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Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Greatest Sermon Ever

2006 Neil deGrasse Tyson closes the three day lecture series with an excellent final "sermon" on cosmic perspective and the impact of science. Notice Dawkins in the audience.

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@7A35 I don't see ... ( 2 weeks ago by mlynn1231)

@7A35 I don't see what you mean. All the black people I know LOVE this man. So do all the white ones and the Asian ones and the Latino ones.

I never tire of ... ( 2 weeks ago by 7A35)

I never tire of hearing this man speak.

HALLELUJAH!! now ... ( 2 weeks ago by blindedby2monkeys)

HALLELUJAH!! now please deposit $100 into the money hat...

Heavenly Father, we ... ( 2 weeks ago by TheErvinjackson)

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the encouragement that we receive from your word. It always ministers to us in ways that we need. Your word lifts us up when we are down and humbles us when we become too high minded. Lord, again we thank you for your word. In Jesus' name... Amen.

@igorkra11 Nobody's ... ( 2 weeks ago by UberREDKitteh)

@igorkra11 Nobody's stopping you from laughing at him, but all I see is a man who loves what he does and who wants to share his passion with the people around him.

@7A35 West's ideas ... ( 2 weeks ago by gregakinman)

@7A35 West's ideas are definitely what one might call "out there," but he and Dr. Robert George (also from Princeton) have done three panel discussions at my school in recent years, and West is absolutely hilarious. A guffawingly funny man.

@7A35 Statistics ... ( 2 weeks ago by ZukefliJohan)

@7A35 Statistics show the higher the standard of education the less likely to believe in a sky fairy, apparently the human rae is getting smarter around 3 IQ points per decade as quoted by Michael Shermer, so we should se religion slowly phase out.

@UberREDKitteh Most ... ( 2 weeks ago by igorkra11)

@UberREDKitteh Most preachers are passionate about what they do to. Usually they aren't that bright. Neil is probably pretty smart. Nontheless when he makes a corny sentence like he did i still think he deserves to be laughed at, just like the preachers deserve it on such occasions. I definetely don't like his attitude either. He definetely oozes cocky "humbleness" like i mentioned before.

You're a star baby ... ( 2 weeks ago by InsideDating)

You're a star baby, twinkle twinkle

@ZukefliJohan Have ... ( 2 weeks ago by lardtaziumwadmaster)

@ZukefliJohan Have you seen the quote that says if every atheist left the US, America would lose 93% of it's Nat. Academy of Science but only 1% of prison population?

Beautiful. ( 1 week ago by zyph4lights)

Beautiful.

@ ... ( 1 week ago by ZukefliJohan)

@lardtaziumwadmaster Yes I heard similar somewhere, can't remember where.
I think Dawkins may have mentioned that, funny also when he mentioned members of congress that admit they are atheist, one or two I think, which is statistically almost impossible, sort of showing people lie a lot about their faith to fit in.
I wonder how many normal people do that so not to dissapoint their family?

to paraphrase ... ( 1 week ago by LifeInspector)

to paraphrase Dresden Codak, we are all "forged from the remnants of supernovas."

I was an atheist, ... ( 1 week ago by redshadowsword)

I was an atheist, but now I see that I was wrong. There is a god, and his name is Neil Degrasse Tyson. May we listen to his words and praise his absolute wisdom. Amen.

@redshadowsword ... ( 6 days ago by CarmenRocks)

@redshadowsword Neil is Jesus. God is Carl Sagan, the holy spirit is Isaac Newton.
I'm gonna convert to Cosmoism.

6:50 - "Common ... ( 5 days ago by bailesie)

6:50 - "Common origin in the core of a star"
This literally gave me goosebumps and tear up. How fucking awesome is that fact??? Absolutely incredible....

Speak. ( 5 days ago by nagarkirtan)

Speak.

@7A35 well said ( 5 days ago by CJLopez21)

@7A35 well said

@finan03 "i wish ... ( 3 days ago by 0debug)

@finan03 "i wish this man could have more of a political influence on the usa."
It's not just about politics, but also about the general scientific litteracy and interest in learning more about the world via science of the public in general, especially the young generation. Let's hope that the new "Cosmos" remake will be a) good, and b) reach a LOT of young people.
Living up to the level of awesomeness of the first Cosmos will be hard, but I hope the team behind the remake will succeed.

@daledaddy1 "I [..] ... ( 3 days ago by 0debug)

@daledaddy1 "I [..] sort of appreciated the fact that even the ultra conservative catholic church in the last 30 years [..] embraced science when the goal was the search for truth"
It could be just a fad, or perhaps the church is embarassed over how Christianity has dealt with people doing open inquiry in the past and wanted to make things right for once. In any case I agree, it's a good thing if they accept some parts of reality, even though they still have many delusions.

@LindavG "Is Neil ... ( 3 days ago by 0debug)

@LindavG "Is Neil deGrasse Tyson an atheist or a pantheist?"
I'd say it doesn't matter much; most likely he's an atheist by most definitions or interpretations of that word. As long as he is open to new evidence/observations and not fixed by some old religious text or "divine truth", and uses reason-based inquiry methods to back up his search for knowledge, he's ok with me. But my guess is he'd label himself a plain atheist, with appreciation for the magnificence of the universe.

@7A35 worst part is ... ( 2 days ago by edwinshap1)

@7A35 worst part is that cornell west really doesn't understand much of what he talks about...i find him kind of annoying...NDT is awesome :D

@7A35 man !!! you ... ( 14 hours ago by DoktorSick)

@7A35 man !!! you are 1000% correct !!! I have spent hours watching his vids on youtube and his shows on pbs.