I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
For once, Neil wants to kiss himself on the cheek, as a friend.
Or toss his own salad like we all dream of!
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he is trying to kiss himself somewhere other than the lips every time he sees himself in a mirror and then makes a post about failing.
He’s totally showing that Twitter peaks in popularity in 2019.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Neil deGrasse Tyson. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Neil's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Neil deGrasse Tyson truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Neil's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Neil deGrasse Tyson tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
Does Dan Harmon voice Tyson?
Well, and then there is an interview in regard to animal rights, where it seems that he has no clue what he is taking about.
I like him as long as he speaks about astro physics. But sometimes, when he goes into a field that he doesn't know very well........
And why a tattoo? Is this for real?
Yes, by the way, i DO have a Neil deGrasse Tyson tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
catchphrase “Wubba Lubba Dub Dub,”
I'll help you out... this is Rick and Morty.
Hhhhhhhh
All of Neil's insecurity and bravado stem from him not being able to kiss himself on the forehead
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I imagine that he doesn't remember he's already tried it, tries again, then posts it repeatedly using different verbiage each time.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I prefer to believe that he unremembers, continues attempting, and proceeds to plagiarize himself
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I also like to think his Neil Degrass Tyson the boxer.
That's what happens when you forget but keep trying and then make a new post about it.
Bro definitely really wants to kiss himself on the cheek
I used to think he was an insanely intelligent individual who stood for the best and most accurate scientific research. Then he had to go on TV and Twitter and run his mouth
He's truly insufferable and yeah smart but like an idiot at the same time ya know
He's passionate and wants to share that with people in his own way. I don't mind that. I want to see more people who inspire us into those ideals even if they don't fulfill them themselves.
Having said that, I'm still hoping that Physics Girl gets better and makes it back to the spotlight. Poor lady fell ill during the pandemic and has been bed-ridden for years. I hope she's doing better at least for herself and her family.
Physics girl?
Nvm found her channel, she seems cool
He's pretty closed-minded about aliens as well for a man who has wrapped his head around the scale of our universe.
Absolutely!! He's afraid to dip his toes into the more "fringe" sciences such as quantum physics. He's unable to admit that some things we simply can't understand and that philosophical rules such as "as above so below " apply to real life
Well his primary goal is to be a science communicator. His first problem is that he's trying to fill Carl Sagan's shoes which is a tall order by itself. Sagan was pretty amazing but most of his bread and butter were describing molecular processes with analogies. Telling you why a rubber band is stretchy in a truly relatable way is awesome. His second problem is that in the quantum realm we have tons of observation about what things do but very little information about why they do them. Most of our smartest explanations are simply describing the math that would make our observations possible. And there's generally no way to analogize that. When you try to explain superposition to the lay person, You're both going to have a bad time.
I figure there's something we don't understand about the nature of the universe that makes quantum and gravity and dark matter all make sense at every scale. We'll probably figure it out eventually if we don't nuke ourselves back to fighting with rocks and sticks.
No one and I mean no can fill sagans shoes. If that's what he's trying to do he gonna meet backlash as such. He needs to pace his own way and make folks interested in what he has to say. My problem with him is he portrays most everything as fact. When in reality nothing is certain and that's what a great scientist would say
I get that, though. It's his brand.
Maybe he thinks/wonders about a ton of stuff he just doesn't speak about on record.
I don't think there's anything "fringe" about QM
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I've reached the bottom of these comments (for now)
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I have thought upon it and am of the mind that he posts about it, then forgets he ever posted it, and posts it again thinking it’s still the first time.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?
Deep thoughts with deep
At least he only tweeted that once.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Kiss on lips
Kiss lips
Lips
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P
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Goodbye.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
The actual message and author aside, did anyone else notice how the text got shorter over time?
From 3 to 1 line over 10 years.
Literally Fahrenheit 451
Anyone notice text getting shorter?
Why do many when few
Notice shorter text?
see it's conciser?
Et tu brute?
Wayne!
‽
See less text ?
Sh!
What I like to think is that he forgets it is so, tries it and then makes a another post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
To me its always funny to think Neil forgets, then comes up with the same idea and he posts about it again
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I'm sensing a theme in the comments.
I like to think that he forgets......wait what are we talking about?
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
This guy needs to be kept away from mirrors for a while.
My theory is he doesn't remember, keeps trying to, and then makes a new post about it when he remembers
I tend to view his actions as a cyclical process, wherein he forgets, but persists in his efforts, ultimately culminating in the creation of a new post each time.
You fucking don't.
Oh guess I'll be sad for the rest of today
Bros just making sure everyone knows
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
My head canon is that this slips his mind, until his next attempt, and then he informs the world once more.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
can somebody give this man a picture of himself already? It's been over a decade
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he does not read the comments and writes it again
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Another thought to disturb restful slumber, is that he forgets, keeps trying, and then writes up a new post about it
My headcanon is that the old posts slip his mind, he attempts to kiss his cheek, and then tells the world about his discovery
The best part is that he also says it in his podcast. I heard it from him like 2 days ago.
He’s no Carl Sagan
Yes, his Neil Degrass Tyson.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
It’s like he forgot he already posted it and then made a new post
The worst part is that it's factually untrue.
Hold anything up to your mirrors and look at it from the side. The item never actually "touches" itself because the glass is in the way. The reflection is on the backing that's behind the glass.
And even more technical (and thus where I'd imagine a scientist's mind would actually go), let's say you remove the glass and just have the reflective backing. The moment you touch it, no photons are transmitting because light can't get in there to make the image, nor can that image even be observed. So all you're doing is kissing the backing. It "looks" like it from the aspect you can observe, but I would have hoped that a self-proclaimed scientist could differentiate between reality vs what amounts to partial observation.
For someone who's supposed to be smart... he says the dumbest fucking shit that screams "I'm smart" but in the 15-16 year old way... what I used to see on Myspace profile headlines. I wish "experts" would stick to their actual fields of expertise and shut the fuck up about everything else. It's hard to take them seriously about their actual field when they are provably stupid in others. Especially when they put themselves out there in the public the way that he does at what seems every possible opportunity.
The one that comes to mind immediately was when he tweeted: "FYI: An airplane whose engine fails is a glider. A helicopter whose engine fails is a brick."
Forgetting that he could have just looked up literally any resource about helicopters to know that it wasn't true. He seems to do a lot of "thinking" rather than a lot of learning these days. It's the same stench as the sovcit folks reek of.
While I get the premise of this "show"... he says one thing that stuck out to me "You shouldn't follow me if you want to learn about astrophysics" @ about 1:11 for those the timestamp in the link doesn't work. I've wondered if that's because he doesn't want to out himself as being stupid in his own field too. Not to say that he IS stupid... but I wonder when the last time he's actually conducted any amount of research on something has been. If that was in the 90's... Then he needs to retire the "scientist" moniker and call himself what he currently is... an influencer, or at best "educator"... which I'm only quoting because if someone takes him as an educator then they'll be mystified when they see him get weird shit wrong that he speaks as if he's knowledgeable on. I also wonder how much of his research actually still stands. But I'm not the person who can discern that.
Another example tweet of his
"If there were ever a species for whom sex hurt, it surely went extinct long ago.”
WHAT? THE FUCK? For a good chunk of the HUMAN population (specifically women, though to a much lesser extent even men... [frenulum tears are a thing]) sex is a painful act. The guy looked at his own experience and couldn't for a second imagine how that's not the case for everyone. Forget looking at any other species on the planet... even looking at our own we see that this is completely fucking wrong. Now look at other species and you'll see shit like the praying mantis and some spiders that kills and eats the male during copulation. Cats with barbed penises. Ducks with literal corkscrew shaped penises (where females have literal mazes as a mechanism to allow rape and still have a choice in which partner will sire offspring). Look up "Antechinus" too... the males copulate until death and the details of how they die is just sad.
I haven't been able to take this man seriously for a very long time outside of "well he's an entertainer".
Edit: But this is shitpost community... so I'm sure me taking this somewhat seriously in my rant will equate to downvotes. I accept it.
You know, I find it the absolute peak of irony that this sounds like something that Neil Degrasse Tyson would say about someone else:-).
You know what, I can appreciate that. The difference though is that I don't claim to be a scientist or leading expert in any of the fields I talk about. I also don't tend to portray myself as an educator on ANY field... except for when I'm in the actual classroom teaching (which I don't do anymore due to administration politicking, and I was in the field of IT). And when I converse online, I do it as a literal "rando on the internet". Without my potential qualifiers in the vast majority of cases which doesn't imply actual knowledge in anything.
This is part of my problem with him. He's viewed as this amazing educator and scientist... That will put people off from questioning his assumptions/statements by default because as kids you're taught to listen to teachers/educators. And he put himself in that position so I have no sympathy for it.
I have similar hangups with Bill Nye the "Science" Guy. Who's only qualifications are Mechanical Engineer at Boeing. Yet for some reason people treat him as some amazing scientist in completely unrelated fields. When he's not. And because he's built that reputation and put himself adjacent to actual science for so long that nobody questions the nebulous and crazy shit that he says anymore.
Nye's anti-nuclear stance being a prime example, flying in the face of what actual scientists have been talking about for decades (though debate-ably, now nuclear might be too late to the party to significantly help anymore. Though I think we should still be doing nuclear personally). Or claiming that he knew anything about Quantum Entanglement and through QE, time-travel because of blackholes... Also don't forget that he was a willing spokesperson for Exxon to talk about how drilling oil is safe. Forget that it's one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet, and burning any oil in any form simply isn't safe and even pushed the "clean burning" (rather than less dirty burning) fuel, which as a by-product even releases more radiation than nuclear does (going counter to his actual complaints about nuclear in a huge way).
I dunno. I'm just tired of being "educated" by people with no qualifications. And when I bring up the obviously wrong things I see... all I see is the masses in love with the characters.
Oh yes, and if that is how you interpreted what I said, then thank you for taking it in stride and responding in a good-natured way. But if you go back and re-read it... I feel like what I said had a lot more to do with him than you pointing that out about him:-).
i.e., he is pretentious, claiming to "know" things, but (seemingly?) lacking in the area of humility, or even just precision, which is to know and express clearly where one's own knowledge ends and instead one's lack of knowledge begins.
And that is exactly what Tyson has built up his career around trying to tell people! e.g. "you don't know shit!" (while ignoring the limitations of his own sphere of knowledge)
In point of fact though, YOU know where your knowledge ends, i.e. have humility, thus it is quite obvious that you are nothing at all like Tyson:-P. 😅
I suppose what I am saying - and I may not express myself clearly here but I will try:-D - is that Tyson is correct: for people in a LEADERSHIP role (like scientists & educators), rather than blurt out whatever thoughts first come to our mind, we would do well to think it through and stfu with our interjections of things that go beyond the plain and simple facts. The weird part is, he made his career out of doing precisely the opposite of that! He blurts out his own thoughts about their thoughts, and people loved that "drama" so he just never stops.
He is a victim of his own success in a way, except as you say, he is the one who stepped up into that role, not you or I.
I'd say you can still kiss your reflection since just about everything emits photons. Just not always in the visible spectrum.
I’d say you can still kiss your reflection since just about everything emits photons. Just not always in the visible spectrum.
And mirrors don't reflect every photon on every spectrum either. Quite contrarily... many forms of glasses/plastics (and the backings layered on those materials) are completely transparent in many wavelengths.
But see this is [one of] my point exactly. If he left some caveat like that in the damn tweets (because he should understand the caveats)... People who are actually interested but don't know might catch an on and actually try to learn the science about it. Rather than the nonsense he just tweets. People who view him as "an expert" will take it at face value... and not question it. He should be leading future scientist to actually understand and learn. Not this drivel.
Edit: [one of]... I should clarify that it wasn't my only point. But just the one that the specific mentioned tweet should have also been doing if he really wants to be an "educator".
If we're being super pedantic about it: mirrors don't need glass (or anything else) over the reflective surface. Through most of human history, mirror kissers wouldn't have experienced that separation. And thus there was no bad luck (just to bring it back around to shitpost territory).
ChatNDT has really improved over the years
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Repeating himself over and over again, even saying it's something for narcissists, it's probably something he's struggling with himself. And it makes sense, seeing how camera horny he is. If he would do actual scientific research instead of talking about primary school science stuff on cheap TV shows. But no.
It's almost like he forgets, keeps trying, then makes a new post about it
Is the image of himself in the mirror really himself or just a picture of himself? Is reality really real? ;-p
Give him a break, it's such a witty observation after all!
My theory, which is mine and belongs to me, is as follows: cough He forgets, keeps on trying and then posts about it again cooooouuuuugggghh
Another thought to disturb a restful slumber, especially if you are vain: I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it.
I think this comment thread is glitched out
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
That's actually incorrect, the light reflected by the mirror is time delayed based on 2 x the width of glass on the mirror so you are just kissing a slightly older version of you.
A world renowned scientist like neil should know better
so you are just kissing a slightly older version of you.
Younger... The image is delayed, so what's "displayed", is a younger version of yourself.
Bold of you to assume that you're not the one in the mirror.
Theory of relativity. Which one is in the mirror is entirely dependent on your frame of reference.
Oh that's not a big deal so long as you refuse to look in the direction of the open bathroom door. Everyone knows that!
The younger version of yourself displayed by the mirror is kissing the older version of yourself in front of the mirror, so I suppose you're both correct. Unless you're a photon.
Who are you so wise in the ways of science?
All these garbage AI apps that make a video of you or celebrity hanging out with their younger self when people could just look in a mirror SMH
I think it's time we move on from Neil he's essentially a parrot of common science facts anyway at this point. Id rather hear contemporary experts over dated TV personalities.
When you take recycling too far.
Well tye comment section in this thread is a trip; reality has encountered a duplication error.
I've been learning a lot of things about him on Lemmy recently that seem to be confirming a suspicion I had when watching a star talk episode.
He had a guest that was just this tiny guy sitting close enough that Tyson was able to touch him, and boy did he do a lot of touching... Felt really odd and I always wondered if he was actually not so cool and yet another one of "those guys."
Obviously this post isn't all that bad, but definitely a strange thing to want to repeat so many times lol
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
For once, Neil wants to kiss himself on the cheek, as a friend.
Or toss his own salad like we all dream of!
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he is trying to kiss himself somewhere other than the lips every time he sees himself in a mirror and then makes a post about failing.
He’s totally showing that Twitter peaks in popularity in 2019.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Neil deGrasse Tyson. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Neil's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Neil deGrasse Tyson truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Neil's existential catchphrase "Wubba Lubba Dub Dub," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Neil deGrasse Tyson tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
Does Dan Harmon voice Tyson?
Well, and then there is an interview in regard to animal rights, where it seems that he has no clue what he is taking about.
I like him as long as he speaks about astro physics. But sometimes, when he goes into a field that he doesn't know very well........
And why a tattoo? Is this for real?
Yes, by the way, i DO have a Neil deGrasse Tyson tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
I'll help you out... this is Rick and Morty.
Hhhhhhhh
All of Neil's insecurity and bravado stem from him not being able to kiss himself on the forehead
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I imagine that he doesn't remember he's already tried it, tries again, then posts it repeatedly using different verbiage each time.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I prefer to believe that he unremembers, continues attempting, and proceeds to plagiarize himself
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I also like to think his Neil Degrass Tyson the boxer.
That's what happens when you forget but keep trying and then make a new post about it.
Bro definitely really wants to kiss himself on the cheek
I used to think he was an insanely intelligent individual who stood for the best and most accurate scientific research. Then he had to go on TV and Twitter and run his mouth
He's truly insufferable and yeah smart but like an idiot at the same time ya know
He's passionate and wants to share that with people in his own way. I don't mind that. I want to see more people who inspire us into those ideals even if they don't fulfill them themselves.
Having said that, I'm still hoping that Physics Girl gets better and makes it back to the spotlight. Poor lady fell ill during the pandemic and has been bed-ridden for years. I hope she's doing better at least for herself and her family.
Physics girl?
Nvm found her channel, she seems cool
He's pretty closed-minded about aliens as well for a man who has wrapped his head around the scale of our universe.
Absolutely!! He's afraid to dip his toes into the more "fringe" sciences such as quantum physics. He's unable to admit that some things we simply can't understand and that philosophical rules such as "as above so below " apply to real life
Well his primary goal is to be a science communicator. His first problem is that he's trying to fill Carl Sagan's shoes which is a tall order by itself. Sagan was pretty amazing but most of his bread and butter were describing molecular processes with analogies. Telling you why a rubber band is stretchy in a truly relatable way is awesome. His second problem is that in the quantum realm we have tons of observation about what things do but very little information about why they do them. Most of our smartest explanations are simply describing the math that would make our observations possible. And there's generally no way to analogize that. When you try to explain superposition to the lay person, You're both going to have a bad time.
I figure there's something we don't understand about the nature of the universe that makes quantum and gravity and dark matter all make sense at every scale. We'll probably figure it out eventually if we don't nuke ourselves back to fighting with rocks and sticks.
No one and I mean no can fill sagans shoes. If that's what he's trying to do he gonna meet backlash as such. He needs to pace his own way and make folks interested in what he has to say. My problem with him is he portrays most everything as fact. When in reality nothing is certain and that's what a great scientist would say
I get that, though. It's his brand.
Maybe he thinks/wonders about a ton of stuff he just doesn't speak about on record.
I don't think there's anything "fringe" about QM
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
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I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I have thought upon it and am of the mind that he posts about it, then forgets he ever posted it, and posts it again thinking it’s still the first time.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?
Deep thoughts with deep
At least he only tweeted that once.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Kiss on lips
Kiss lips
Lips
L
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P
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Goodbye.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
The actual message and author aside, did anyone else notice how the text got shorter over time?
From 3 to 1 line over 10 years.
Literally Fahrenheit 451
Anyone notice text getting shorter?
Why do many when few
Notice shorter text?
see it's conciser?
Et tu brute?
Wayne!
‽
See less text ?
Sh!
What I like to think is that he forgets it is so, tries it and then makes a another post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
To me its always funny to think Neil forgets, then comes up with the same idea and he posts about it again
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I'm sensing a theme in the comments.
I like to think that he forgets......wait what are we talking about?
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
This guy needs to be kept away from mirrors for a while.
My theory is he doesn't remember, keeps trying to, and then makes a new post about it when he remembers
I tend to view his actions as a cyclical process, wherein he forgets, but persists in his efforts, ultimately culminating in the creation of a new post each time.
You fucking don't.
Oh guess I'll be sad for the rest of today
Bros just making sure everyone knows
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
My head canon is that this slips his mind, until his next attempt, and then he informs the world once more.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
can somebody give this man a picture of himself already? It's been over a decade
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he does not read the comments and writes it again
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Another thought to disturb restful slumber, is that he forgets, keeps trying, and then writes up a new post about it
My headcanon is that the old posts slip his mind, he attempts to kiss his cheek, and then tells the world about his discovery
The best part is that he also says it in his podcast. I heard it from him like 2 days ago.
He’s no Carl Sagan
Yes, his Neil Degrass Tyson.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
It’s like he forgot he already posted it and then made a new post
The worst part is that it's factually untrue.
Hold anything up to your mirrors and look at it from the side. The item never actually "touches" itself because the glass is in the way. The reflection is on the backing that's behind the glass.
And even more technical (and thus where I'd imagine a scientist's mind would actually go), let's say you remove the glass and just have the reflective backing. The moment you touch it, no photons are transmitting because light can't get in there to make the image, nor can that image even be observed. So all you're doing is kissing the backing. It "looks" like it from the aspect you can observe, but I would have hoped that a self-proclaimed scientist could differentiate between reality vs what amounts to partial observation.
For someone who's supposed to be smart... he says the dumbest fucking shit that screams "I'm smart" but in the 15-16 year old way... what I used to see on Myspace profile headlines. I wish "experts" would stick to their actual fields of expertise and shut the fuck up about everything else. It's hard to take them seriously about their actual field when they are provably stupid in others. Especially when they put themselves out there in the public the way that he does at what seems every possible opportunity.
The one that comes to mind immediately was when he tweeted: "FYI: An airplane whose engine fails is a glider. A helicopter whose engine fails is a brick."
Forgetting that he could have just looked up literally any resource about helicopters to know that it wasn't true. He seems to do a lot of "thinking" rather than a lot of learning these days. It's the same stench as the sovcit folks reek of.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y4Nc9PvmEt0&t=1m11s
While I get the premise of this "show"... he says one thing that stuck out to me "You shouldn't follow me if you want to learn about astrophysics" @ about 1:11 for those the timestamp in the link doesn't work. I've wondered if that's because he doesn't want to out himself as being stupid in his own field too. Not to say that he IS stupid... but I wonder when the last time he's actually conducted any amount of research on something has been. If that was in the 90's... Then he needs to retire the "scientist" moniker and call himself what he currently is... an influencer, or at best "educator"... which I'm only quoting because if someone takes him as an educator then they'll be mystified when they see him get weird shit wrong that he speaks as if he's knowledgeable on. I also wonder how much of his research actually still stands. But I'm not the person who can discern that.
Another example tweet of his "If there were ever a species for whom sex hurt, it surely went extinct long ago.”
WHAT? THE FUCK? For a good chunk of the HUMAN population (specifically women, though to a much lesser extent even men... [frenulum tears are a thing]) sex is a painful act. The guy looked at his own experience and couldn't for a second imagine how that's not the case for everyone. Forget looking at any other species on the planet... even looking at our own we see that this is completely fucking wrong. Now look at other species and you'll see shit like the praying mantis and some spiders that kills and eats the male during copulation. Cats with barbed penises. Ducks with literal corkscrew shaped penises (where females have literal mazes as a mechanism to allow rape and still have a choice in which partner will sire offspring). Look up "Antechinus" too... the males copulate until death and the details of how they die is just sad.
I haven't been able to take this man seriously for a very long time outside of "well he's an entertainer".
Edit: But this is shitpost community... so I'm sure me taking this somewhat seriously in my rant will equate to downvotes. I accept it.
You know, I find it the absolute peak of irony that this sounds like something that Neil Degrasse Tyson would say about someone else:-).
You know what, I can appreciate that. The difference though is that I don't claim to be a scientist or leading expert in any of the fields I talk about. I also don't tend to portray myself as an educator on ANY field... except for when I'm in the actual classroom teaching (which I don't do anymore due to administration politicking, and I was in the field of IT). And when I converse online, I do it as a literal "rando on the internet". Without my potential qualifiers in the vast majority of cases which doesn't imply actual knowledge in anything.
This is part of my problem with him. He's viewed as this amazing educator and scientist... That will put people off from questioning his assumptions/statements by default because as kids you're taught to listen to teachers/educators. And he put himself in that position so I have no sympathy for it.
I have similar hangups with Bill Nye the "Science" Guy. Who's only qualifications are Mechanical Engineer at Boeing. Yet for some reason people treat him as some amazing scientist in completely unrelated fields. When he's not. And because he's built that reputation and put himself adjacent to actual science for so long that nobody questions the nebulous and crazy shit that he says anymore.
Nye's anti-nuclear stance being a prime example, flying in the face of what actual scientists have been talking about for decades (though debate-ably, now nuclear might be too late to the party to significantly help anymore. Though I think we should still be doing nuclear personally). Or claiming that he knew anything about Quantum Entanglement and through QE, time-travel because of blackholes... Also don't forget that he was a willing spokesperson for Exxon to talk about how drilling oil is safe. Forget that it's one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet, and burning any oil in any form simply isn't safe and even pushed the "clean burning" (rather than less dirty burning) fuel, which as a by-product even releases more radiation than nuclear does (going counter to his actual complaints about nuclear in a huge way).
I dunno. I'm just tired of being "educated" by people with no qualifications. And when I bring up the obviously wrong things I see... all I see is the masses in love with the characters.
Oh yes, and if that is how you interpreted what I said, then thank you for taking it in stride and responding in a good-natured way. But if you go back and re-read it... I feel like what I said had a lot more to do with him than you pointing that out about him:-).
i.e., he is pretentious, claiming to "know" things, but (seemingly?) lacking in the area of humility, or even just precision, which is to know and express clearly where one's own knowledge ends and instead one's lack of knowledge begins.
And that is exactly what Tyson has built up his career around trying to tell people! e.g. "you don't know shit!" (while ignoring the limitations of his own sphere of knowledge)
In point of fact though, YOU know where your knowledge ends, i.e. have humility, thus it is quite obvious that you are nothing at all like Tyson:-P. 😅
I suppose what I am saying - and I may not express myself clearly here but I will try:-D - is that Tyson is correct: for people in a LEADERSHIP role (like scientists & educators), rather than blurt out whatever thoughts first come to our mind, we would do well to think it through and stfu with our interjections of things that go beyond the plain and simple facts. The weird part is, he made his career out of doing precisely the opposite of that! He blurts out his own thoughts about their thoughts, and people loved that "drama" so he just never stops.
He is a victim of his own success in a way, except as you say, he is the one who stepped up into that role, not you or I.
I'd say you can still kiss your reflection since just about everything emits photons. Just not always in the visible spectrum.
And mirrors don't reflect every photon on every spectrum either. Quite contrarily... many forms of glasses/plastics (and the backings layered on those materials) are completely transparent in many wavelengths.
But see this is [one of] my point exactly. If he left some caveat like that in the damn tweets (because he should understand the caveats)... People who are actually interested but don't know might catch an on and actually try to learn the science about it. Rather than the nonsense he just tweets. People who view him as "an expert" will take it at face value... and not question it. He should be leading future scientist to actually understand and learn. Not this drivel.
Edit: [one of]... I should clarify that it wasn't my only point. But just the one that the specific mentioned tweet should have also been doing if he really wants to be an "educator".
If we're being super pedantic about it: mirrors don't need glass (or anything else) over the reflective surface. Through most of human history, mirror kissers wouldn't have experienced that separation. And thus there was no bad luck (just to bring it back around to shitpost territory).
ChatNDT has really improved over the years
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Repeating himself over and over again, even saying it's something for narcissists, it's probably something he's struggling with himself. And it makes sense, seeing how camera horny he is. If he would do actual scientific research instead of talking about primary school science stuff on cheap TV shows. But no.
It's almost like he forgets, keeps trying, then makes a new post about it
Is the image of himself in the mirror really himself or just a picture of himself? Is reality really real? ;-p
Give him a break, it's such a witty observation after all!
My theory, which is mine and belongs to me, is as follows: cough He forgets, keeps on trying and then posts about it again cooooouuuuugggghh
Another thought to disturb a restful slumber, especially if you are vain: I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it.
I think this comment thread is glitched out
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
That's actually incorrect, the light reflected by the mirror is time delayed based on 2 x the width of glass on the mirror so you are just kissing a slightly older version of you.
A world renowned scientist like neil should know better
Younger... The image is delayed, so what's "displayed", is a younger version of yourself.
Bold of you to assume that you're not the one in the mirror.
Theory of relativity. Which one is in the mirror is entirely dependent on your frame of reference.
Oh that's not a big deal so long as you refuse to look in the direction of the open bathroom door. Everyone knows that!
The younger version of yourself displayed by the mirror is kissing the older version of yourself in front of the mirror, so I suppose you're both correct. Unless you're a photon.
Who are you so wise in the ways of science?
All these garbage AI apps that make a video of you or celebrity hanging out with their younger self when people could just look in a mirror SMH
I think it's time we move on from Neil he's essentially a parrot of common science facts anyway at this point. Id rather hear contemporary experts over dated TV personalities.
When you take recycling too far.
Well tye comment section in this thread is a trip; reality has encountered a duplication error.
I've been learning a lot of things about him on Lemmy recently that seem to be confirming a suspicion I had when watching a star talk episode.
He had a guest that was just this tiny guy sitting close enough that Tyson was able to touch him, and boy did he do a lot of touching... Felt really odd and I always wondered if he was actually not so cool and yet another one of "those guys."
Obviously this post isn't all that bad, but definitely a strange thing to want to repeat so many times lol
This always makes me laugh
https://youtu.be/FYQFqJcBSLs
Knew there had to be an Umami enjoyer here
In my opinion he disremembers it, attempting further and then writes a new entry about it.
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
I like to think that he knows
Narcissus DeGrasse Tyson?
NDT's AIM profile in 2003:
I'm thinking it's a sign That the freckles in our eyes Are mirror images And when we kiss They're perfectly aligned
No, only because the next verse references god. And NDT doesn't buy into that.
I'm sure he tried kissing his own ass a time or two before he figured it out.
I love mirrors.
Because people on the internet never say the same thing more than once?
Welcome to Lemmy Mr. Tyson. Fuck you for what you did to Pluto
Tyson man bad
He has a stroke?
I like to think that he forgets, keeps trying and then makes a new post about it
Someone is really obsessed with a kissing Tyson...
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