Harvard owns 425miler Neil deGrasse Tyson

You do realize that Neil Tyson's 4:25 mile was imaginary, right? It comes as no surprise that he also erred with Pluto.

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.

Anyone who needs to use his middle name daily is either a famous murderer or pretentious blowhard.

The later in droves. Tyson is full of himself. There is no chance he ever ran 4:25.

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.

Lots of insecure white boys chiming in here!

Oh, are you a 425 miler, wookie?

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.

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.

Disagree, Pluto hater. Tyson blew it. Read the second link to learn how he manipulated the process to get his way.

Pre 10-cious wrote:

Disagree, Pluto hater. Tyson blew it. Read the second link to learn how he manipulated the process to get his way.

My statement is 100% correct. Op is suggesting that, as his name says, Pluto is a Planet Again.

It is not. And a few people at Harvard("the audience, made up mostly of ordinary citizens") don't change that. Whether or not you think he rigged anything doesn't matter (even if the second link did contain anything related to Tyson. Which it doesn't.)

In any case, I have a suspicion that you're a troll (the Pluto hater name calling was suspect).

If that isn't the case, I just want you to know that I think Pluto should be a planet. Strictly for sentimental reasons.

If that is the case, 7/10.

QUOTE...for the 2006 IAU vote, which came when most of the attendees had already gone home. Just 424 of the organization’s nearly 10,000 members were present, and when the organizers offered the gathering the chance to reconsider Pluto’s demotion, Gingerich said, “they voted not to vote again because they wanted to go to lunch, so that was the end of it.”

Cute of Tyson to work the numbers.

...Where is Tyson doing anything in that process...lulz has it right. He isn't even mentioned.

Changing names, lutz, LoL.

Name Changer wrote:

Changing names, lutz, LoL.

???

Tyson says he drove the getaway car in the killing of Pluto. He sounds very guilty.

I know what you're talking about. Tyson is a real odd duck. Here are a few videos of him acting really odd, and talking about the death of Pluto.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93f3dHfV-QY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-qFVAPrBIQ

So lutz, do you believe Tyson is a 4:25 miler? This is a running board. Don't turn this into a pure Pluto thread. Get on topic--running.

Tyson is hilarious in those vids. Is he really considered the smartest person in the States? Heaven help America.