers.
You have obviously never been around a competitive PhD program. It's a very common route to take.
Ebonica wrote:
The poster child of affirmative action. There is no evidence that he would have been continuously promoted under normal circumstances. He has a very skimpy resume, and apparently hasn't had a peer reviewed paper published in the past 23 years. To the best of my knowledge, NdGT does not do science. He neither creates knowledge nor participates in any accepted form of peer reviewed scientific discourse.
NdGT is a science writer (he writes about science). NdGT is a science PR rep extraordinaire. But, he's not a scientist.
I don't usually do this, but instead of dignifying this with an argument I'm just gonna say it: this is straight racist.
I want to see his strava to prove it
11 years for a PhD is not common for people who follow a strong research track (but he didn't).
I'm sure that he has benefited from the background he has, but I don't begrudge him making the most of it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/19/neil-degrasse-tyson-elon-musk-is-the-most-important-person-in-tech.htmlSo smart? wrote:
Isn't deGrasse Tyson supposed to be the smartest person in America? He couldn't prove his mile time. He eliminated Pluto as a planet, and has been proven wrong. Not so smart after all.
Fox and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and television host Neil deGrasse Tyson after multiple women made claims of sexual misconduct against him, the companies said in a statement Saturday. Tyson is the host of science docuseries “Cosmos” that both Fox and National Geographic are scheduled to air in March 2019.
“We have only just become aware of the recent allegations regarding Neil deGrasse Tyson. We take these matters very seriously and we are reviewing the recent reports,” Fox and National Geographic said in a joint statement.
The producers of “Cosmos” are also taking part in the investigation, which comes after Tyson has been accused of misconduct, including rape.
“Tyson was there, and he was dancing and drinking and all of that at the party, so a friend and I decided to get pictures with him,” she told Patheos. “After we had taken the picture, he noticed my tattoo and kind of grabbed me to look at it, and was really obsessed about whether I had Pluto on this tattoo or not … and then he looked for Pluto, and followed the tattoo into my dress.”
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2018/11/two-more-women-accuse-neil-degrasse-tyson-of-sexual-misconduct/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/12/01/misconduct-allegations-against-neil-degrasse-tyson-reviewed/2172432002/LoL @ smartest dude in US wrote:
Tyson is hilarious in those vids. Is he really considered the smartest person in the States? Heaven help America.
He knows alot about cosmology, especially for a person of color.
I dont care for his political beliefs, especially on global warming.
the430miler wrote:
LoL @ smartest dude in US wrote:
Tyson is hilarious in those vids. Is he really considered the smartest person in the States? Heaven help America.
He knows alot about cosmology, especially for a person of color.
I dont care for his political beliefs, especially on global warming.
He does not know anything useful about cosmology.
For example:
https://theintercept.com/2018/12/01/the-ignored-legacy-of-george-h-w-bush-war-crimes-racism-and-obstruction-of-justice/I’ve recently been publically accused of sexual misconduct. These accusations have received a fair amount of press in the past forty-eight hours, unaccompanied by my reactions. In many cases, it’s not the media’s fault. I declined comment on the grounds that serious accusations should not be adjudicated in the press. But clearly I cannot continue to stay silent. So below I offer my account of each accusation.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/on-being-accused/10156870826326613/
Buzz-Feed News revealed in a report Wednesday that it has been looking into sexual misconduct allegations against Neil deGrasse Tyson for "nearly three years." After a fourth woman came forward to level allegations against the famed astrophysicist, the outlet has now presented its findings.
"Over the course of nearly three years, BuzzFeed News has spoken with more than 30 people for this story, including the alleged victims and their families, Cosmos crew members, and graduate students and professors who were at UT Austin 30 years ago. Dozens more from that time did not reply to requests for interviews,"
On Saturday, BuzzFeed spoke with the astrophysicist's third accuser, Ashley Watson, who worked as Tyson's driver earlier this year and said that she had not taken Amet's (2014) accusations very seriously because of all the praise she heard about how "amazing a person" Tyson was and descriptions of Amet as a "mentally disturbed individual" who "lies for a living." After Tyson allegedly made sexual advances toward her to the point she felt compelled to quit her job, Watson now regrets having been so dismissive of Amet's claims.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/neil-degrasse-tyson-sexual-allegations-four-womenMichael Summers is a professor of planetary science and astronomy at George Mason University. The NASA/New Horizons spacecraft that performed a flyby of Pluto in July 2015 is now about one billion miles beyond Pluto, and it is approaching a new type of planetary debris — designated as 2014MU69 and nicknamed Ultima Thule. Ultima Thule is known as a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) — one of over one hundred thousand small planetoids that orbit in a vast torus just beyond Pluto’s orbit. These objects are believed to be the remnants of giant planet formation.
The flyby of Ultima Thule will hopefully give us clues to understanding the history of the outer solar system. But we’ve never studied a KBO up close before. When the New Horizons spacecraft visited Pluto we found a world of diverse and complex geology, including slowly moving and bubbling glaciers. We found a world with dynamic winds and atmospheric chemistry that was producing organic compounds. We even found a hint that Pluto may have an internal ocean of liquid water! All of these things were completely unexpected — even to “world experts” on Pluto!
Will Ultima Thule be like Pluto? We don’t believe so because Pluto is a planet that was formed by the accumulation of objects like Ultima Thule, but we don’t know for sure. The New Horizons flyby will give us our first close look at this new type of “building block” for planets, and we simply don’t know what we will find. But if experience is any guide, “first looks” at objects in space are always astonishing. We anticipate being very surprised at Ultima Thule as well!
Dixie Normose wrote:
Anyone who needs to use his middle name daily is either a famous murderer or pretentious blowhard.
Donald J. Trump
Duh 425 Miler wrote:
You do realize that Neil Tyson's 4:25 mile was imaginary, right? It comes as no surprise that he also erred with Pluto.
Imaginary? So are the claims of him being an actual astrophysicist.
Planet 9, they say, must have a mass between 5 and 10 times that of Earth. It must orbit the sun between 400 and 800 times farther away than Earth. And its orbit must be inclined to the plane of the solar system by between 15 and 25 degrees.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613060/theres-probably-another-planet-in-our-solar-system
