Neil deGrasse Tyson Speaks on All Ethnicities Originating In Africa and The Truth About Aliens

With a new season of Star Talk starting tonight Neil deGrasse Tyson stopped by to talk about Africa, Aliens and much more.
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[@nickviscoJr]

If Neil was my teacher growing up I would have been a rocket scientist . This guy keeps everything interesting .

[@sjenk5000]

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[@christinet6336]

Bingo 😂!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯

[@reignbeauluvher]

If he was my teacher I might have went to History class.

[@michaelhicks8283]

Nothing cooler than an educated brother. How can we inspire our kids to realize their greatness. Their are so many Tyson’s sitting in prison or dead that never found their true path. We can be more than rappers, basketball player or hustlers....so frustrating!

[@St3phenking13]

It's all about the household. It's a waste of energy to constantly blame The White Man. We have to take responsibility for our actions. Teach your children accountability and how to make goals. Above all else pray to the Most High for wisdom and guidance.

[@NatHenrickClarke]

We have to make these other things just as cool as the ones you mentioned, I'm 40, and it wasn't cool to be dumb growing up, but it wasn't necessarily cool to be a scientist, doctor, Astro physicist etc, either, that's the problem!

[@bryanmanx]

Neil is the best! I was a big fan of Carl Sagan and now a big fan of Neil. My son and I will watch anything that has Neil on it. We went last year to a speaking event he held. He's a great role model.

[@teztez6518]

Is it easy to say newton was the greatest when most of Africa was destroyed by Europeans? And as you stated there are a lot of Tyson's sitting in prison? Over half of the incarcerated population is African American. And why does he only speak on white people he seems to never quote people of his hue.

[@teztez6518]

@@St3phenking13 not to blame white people. Only that they redline our communities. Inculcate laws that keep us a third world citizens in this alleged first world society. Only that even if your a black millionaire or billionaire your still just a high dollar consumer. Black people get money not power. Research research research. Winfrey Cosby Allen to start you off

[@thembadube5513]

I'm African from South Africa. I love how Neil explain Africans. Yes we've been undermined by many races in the world. Neil is absolutely correct...you find all kind of people. I'm an educator at a Science College and I work with lots of most incredible and talented Scientists and Mathematicians who inspires the young minds of my country and the continent at large. Bcos S.A. hosts all Africans from all over the continent.

[@samuelyawbrobbey6481]

Amazing 😄😍🇬🇭🇬🇭🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@Elliott_R]

"The truth sounds like hate to people who hate to hear the truth.." My take on European race theory. You want to hide something from so called "black" people put it in a book. 👀❓ Trance Atlantic slave trade to the Americas, South and North America and the Caribbean between the 1600 and 1900 was when Europeans started using race theory to categorize people in black, yellow, red and white which is ridicules if you have understanding about DNA or cell mutations or understand the etymology of the word black. Did you know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another. 23 chromosomes from your father and 23 chromosomes from your mother genetic data morphing together forms You. According to advanced modernday science there is no such thing as race in genes or biology it is a social concept that people accepted often by force or willful ignorance. DNA makeup, genomes and chromosomes will tell your biological ancestry. Where our forebears came from can be seen in our DNA, but ancestry does not map onto race, because race is a myth, differences in skin and hair color are principally genetically determined. Africa has the origin of everybody in the world from the tallest to the shortest, darkest brown skin color to the lightest hue, coarse hair to kinky to straight to frizzy hair all genetic information stored in DNA. Races are those generalized labels such as "black", "white", "asian" and "hispanic". They are judged by the traits that people display. Ethnicities are groups of people that have their own customs and languages that have settled in locations around the world. Africa has the most diverse genetic gene pool, meaning a person from Ethiopia, Mozambique, Ghana, Sudan or Africans in the diaspora and everybody else, on a genetic level we might be totally different but we as dark browned to light hues skinned people share the same root. We have advanced technology even scientists have agreed that in biology there is no such thing as race. Today there is broad agreement among scientists that typological conceptions of race have no scientific basis. So called Black race did not exist until Europeans decided to use a similar categorisation systems, terms and phrases they created or found in the bible and switched terms and replace them with a color system and conveniently used it to categorize enslaved Africans like cattle during the trans Atlantic European slave trade. Race is a social construct. (Research anthropology and race or read The Göttingen school of history or read about genetics, DNA, genomes, chromosomes and cell mutations.) While ethnicities do exist, races have been proven to be biologically inaccurate. Most of the time people judge a race by the physical traits a person has. For instance, someone belonging to the so called "black race" is supposed to have dark skin. So does this mean that a person belonging to an ethnic group in Africa is part of the black race? No. We cannot assign a race to a person from any ethnic group for the following reasons: 1) First, all ethnicities were originally one group that came Sub-Saharan Africa. They lived there for at least 2 million years. Because of this, people from all ethnic groups today have 99.9 percent of their genetics in common. 2) It was only 60,000 years ago that a group of Africans left Africa and formed the various ethnic groups. 3) We can observe that the traits that have been traditionally associated with race are shared across all ethnic groups. In other words, dark skin is seen in the ethnic groups in the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, in South America, and many other parts of the world...not just in Africa. 4) And finally, ethnic groups have been mating with each other for thousands of years after their initial move out of Africa. This means that that all people are genetically mixed. There are no "pure" ethnic groups despite what some people may want to think. So ethnicities do exist, but we can't group any ethnic group or any person into a race based on their physical traits. Races are a socially constructed myth. People actually have more in common genetically than they do different, despite what society and the media has taught us. (read Robert Sussman had titled his book "The myth of race, the troubling persistence of an unscientific idea.") The phrase "willful ignorance" has come to mean any situation in which people intentionally turn their attention away from an ethical problem that is believed to be important by those using the phrase (for instance, because the problem is too disturbing for people to want it dominating their thoughts, or from the knowledge that solving the problem would require extensive effort) The contemporary word race itself is modern; historically it was used in the sense of "nation, ethnic group" during the 16th to 19th centuries. Etymology the word "race", interpreted to mean an identifiable group of people who share a common descent, was introduced into English in 1580, from old French rasse (1520), from Italian razza. (People with a God complex, who also described us as beast or animals. Their theory doesn't make race a fact specially a color like black like charcoal when our shades ranges from darkest brown to tanned brown and light hues but Europeans deside what our identity is.) Pseudo science they used to fit their fantasy of a superior race and to distance themselves from a African origin. (Describing people in ancient days was normal: People used many ways to describe what they witnessed, Moor and blackamoor. A Middle English word for "Ethiopian" (perhaps also "a negro" generally) was blewman "blue man." burned skin, pale man or red man, kemet and many other words even made up terms, nothing new im aware of that.) Today we can accurately describe skin color. The term black itself is incorrect in to describe skin color, black is said to be "the sum of all colors" when a blackish stain is obtained from the mixture of various pigments. And black is said to be the "absence of color" when all light radiation is removed. A black object absorbs all wavelengths of light and reflects none and that's why it appears black. Etymology of the color black. In English, “black” comes from the Old English blæc (“absolutely dark”, “absorbing all light”, “colour of soot or coal”), descending from the Proto-Germanic blakaz (“burned”; source of other Germanic words such as Swedish bläck [“ink”] and the Dutch blaken [“to burn”]), from the Proto-Indo-European bhleg (“to burn”, “ (How we see skin color) Skin color ranges from darkest brown to the lightest hues. As sunlight, which is a combination of all wavelengths hits an object, some materials will absorb specific wavelengths. The wavelengths that aren't absorbed get reflected. This reflected light then reaches our eyes and makes us perceived the reflecting object as being a particular color. I never understood why English speaking people call brown skin ranging from the darkest brown to light tanned brown as black, charcoal is black. Chocolates, coffee bean, cacao, coconut, brown sugar, clay, mud or Africa reddish brown dirt. I'd rather call it beautifully brown. I tend to have this discussion with people who come off as colorblind to the color brown specially English speaking people. Race is pseudo science. The world pulled over your eyes. ~ Morpheus You already ate the blue pill that's why you have Stockholm syndrome for European race theory. Respectively we can agree to disagree or correct me if you think im wrong.

[@Bi0m3ga]

If you're an educator you should know what race is and what race isn't. If your field is science then “race” has no place in it.

[@TheOriginalDarkGlitch]

Just when you think you couldn't possibly find more respect for a person, Dr. Tyson appears. The heavens blessed us with this man.

[@rueben44]

So much respect for Neil he has a gift for bringing science to the world.

[@oldgymrat71]

I love the humanity and intelligence of Dr. Neil!

[@BillyRunsShow]

Sway, thank you for bringing Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson on this episode. Bringing positive inspiration and education to the Black community.

[@nepenthes1978]

what this man is is a government disinformation agent to keep you all dumbed down. what he "teaches" when not flat out wrong is just pre historic.. i used to like him, till i learned the truth about aliens with Dr Greers and everyone else.

[@williamdavis8855]

6:15 Neil's laugh is genuine joy to be around his nephew and nieces!! The love is real for his people's even though we may disagree with him. The handshake and dap on the side was Love and Joy btw Neil and Sway 🤝

[@curious17589]

I love the fact that Dr. deGrasse Tyson is on this show connecting with the culture and dropping knowledge!

[@ijg8343]

Mariah B sway for grown adults,he knows his audience

[@curious17589]

@@ijg8343 yes indeed!!

[@swordierre9341]

@@jamesearlcash1758 chill

[@hamiltonmays4256]

Not just knowledge, but great big knowledge bombs, the kind that make you realize all different kinds of deep, true, real knowledge are all related.

[@dmacrolens]

I'll bet you love the way he treats women, too, huh?

[@johncaro2485]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson has always been a favorite of mine. He speaks the truth. We are all from Africa. I am a 69 year old white southern man that seeks the truth. thanks for showing me Sway''s Universe, I have subscribed.

[@woahhoaw5906]

You have 69 likes and your 69 lol

[@abrahamjackson6019]

Sr I hate using that ol Cliche the truth will set us on free.

[@Gainde215]

David Anewman No U just don’t wanna accept the truth, we all came from Africa and that makes u mad.

[@denbecr49]

@Grady Whitman So you're saying you should be recognized as one of the top science communicators instead of Tyson? You claim to be better educated? You can cite your published research? Which professional scientific organizations have you as a member? Which top university has you in their distinguished alumni list? Justify your qualifications to claim Tyson mislead John Caro.

[@levyy_012]

@Grady Whitman you're a hater 😂😂

[@lewisner]

It was kind of an eye opening moment when I read a site which pointed out that the face of the Sphinx was obviously modelled on a black person , so obvious that it would be silly to deny it. Then the next obvious question is "Why would you go to the immense effort of making a gigantic statue with a black face if you weren't black yourself ?".

[@krispalermo8133]

On a side note, later kings of Egypt had a bad problem recarving the Sphinx face to look like the current king.

[@yannicat123]

Makes sense to me.

[@liverpooljft9623]

Well if you read it on a site it must be true 🤣

[@lewisner]

@@liverpooljft9623 I'm reading your comment on a website.

[@Fdot88]

Facts

[@michealwillis]

Neil is more than a national treasure.

[@26472989]

He's an international treasure. We appreciate him even outside the borders of the U.S.

[@VConley]

Neil dropped so many gems about Africa.

[@LeagueofThieves]

Lmfaooooooooo

[@blackice51374]

@@LeagueofThieves What's funny

[@generalkayoss7347]

The best gem is him admitting that every race has evolved except for Africans. lol

[@noirling1]

It was as if he were plundering an emerald mine in the Congo... he dropped so many gems!

[@thoughttank5107]

@@generalkayoss7347 Because they are the blueprint 🙄🙄🙄, evolution dosent mean better it just means different. Literally evolution = shit happened and then it changed.

[@darealchops]

My dad had me read the mismeasure of man by Stephen J Gould when I was in 6th grade. I'll never forget that book and the craziness in it. Crazy hearing Neal talking about it.

[@williamdavis8855]

Thank you. I had to read The Mismeasure of Man in 1992 for my class at Virginia Commonwealth University. It is the blueprint to the Europeans madness and search to be #1 and shows theri limitations on understanding anything!!

[@MK-pt3iy]

Shout out from Kenya.

[@GreedAndSelfishness]

Yeah, hows it going over there? Must be great because its black.

[@Fragranceofabundance4all]

@@GreedAndSelfishness STFU

[@BlindMellowJellyInc]

Bringing science into our beloved world of hip hop is the best....ty Neil.

[@iian_]

@Truth Hurts DAT NAME LOLOLOL

[@wesbecool]

@Truth Hurts Just because you name yourself "truth hurts" doesn't mean that if you say offensive things that they then become true. hip hop, as of 2017, is the largest genre in the US, even surpassing rock. So yea, I would say it it beloved. And according to Spotify it is the most listed to genre in the world, and has artists from around the world. So I would say that would qualify it at worldly. In the end it looks like the truth only hurt you, be pissy if you want though.

[@kaji8707]

@Truth Hurts you're an asshole

[@sincityquinn]

wesbecool Ignore that troll. He’s desperate for attention.

[@davinthetoothgamer4872]

Love science but hip hop is negative

[@RaysAstrophotography]

I admire Dr.Tyson. His voice is music to my ears. He is inspiring, positive, friendly, verbose, extempore, and mostly very knowledgeable.

[@juschill1]

All Ethnicities Originating In Africa starts at 13:58

[@raunelcorona2689]

Ur da real mvp💪

[@generalkayoss7347]

So that means all of the other races evolved, while Africans remained stagnant....

[@generalkayoss7347]

​@Origins686720 Your 80 IQ is showing. If Africans were the originals, everyone else is more evolved. Simple science.

[@Dave_AI]

@Origins686720 You don't understand how evolution works. There isn't some 'superior' end state that organisms are evolving towards. For example, there are cave dwelling fish that have lost their eyes to evolution. Is being blind 'superior' to having sight? By what criteria? _"Did you know that every other race except Africans have the ability to produce TAILS?"_ Yeah, that's complete nonsense. Every human has a tail during embryonic development. In most cases, the tail is absorbed into the body to form the tailbone. You can see the tails with an ultrasound, so you are talking out of your ass. Feel free to prove me wrong by showing me the science.

[@Dave_AI]

@Origins686720 Once again, you demonstrate that you don't have a clue about how evolution works. Africans didn't evolve? What the hell are you talking about? I don't need to find an African with Neanderthal genes because I never claimed Africans have Neanderthal genes. They aren't a requirement for evolution. At this point, I'm going to ask you to explain what evolution is and why you think Africans magically stopped evolving.

[@Joey-zl5te]

I love Neil, his ability to discuss scientific topics in ways the general public understands is awesome. He is a rockstar and my idol!

[@legionluciano]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a world heritage. We're lucky to have such a great human being among us.

[@brandonbridges678]

I went to Egypt in May of this year. I walked inside the Great Pyramid, and saw black people inside the tombs in Saqqara. The further I toured south in Kemet the ethnicity of the ancient people was clearly evident. It’s one thing for someone to tell you these people were African, but to be there and see,smell and touch the walls was a memory of a lifetime.Ancient Aliens is a total misdirection to discredit the achievements of Africa.Black people should be proud of their ancient history we are truly AMAZING

[@joeofdoom]

The ancient Egyptians werent "black" the scientific data simply doesnt support it, it's about time we stopped defining ourselves by those who came before us anyway.

[@adamakinlade1758]

Amazing

[@beenthere3236]

joeofdoom If u say so.

[@bryanmanx]

As Neil said Africa has the most diversity of any place on earth. The smartest and the dumbest. We should all try very hard to surround ourselves with the smartest regardless of culture or race.

[@andymakau3936]

joeofdoom ...have a visit to the pyramids and stop reading biased information ... you will not see any Caucasian face

[@charlesdonahue3667]

I've been binge watching Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews on KZbin. Reading the various comments is a snapshot of present day America. On this thread he's affectionately described as appearing warm and humble, with a special reverence for his decency and humanity. Conversely, on other video 'comments' sections he's labeled as an arrogant, rude, condescending narcissist. The lens that citizens of this nation choose to view people, ideas and events through is fascinating. I was once told that how we describe another reveals more about ourselves than the person we're describing, I'll leave it at that.

[@blackworldonline]

He's able to think like this because he's a scientist. Science is a beautiful thing. I love it.

[@DreiSkins101]

All the biblical miracles will at last disappear with the progress of science.

[@nfl305]

Ppl love science when it agrees with thier political or religous views. Very few ppl are honest enough to admit it.

[@JC_inc]

Alysia Williams Yet, those who don’t like & believe in science are enjoying all the modern scientific achievements.

[@robertramos8676]

17:54 Neil didn't know the Mandingo/Mandinka tribe, but he knew the biggest booty tribe LMFAOOO

[@jairousparker2311]

I love this man's sense of humor in explaining our ignorance and knowledge whether you agree or not. I respect his genuineness.

[@manp1826]

Not even African but I feel like we’re not taught enough about Africa (and other cultures). It’s immense, culturally rich, genealogically unmatched. If we play our cards right, we can find humans even more inteligent than Einstein, that would leap humanity to another level.

[@celos99]

LDN EDD you’re an idiot

[@hueyfinesse]

you will probably find allot of intelectuals. But people like Einstein wouldn't exist without proper education and material for them to read and study. Africa doesn't have allot of that...

[@Stevesrssrssrs]

That will never happen!!! Most of Einstein's stuff was natural without proper education!! He was simply special!!! He had a proper education, but when he figured out the most amazing shit, it just popped into his head while he was bored!!

[@highpriest8571]

@@celos99 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaeocoWZa7OcmpI

[@adfmo2195]

Einstein could never grasp the concept of multiplication... he’s not infallible. Furthermore, there was a golden age of Africa before colonization. Were it not for the Moors who were Islamic scholars we wouldn’t have algebra.

[@alite3928]

There are very few people on the planet that can take any topic and make it completely enthralling where you can't take your ears off it!! Brilliant man that Neil De Grasse!!

[@jamal6070]

Neil degrasse Tyson please make an episode about ethnicities originating in Africa !! Make this happen !!! Now !!!

[@teewhyeee]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a genius and a legend 🙏🏽

[@nfl305]

He's very smart guy and is a gifted entertainer who loves his field.

[@NateJones10]

Amazing and enlightening. The information on Africa is incredible and itself needs to be discussed more. Thank you so much for educating us some more Mr. Tyson. Your enthusiasm, wisdom and brilliant mind uplifts all of us as human beings. Keep doing you, its making the world a better place my friend.

[@calculusadvancedodq4968]

The cage meaning the European originated in the cactus mountain caves...

[@foreverconstant]

Wow..This has to be the Realest thing I've ever heard Neil say , The Ancient Alien concept is a total discredit to African ingenuity!!!

[@nepenthes1978]

"All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed - only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle". - Nikola Tesla

[@geogarcia4065]

I hear you on that....my reply is....the Ancient Alien theory is not limited to the African continent or even just that side of the world. So that statement in itself is limiting. Not disputing his point. Cheers

[@crossbearer6453]

Forever Constant the elongated skulls they found are human. I have friends with heads like that. We even have a local name for them. Four-square🤣🤣🤣🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 I’m serious though..but don’t call them that🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@crossbearer6453]

Geo Garcia do your research again pls and find out which races these ancient alien theory discredits

[@spyder666]

They discredit all ? Its not like they say "european achievements - genuine, african achievements - aliens". The entire show is going around the world pointing out any slight mystery and saying "i dont know... so .. Aliens". Nazi scientific leaps? Aliens. Stone henge? Aliens. Hindu religous text? Aliens. The older the story, the less is known, the easier it is fill in gaps with aliens. Very amusing, and highlights some fascinating historical mysteries.. but it is all nonsense...

[@suzannelebizarre5705]

Yes, I had learned years ago the humanity originated in Africa...and I have enjoyed Neil deGrasse Tyson for years!

[@momo-xx4wi]

Anybody else feel smarter just for hearing this dude?? !!! I definitely do!!

[@biancalord488]

mo mo don’t just hear him, listen 👂 to what he is saying... it’s deep

[@kimmyscozykitchencomforts2576]

Right

[@terenterenteren8301]

Glad you do. Me too.

[@kingartison]

Always

[@slangsd]

His delivery is so palatable for us to learn. We need more educators like him. You can tell that his sharing of information is carried with so much passion and sincerity.

[@cusil518]

Great show especially with Mr. Neil. His podcast StarTalk is great!

[@darlenecaulton3891]

I just love that Mr. Degrasse is so approachable in his communication. As the song was Groovy people. Educated, intelligent without being a stiff.

[@saraquirin5513]

I absolutely love that you have him on your show. Neil deGrasse Tyson is so smart and so interesting to listen to!

[@worken360]

Smart? So inappropriate touching and rape is smart?

[@MrD-tu3hp]

Too dam short, the Africa topic can be hours by itself

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Mr. D #Facts

[@taytaybeynippy486]

I know I literally want 2 to 3 hours. I'm so used to his interviews being long that I didn't even feel this one at all.

[@riv6580]

Mr. D days, weeks!!

[@73542]

this nigga gay ^

[@blackblurable]

Hours? A lifetime actually

[@3o5Miami]

This is great to watch while you are self quarantining. Man this is GREAT!

[@Alexz_Archivz]

I was in the Navy for 14 years... thank you, but the smartest person I've ever worked with was an African! So he ran the show by rank

[@masterofchaos7428]

I was also in the Navy and one of our top enlisted from his job knowledge to his PT scores was Ethiopian. One of the nicest people you would ever meet.

[@edmond3rdeyewoods524]

That's dope, let him run the show not by skin, but by knowledge!

[@JC_inc]

De Nada I’ll bet my last dollar that you’re a hater, & a failure.

[@Bxdarealest]

I really live how he makes science and space so cool and interesting to listen to.

[@AfrikanGod1]

What a genius mind...my mind is always amazed by his inteligence and character....definetely a role model for your and oldet generations

[@Nobody46644]

I want to see him freestyle

[@SWAYSUNIVERSE1]

Watch the previous Riff RaFF Video they rap together

[@LaynoProd]

He prolly MC Squared

[@2lemonades]

LaynoProd 🤣

[@shoppy112]

i just came down to comment dis and i see you as a top comment lmaoo

[@93_renegade]

Kobeson24 no you don't... check the riff raff video. Lol

[@SimplySchaun]

I love the rapport between Sway and Tyson. It’s so fun to watch. 🖤

[@traceycroxford8880]

What a wonderful show, very interesting, informative and funny.Thank you! ♥

[@melanin74]

One of the greatest Africans who ever lived “Imhotep” was bad ass

[@cobracyxx8808]

Indeed, a multi genius

[@melanin74]

@Dman Smith Yes sir aka "Akhenaten" introduced Monotheism, Greek gods were plagiarized from Kemetk dieties

[@Kube_Dog]

He was African, but not black.

[@entitylast4907]

Imhotep never ever missed a step

[@brunonkowalski]

He's not African. Also very smart but far from Genius.

[@jfuller4903]

This interview is great.

[@n8thegr8st1]

Wowza, didn't know this was a thing, but thanks KZbin for knowing I would be interested in this. Two great personalities here!

[@iso6203]

Just keep loving NDT! When you finally find someone like you have huge influence and speak your thoughts, it makes you crazy happy!

[@squintboss8552]

El Neil D Tyson dropping wisdom, dropping knowledge. Good talk Sway. Squint Boss approved.

[@cardboardbox9977]

The richest person ever in the history of the world was also African, Mansa Musa.

[@rmanS2C]

So? Not be blunt or rude. But what importance or relevance does this have today?

[@captain_cuddles]

@@rmanS2C are we watching the same podcast?

[@sandplasma]

insect currency doesn't count... lmao

[@MrSean03839]

Marcus Crassus.

[@wunamon]

To say this means you do not understand who the African really is. The concept of wealth as it is used to classify Mansa Musa could not exist in a typical African setting. Often we forget that although we may be Black and or African that our minds are European in nature due to our education and exposure. It is because this platform is too limited that I cannot go in-depth.

[@laurachel3007]

I just love the amount of culinary related figures of speech Dr De Grasse is throwing about when taking about Antony bourdain. So much respect and love

[@Michael.Miles1]

Man I listen and watch his videos almost everyday. Then I started listening to TED talks and other channels on astrophysics, black holes and the universe. And the more I learn about the topic the more I realize we as a planet have very few answers in the regards to the universe.

[@JustSheilz]

I LOVE Neil DeGrasse Tyson!!! Great interview.

[@semisisiu4190]

Best morning show Waking up to knowledge

[@audioauracle-dsyswpwanl-]

Here's gnowledge!! Stephen Hawkins kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKqonWivhqt_m7c

[@1Dreamking]

We need to celebrate our differences while remembering we all came from the same place. Something like that. I could skip back and get the wording right but I think I got the geist of it. I would love spending a week with Neil de Grasse Tyson, Brian Cox and Michio Kaku and just listen. And try and learn and remember as much as possible. =) But in truth I could listen to them explaining the same things over and over again and not get bored at all. =)

[@nicholasfrancoeur3897]

Big up Sway for having this guy!

[@SparkyTakedown]

Neil is a gem. Humble too.

[@nfl305]

Ha ha Neil is many things, smart , entertaining and likeable but humble is not one of them. He's quite pompous at times.

[@moimeme6533]

@@nfl305 yes humble doesn't quite capture it ...eloquent yet relatable

[@jordanwilkerson3182]

Imhotep is the greatest physicist of all time, kanye west voice *

[@MrMephiston]

Engineer :p

[@kaptainkafir6231]

dude was just piling a couple of rocks on top of each other, didn't know any calculus, relativity... hardly a qualification for the "best" physicist of all time. relax.

[@mouhalo]

@@kaptainkafir6231 its easy to say that he was just pilling rock on top of each other in 2018 at least he knew how to pile them and he was arguably the founder of egyptian medecine. he was way smarter than you and your family could ever be.

[@kaptainkafir6231]

@@mouhalo well. nr1 you don't know me or my family, so that's conjecture, and nr 2. I don't doubt he was a genius, but "best physisist of all time" without even knowing the fundamental particles & the laqs governing them... no chance.

[@mouhalo]

Kaptain Kafir you can say that now, but imagine living in a time when the word physics is unknown, and you still manage to put together monument that lasts thousands of years.... yeah i agree not the best physicist but he is smarter than you could ever be, i would love to see you in ancient egypt without any of this knowledge.

[@laylaali5977]

Excellent conversation

[@ackmutt3406]

Loved This!

[@Wakeupcj]

I’ve had sleep paralysis so much I have got used to it and I just have to lay there and hope eventually my body will wake tf up. It sucks

[@deangelomains5051]

This is the interview that got him in trouble.

[@mohammadlevy9668]

That was good! Nice discussion.

[@MandoCarlrisian]

Bruh i love this man. He is spitting facts oh my goodness!!

[@widerling]

This man needs at least an hour on the show!

[@carlton2361]

This man have 1million thoughts in his head ... #genius

[@ijonkilledyou6062]

This man HAS one million thoughts in his head #definitelynotagenius

[@factatician3560]

Lmfao

[@willgeorge5644]

Yes, and he is also approachable, people can connect with him, I love this about him, and in fact most Black people. I would love to have him as a neighbor, we would talk for hours!

[@worken360]

Yeah and there all the same....Rape

[@natashadoucette5668]

K, excited to watch this..

[@churchtalkunlimited]

Great show, thanks!

[@seanbean4682]

Neil Degrasse Tyson is so fascinated by reality that he finds speculative fantasy insulting. #NDTDGAF

[@cretaceoussteve3527]

So true. When you dive into nature, there is no limit to its depth. And there's only so much knowledge that can be gained from talking and imagining - at some point you need action and experience, or you're just playing pinball in your brain.

[@rayj.9568]

@Sean Bean, I have no idea what #NDTDGAF means, but this is a great comment. You don't have to "walk in" make believe when you choose to live in reality.

[@rollinmark8952]

@@rayj.9568 think it means "Neil DeGrass Tyson doesn't give a f**k" could be wrong.

[@rollinmark8952]

Or... DOES give a f**k. !!

[@Jesusiskingofkingslordoflords7]

Neil, I feel as though I've never heard or seen a man as smart as you. Thank you for your balanced information.

[@dagrooveback]

Love it!❤

[@nicksaldana346]

Just want to be great and Neil’s helps me improve myself to what I think personally think is great!

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

We need that spongebob meme for these comments. "Egypt is in Africa." "Correct." "People who live in Africa are Africans." "That's right." "Then Egyptians are African." "Absolutely not."

[@Nathan-tz5fr]

Egypt resides within the boundaries of what we would now call Africa, in that sense Ancient Egyptians could be called African. However, the concept of Africa as we know it did not exist back then. So far back as Roman times "Africa" only referred to roughly modern Tunisia, the northwestern coast of modern Libya, and northeast of modern Algeria. In that sense, it would be anachronistic to call Ancient Egyptians African. Furthermore, the modern continents are mostly arbitrary and probably Eurocentric social constructs and referring to either Ancient Egyptians or modern Egyptians as African is meaningless since the term says nothing about how the present and historical cultures it is applied to relate to one another.

[@kingsaintides7227]

Lol yeah..Greeks can claim Ancient Greece, Romans can claim Ancient Rome, but Africans don't you dare claim Ancient Egypt smh

[@kingsaintides7227]

@@Nathan-tz5fr nope, Herodotus described them as black. They traded with Sudan and Ethiopia. So, ALL the surrounding areas were black, but the Egyptians were something else? Lol

[@Nathan-tz5fr]

​@@kingsaintides7227 I never said anything about whether the Ancient Egyptians were black, or at least what would be considered black today. The issue was whether they were African. Our conceptualization of Africa did not exist in Ancient Egypt, therefore to apply that label to them is anachronistic.

[@wesbecool]

@@Nathan-tz5fr Just because the conceptualization of Africa did not exist then has no barring on whether or not they are African. People didn't even know the Americas existed before they crossed into them by the land bridge. That didn't make the plants and animal species that lived there not American species. The Aztecs didn't call themselves Aztecs, but they are still Aztecs. So yea, the Egyptians are African.

[@katehurman5864]

Amazing discussion on the deep and dark consequences of systemic entrenched cultural bias and the potential of on-going harm

[@grantp33]

smartest person ever is up to the individual.....I would say Neil deGrasse Tyson is a badass for sure

[@carnitagroves7758]

Greetings from Ghana!! Great show from our African brothas!

[@AtypicalPaul]

Love Neil DeGrasse Tyson 😀

[@blackbuddha8167]

Tyson's knowledge is nothing less than beautiful

[@MESHQuality]

Glad to see Neil on this show again!

[@alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689]

Great show 👍👍

[@ffjsb]

The problem with not having an African Einstein is that most of Africa doesn't have the educational opportunities to mold the African Einsteins that may be out there. Eventually it may come.

[@linnerhawkins8234]

Eventually

[@ffjsb]

@@rayj.9568 Hopefully you will improve your reading comprehension because I NEVER said that. But they WILL need outside entities to help them set up better education systems, because you'd have to educated an entire generation of educators, and that's not going to happen in a vacuum. But notice again, I said NOTHING about ethnicity, not that it matters where knowledge comes from.

[@ffjsb]

@@rayj.9568 The problem is that you ASSUMED something with zero basis to do so.

[@bigchiefblufftown]

droppin jewels

[@cretaceoussteve3527]

Said it all at the end. Thank the big bang for this man, he may be the most accessible brilliance in the history of humanity.

[@Gestureye7x]

dope talk!

[@ruggerosmith1167]

That's right we're all family so let's start acting like it!

[@ahnoldshort5500]

Ruggero Smith agreed

[@heleaven_music]

NdGT is the coolest scientist on the planet 😎

[@decacards5250]

@@worken360 ????

[@nubianpwr]

Brilliant discourse!

[@junewatson1638]

I just Love Neil Debra's! He is a Scientist With a Great Humor to make Learning Sooooo Fun! As well as Amazing. 👏👏

[@Ali-oc8og]

Funny how he starts talking about Africa then weeks later he gets accused of sexual assault

[@champchamp3075]

Hes talked about this before. I think it was on Joe Rogans podcast

[@fafa335]

La Rue Beharry right 👀

[@Stevesrssrssrs]

It must be to keep a black man down!! Whitey at work!!

[@tucanphos]

@@Stevesrssrssrs Stonemansteve II replace "must" to "it is". But, your 2nd statement is on point. Although, I would use a more culturally-safe term than "Whitey"

[@LuckyBelafonte]

These days a simple touch on the hand or arm while smiling is considered sexual harassment

[@BodyRibbonz]

Dr. Tyson lowkey G checked Sway. I see you doc! 👀😂

[@WaltThizzney415]

Miss. Andretti haha sway never finished college

[@kingartison]

Miss. Andretti how ?

[@illusionen6655]

Super dope words man! Neil the champ 🏅

[@nightfury6836]

Neil is awesome!!! GREAT show guys ;-D

[@ESmaniak]

Love me some NDT

[@LeagueofThieves]

Sad.

[@LSturdy]

I had sleep paralysis one morning and I was like in between awake and sleep and I open my eyes and it look like a Skunk was crawling in my bed and I was like WTF but I couldn't move, I could see it because of my lab top light, So finally it was over and I went back to sleep and eventually I woke up ,got up and forgot all about it , So I ate breakfast and started getting ready to go and work out , I had just did my laundry and left my work out cloth's at the end of my bed, so I picked up my Jogging pants , which are black with a white strip down the leg and at that point I realize my mind in that paralysis state had turn my folded up jogging pants at the end of my bed into a freaking skunk walking around in my bed. I told my mother and she was like that was God way telling you to wash your funky a-ss.....lol

[@imansherrif]

Wow so educational

[@Kube_Dog]

This is like the black version of Stephen Hawking talking to Carrot Top.

[@73542]

what?

[@SudoJay]

lololololol... I was thinking about how odd it was listening to them. They had no clue what they was talking about and how cringy was it when Sway was trying to sound smart? lolol I kind of feel bad for Neil.

[@agonleed3841]

@@SudoJay shouldn't. His job is to educate. He did what he was trained, educated to do. What he aspired to do. Learn about stuff, then teach those who don't And sway, you and I, etc are all this much smarter now

[@SudoJay]

@@agonleed3841 I'm not giving Neil crap. That's the only reason it popped up on things to watch was because the algorithm of KZbin not hip hop but science. There are tons of better interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

[@agonleed3841]

@@SudoJay didn't think you was giving Neil shit. Giving the interviews shit though. Almost as disrespectful. I tell my son that if he doesn't know, ask. These people were ignorant, but decided to change that. And that's true intelligence. Realizing your ignorance and searching for answers

[@infamoswordz]

"We are so resistant to admit our ignorance" Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@Postghost]

These are interesting questions to axe.

[@lynnaehardy6707]

There is Science and There is Spirituality. They both go well together.

[@dn30001]

the alt right trolls and racists haven't hit the comment section to this video yet....but they'll be here

[@edkinj]

dn30001 hope not but your right.

[@BiggHead_T]

Fucc you@Matty Jay

[@Mriventivv]

Everyone knows that we originated in Africa. No one is denying that.

[@dn30001]

@@Mriventivv who is arguing?

[@Cng215]

@dn30001 Thank god...