The Most Astounding Fact

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium and the best example of somebody who really loves their job, was asked what he thought the most astounding fact about the universe was. This was his response.

Just some food for thought.
 
I admire this TV person for his ability to take ordinary, insignificant, trite bits of astrophysics and make them seem really exciting to the average person. I think the secret is the fake passion that he puts into his voice and mannerisms. He could probably make logarithms and square roots seem fascinating too. I don’t think he loves his job at all. I think he loves BIG BUCKS that he gets from being on TV and being a famous TV personality. Well, if that is what loving your job means, then he does love his job. Sorry to be a spoil sport. But I’ve viewed this guy as a big fake since he started appearing on TV. Real science is interesting, but real science is hardly ever presented on TV, not even on PBS. Instead, we get “entertainment science.”
 
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I admire this TV person for his ability to take ordinary, insignificant, trite bits of astrophysics and make them seem really exciting to the average person. I think the secret is the fake passion that he puts into his voice and mannerisms. He could probably make logarithms and square roots seem fascinating too. I don’t think he loves his job at all. I think he loves BIG BUCKS that he gets from being on TV and being a famous TV personality. Well, if that is what loving your job means, then he does love his job. Sorry to be a spoil sport. But I’ve viewed this guy as a big fake since he started appearing on TV. Real science is interesting, but real science is hardly ever presented on TV, not even on PBS. Instead, we get “entertainment science.”
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IMHO, if this guy can truly make
logarithms seem fascinating to me,
then he DESERVES the big bucks.
👍
 
Not trying to be a troll or a spoil-sport, but that video actually made me a little depressed.
 
I love astronomy but isn’t Neil DeGrasse Tyson an atheist? I could be wrong but unfortunately many astronomers are. I think I read somewhere that Carl Sagan had a death bed conversion thanks be to God. For the life of me I don’t know how you can marvel at all the wonders of the universe and not believe in the existence of almighty God.

God bless 👍
 
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