Neil deGrasse Tyson - Called by the Universe

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[@PopFlipCatchStickRol]

I find myself wondering about the BIG QUESTIONS a lot more often and I have Neil Tyson to thank for instilling the wonder of the universe into me. Love this guy

[@ketankshukla]

What Tyson says about Dawkins' delivery is EXACTLY how I have felt about him myself but couldn't quite describe it in words. THANK YOU for uploading this video!!!!

[@CharlieKaneSeattle]

Every parent needs to see this starting at 19:00 minutes. " The trick is to get out of their way..... The enthusiasm is drummed out of them." I wonder where I could really be with the proper guidance and if I only had more time. " Teach people not what to think, but how to think." ~well said Dr. Tyson

[@CharlieKaneSeattle]

Asha Naraine it's got a short yet powerful point of view right at 19min if u want to skip ahead. Good for us but better to think about as parents. Let me know what you think

[@QaadirHoward]

I love this man, I've only just discovered his work (what a shame) but I've been reading up on him and love watching these clips! Thanks!

[@1989TXag]

I'll never get tired of listening to Tyson.

[@ZeroMass]

Tyson is 100% correct about allowing kids to experiment. My little girl was lighting up led's with a battery at 2 1/2 My son while a handful gets to try out the things that make him curious, no matter how noisy or messy (within reason of course) and thats how all parent should be. From my first day of fatherhood this concept came to me as im sure many others, and its simply amazing to observe and watch the magic unfold.. The smartest people I know are the ones that never owned a toy that hadn't met a screw driver XD

[@MrGerdbrecht]

Lego is also a good toy, made me an engineer.

[@igorflexus9493]

+MrGerdbrecht -Absolutely! LEGO means (Danish slang) -Play well :)

[@ZeroMass]

MrGerdbrecht I didnt have LEGO just a bunch of battery operated toys and some basic tools like screw drivers and scissors lol

[@CobaltBlueHawk]

Neil's parents are a great example of how to get your kids interested in the brilliant. It's still pretty early for me to be thinking about kids, but if I have any I hope I will be as good for my kids as Neil's parent were for him, and his siblings.

[@bjkeefe]

A really good conversation. Thanks to both Neil and Roger.

[@toverkleet]

Though I am not someone in physics (i was a student in the philosophy of law) but to have such a teacher, would be exactly what I would want from my teachers. Great and inspiring man :D

[@Jeberval]

Thanks for the opportunity. Wonderful interview.

[@HectorL360]

This guy is my new hero, humor and intellect what else could you ask for?

[@TheMacanta]

The coolest guy ever. I still don't think he's ever made a decision in his life that he hasn't considered fully. He's just brilliant. For an American. :-)

[@magua4]

i think the way that neil speaks but i cannot translate my thoughts into language nearly as well as he does. what a skill

[@speng01]

I got enlightened every time I listen to him.

[@MrRizikoo]

All of life is about your ability to ask questions and seeking answers with determination. period.

[@Natedog694]

When he's asked about his greatest mistake a tear develops and slowly slides down his face. Poor Neil.

[@ballzac314]

That's just his passion showing through. He answers questions with emotion, and if the question brings out some kind of frustration in him, he expresses that in his response.

[@Grdiniz]

The last part of the interview... I always thought about that!

[@FelixOlschewski]

This is called a transition cut. You can hear in the audio that there was some piece cut from it in order to get a concise statement.

[@tigercake558]

I love Roger Bingham for setting up these videos and getting all this content on the internet where it needs to be! Every time I see him introduce a video I know it's gonna be a good 'un!

[@AutodidacticPhd]

Glad to see a well respected speaker claiming and sticking up for agnosticism as described by Huxley and making the point of setting apart from modern atheism. I would love to see what his response would be if someone accused him of being "an atheist who hasn't thought about it".

[@sharrboshnjakaj6205]

I actually worked out the answer: sqrt(360) x sqrt(520)= 120(sqrt(13))

[@ridelo]

Listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson is always an education.

[@enyskept]

I come back to this interview from time to time: just to take in all the information this Dr. Tyson is putting out there...

[@chriskathol]

Exactly sir. I would also include those who are not simply distracted but those who would claim to know how or why we think or where we are from, why we are here. Real questions are lost on these types.

[@BoogerLeader]

Tyson's point is that when you insult someone or speak to them with a condescending tone, people shut you out. This isn't about being politically correct, this is about being a good and effective teacher.

[@9288Savior]

The passion Neil has when he speaks is what I have always found intriguing (:>_

[@phantomraptorx9595]

So you are attracted to unguided influence!

[@magua4]

chillest guy ever

[@CosmicFish]

I like the bit at 11:53 where Roger Bingham teleports into the room.

[@GodTheHypothesis]

He talked about this in a recent bigthink interview. I actually think he did have a point- that once you use the word 'atheist', someone tends to think they know everything about you. In a sense, the modern use of the word tends to be agnostic=an atheist who doesn't wanna argue about it. I think that seems quite accurate. Tyson explained that the only reason he doesn't use the word atheist is that he has no interest in arguing about religion.

[@Joru666]

There is an interesting trivia concerning Plutos enthusiasm. In Poland Pluto is called 'Pluton' wchich is the name we use for element Plutonium. As plutonium is recognized as a radioactive waste Pluto never got that much attention as it did in America

[@gerrynightingale9045]

"All of the energy and matter that existed still exists. Matter does not create energy of itself. It is the actions of matter that enable energy to become manifest".

[@K-A5]

I can relate to this.I dont call myself an atheist for the same reason I dont call myself a feminist when talking to people who would be in opposition to those stances - both words have too much preconceived baggage coming from whoever you're talking to.People seem to define those words based on their experiences rather than an actual defintion, so I simplify by saying "I dont believe in anything supernatural" and "short of certain physical differences, men and women should be equal in society".

[@kevincasson9848]

I would love to sit down and have a meal with Tyson! He is the personification of, intelligence, wit and commonsence. And an incredible educator 'too boot'. He's got it all❤❤

[@davesuiter]

Why do people take the time to upload and NEVER check the volume??

[@-Zer0Dark-]

I don't mean to ring my own bell here, but I'm not put off by Dawkins' "weight", so to speak. His complexities are right up my alley. In fact, I find such complexity incredibly stimulating. He doesn't try to level with me, which is exactly why he levels with me.

[@rocksinmouth]

This is a damn good interview, thanks for the wonderful content.

[@empiremonkey]

Neil's tie is fabulous!

[@Shnoshk]

RIP Carl Sagan, you will be greatly missed.

[@Athenian333]

It was editing. They edited the two parts together so it flowed because obviously something happened between those two sentences that was irrelevant to what he was saying, or the clip was too long so they edited it to get the crux quickly. Just editing, my friend. I could do the same in Adobe Premier in 2 minutes.

[@taken123]

11:52 a guy appears like magic from the left of the screen!!!!

[@keaganhoboy245]

magic

[@androydnyc]

love his shout out to NYC public schools @ 15:00-ish ....

[@dodgecrockett3474]

At 57:10 - 58:30, when Dr. Tyson opined that 20th century philosophers have made no significant contributions to the advancement of Science, I'm surprised that he made no mention of Karl Popper, the eminent Philosopher of Science. Instead of a summary dismissal, a brief critique of Popper, Quine or Russell would have enriched this interview significantly.

[@HerraTohtori]

@fodads You misunderstand the uncertainty principle. Most of the measurements we do pertain to macroscopic world and can be determined quite well with very small error bars. The uncertainty principle simply tells us that when the scale of measurements gets smaller and smaller, we can't determine both the momentum and location of a particle with arbitrary accuracy at the same time. The more accurately we measure the momentum of a particle, the less we know of its location and vice versa.

[@PeggyJame]

As soon as you were born: you start learning at a rapid pace.

[@1shakezula1]

Yeah there seemed to be a strange personal animosity just below the surface judging by the way the two interacted... Fortunately it didn't prevent Neil from being his usual brilliant self. He and I share a mindset of fairness, open mindedness, intellectualism, skepticism, and inquisitiveness that is extremely rare - even among fellow agnostics/atheists and scientists. The man simply sees the world more clearly than most, and thankfully can also communicate his observations better than most.

[@AtheistRex]

Awesome! Almost two hours, but I could listen for another day. (I have to sleep some time.)

[@g0tcadaver]

@agetahon He clearly states himself as an Agnostic. Smartest position to take being that we don't REALLY know.

[@Drgigolo2022]

Intuition is wonderful thing in humans, it is something that is not completely understood as to how we do it but it is widely accepted. However intuition comes largely from how we experience the world and how different stimuli affect our senses however just like your senses can trick you so can intuition. Next time you seat in a office chair try to spin with your eyes closed, have someone there to note when you stop and then you try to say when you've stop (con't)

[@Rujewitblood]

like as soon as tyson comes up and am sure is a genuine tyson video

[@HuntmanC68]

love listening to this guy

[@jrzy49]

Fantastic interview.

[@ProxCyde]

Wanted to type more, but could only fit so much. But something like that, to inform people at the same time.

[@SuperMachineElf]

Good to know that about Baghdad, too bad those times won't be back :(

[@Kongodiantotela]

“I see science literacy as a kind of a vaccine against charlatans who would try to exploit your ignorance.” Neil de Grasse Tyson

[@KjellWilliams]

I'm a fan of Tyson, and love the new Cosmos series. But, I disagree with his criticism of Dawkins around 13-15 minutes in. To assume that all communicators must deliver the same way is to assume that the audience is homogeneous. Yes, Dawkins communicates differently that does Tyson, Hitchens, Krauss and others, but that only enriches and broadens the total message. As long as they talk sensibly and honestly, there's room on stage for everybody.

[@doncourtreporter]

Sir, am I glad to see you're so up-to-the-minute. And your logic is correct. We need all the above and miss Hitch.

[@timone1002]

hes not talking about delivering the smae way, hes tallking about not being a dick when you do communicate, and hes exposing richards hypocracy, the point of science is to imprve humanity and to move forward, if your really interested in helping huimanity and edjucating them, being sharp and caustic to all the people your trying to enlighten will only push them away and hurts the whole movement.... time to grow up, theres places to be angry at people and places not to be, running your mouth to make other people feel stupid and yourself superior is childish and doesnt help anybody, he is incredibly intelligent though and has good points, but anyone whose a hypocrite wil always have reasons to rationalize what they are doing.... doesnt make it right. also theres more to communication than what you say, but how you say it, what richard dawkins is talking about is all true and great and people should be more logical, but the way he goes about saying it is not intended to enlighten but to beat down, hes smug, slightly condecending, and wont even look some of the people who are asking him quesiton s in the eye to show how little he respects them... this is exactly what tyson was talking about being sensative to peoples ideas and emotions, after all its their entire world view that your dismantling. your logic is very 1 dimesnional and doesnt look at the whole picture, if you dont believe me take some psychology classes and youll see that there is a science too behind how hes talking and his behavior.

[@KjellWilliams]

timone1002 I agree with a lot of what you're saying. If you want to bring people over to your side, bullying and belittling is not the way to go. However, I do think I have some evidence on my side: Lots of people, including myself, *love* Richard Dawkins. I don't find him arrogant, but I *have* noticed that he looses his patience once in a while (which I find amusing to be honest). My point wasn't one-dimensional in my mind. While you're saying that Dawkins is doing this in the *wrong* way (1-dimensional?), I'm saying that Dawkins and Tyson are both doing well, but with different audiences (2-dimensional?)

[@Kryptic712]

Kjell Williams hey sorry for commenting on your post so late. but I would like to share something. there are a lot of stupid people in this world who may or may not be religious or have religious values. both are as difficult to reason with as the other. both of these kinds of people who are religious and non religious do not speak for the rest of the religious and non religious communities. without realising it. everyone everywhere categorises and labels people for the amount they have seen. which is totally understandable and useful. however this creates an ignorant bias and will not apply to the rest of people. what Richard dawkins does (btw I am religious, however I love every avenue of knowledge and dislike being caged or oppressed quite a lot so I do not allow my self to stop my search for knowledge so quickly). (I also love his respect for people, he is a very nice person when he is calm and collected) is he will usually express what science has so far, as any scientist does. but then rebukes every comment made by the opponent. as an educator. he should be understanding why they think that way and without insulting them; empathising with them and offering them a new point of view. at the end of the day when people won't listen to him he raises this statement... science is the search for knowledge and understanding. even if we are wrong now, we will find the right answer. since you don't believe / respect / have confidence in why I do. you are an idiot. that is the only thing I dislike about dawkins way of approach. also, if he was around when the lamarks theory of evolution was current ideology 'I want to grow therefore I will' approach. I think he would have the same short tempered perspective as he does now. he calls those he doesn't respect fools. because of education. but those he respects who don't agree with him, he humbles himself... again, a normal trait. but as an educator, there is a level of respect needed for all sides at all times.

[@KjellWilliams]

Blake Place I appreciate your comment. And I agree with your point that most everybody deserves respect, even if you disagree with him. I have only seen him disrespect the so-called charlatans, who really should know better, and perhaps do, but still teach or practice all kinds of superstitious nonsense to make money off of desperate people. I have no problem when he calls them out.

[@featheredhorse]

Actually, I typed out that comment at the beginning of the video, BEFORE he got to that part, and then later I did feel a little redundant when he said something similar. It's not like I could change it at that point though. Moral: watch the whole video before you comment or you might get people misunderstanding your intent! :)

[@whateverwhatever44]

"oh my god", I love this man, he is like some kind of modern poet.

[@BenFletcher7530]

I predict you'll go far. Be proud of your love of science!

[@toverkleet]

You can see at the end of the clip (around 1:34:00), when he talks about NASA, you can see it hurts him a lot.

[@Kataang101]

The power of science, my friend.

[@Apropoetic]

It would be easier for him to drop the subject if people stopped asking him about it.

[@CortneyMegan3191]

I don't think it's important to talk about religion or god either, but there are a couple things that I do find very important and I do think these matters would be helped with uniting the agnostics, atheists and some deists. One is talking about science and trying to push society into understanding it, the other is being open about our disbelief and showing people that just bc we do not believe in their god or all of his laws doesn't mean we are bad. We are good people. Just my take on it.

[@LeoLeeGaming]

This is probably my 10th time watching the whole thing.

[@Dan_Cattell_Art]

@therock27374 I felt Carl was pretty good about it. That was a different era, and he was running the only real science program on the six-and-a-half channels of TV back then, so he had to be careful or risk losing his mode of media. I'm pretty sure he's used both words to describe himself on occassion, so I'd like to think that he knew what they meant. Even if he didn't, he was philosophically sound through and through.

[@obar111]

Does anyone else notice the person on the left hand side of the stage just seem to materialize into being at the 11:51 mark ???

[@aridpheonix]

Neil is a bit sharp at the beginning, but once they delve into topics other than those he's spoken on hundreds of times, he cools down much more. He's a person too, guys.

[@LutzDerLurch]

@nanyacura Well, I find "How did you get to XYZ" Is a perfectly normal and frequent Question in a Conversation. It is just the Question, the Interest, how/why someone came to make a Job.

[@mikemontagne]

Neil, great remarks on communicating difficult ideas.

[@moonshadow112358]

I totally had to pause this and listen to 'I'm your Moon' before continuing. :') Ok. I'm a big scientist now. *sniff*

[@phantomraptorx9595]

Keep sniffing!!!!

[@mouloudo]

I'm not talking about that, listen to how he speaks to the interviewer, he's harsh to him sometimes... I'm too lazy to find parts to show what I mean considering the length of the video, but several times he's a bit rude for no reason ,the interviewer is not questioning his point or whatever

[@itsclocloclo]

Whenever I hear NDT speak I feel so energetic and invigorated.

[@busybillyb33]

1:02:34 - 1:03:36 My left ear momentarily has ADD to Tyson.

[@thelimecocunut]

I can't believe how many comments are about his atheism/agnosticism when he mentions that Carl Sagan, after giving him a tour of the labs, drove him to the bus stop and gave him his home phone number in case it snowed!

[@karensunfire]

The plutocracy would never allow someone that honest and intelligent to wield that much power.

[@Trollingwithlogic]

Nice been trying to upload some NT to my channel but couldn't din any.

[@magua4]

ive never seen someone analyze their status update as eloquently as neil degrasse tyson

[@aslanmane]

Very intelligently spoken sir.

[@jobets24]

we all have interest in science, EVERYONE, but not everyone would want to research and teach it, those are scientist.

[@KamiKaze43v3r]

i love neil's ties. they're so cool xD

[@Flip86x]

The camera moved slightly making his arm visible.

[@atea73]

A kindred spirit - it's so hard to find one. :) (albeit a dumber one - meaning myself, of course!) If humanity could be more like him. So glad he's a public figure to inspire more of us.

[@FacciaDiBambino]

I think people need to stop trying to put him in a category. He's a scientist who expands our understanding of the universe, who gives a shit if he believes or doesn't believe in god? It's of no relevance.

[@haha96369]

Greatest response ever.

[@TraumaAU]

It's pretty clear that he does not think so, you are one of those people he says are 'claiming' him. He clearly states that he is not a part of that community.

[@Falconbridge9]

Alchemy is its genuine form and observed from aspect of somebody who really understands it did NOT stop and it IS researched and practiced today because the jewel of that understanding and its wisdom is the explanation which states that alchemy is transformation of 'sacred mind' to 'sacred consciousness' thus "gold" is not really gold in alchemy and so on. Mr.Neil himself isnt open to any non-official science ideas and not questioning any science dogmatic "laws" just taking most for granted.

[@TheScienceFoundation]

@roont Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive. If pushed, everyone technically has to be agnostic.

[@razieldumas]

...I go to Oshkosh state university. Thanks for fucking with my head, Dr. Tyson.

[@cerevor]

I see some parallels of his holistic approach to science and his "common sense" answers or relations of science to society to ancient Greek philosophy.

[@MrJgstoner]

its only letting me like this just once. help me science!

[@Evolknight]

Yes. Eye saw that! I had to rewind to check it out again... It was just a transition edit!

[@freethinker79]

"The workings of the human body are an analogy for the workings of the universe." --Leonardo da Vinci

[@TheScienceFoundation]

@ChozoBoy It can be stipulated that the misconception is intentional, but generally it's used to describe any attack on a misrepresentation of a position, willful or otherwise.

[@Guitars0fWar]

"Remind me again why Pluto matters." "It doesn't" "Oh..."

[@phantomraptorx9595]

Lol

[@MrZentul]

Never underestimate the power of 2D imaging, messing up our 3D vision apparatus ;-)

[@HerraTohtori]

@HerraTohtori In fact, it is my opinion that while intuition can be very useful in development of technology, it's also responsible for holding back science for centuries while people just accepted the "intuitive" reasoning of Aristotle, Ptolemy and others. Then people started doing experiments and got counter-intuitive results, so they had to figure out something different! Intuition can of course provide new thoughts, a hypothesis, but it NEEDS to be empirically tested to see if it works.

[@madogmgd]

37:30 blew my mind

[@bo0tsy1]

Thanks for the video.

[@Errordemn6]

When Neil deGrasse Tyson talks, I feel that maybe I can get in an in BIO 41!

[@robotcow28]

Too bad not enough people know smart people like this exist. I also love listening to Michio Kaku, he's amazing also :D