Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why Science Literacy Matters

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10 жыл бұрын

This week on Moyers & Company, Bill Moyers concludes his conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson about why science literacy is critical to the future of our democracy, economy and standing in the world. They also discuss the dangers created by those who would deny scientific fact and block important research.
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@billmoyersandcompany 10 жыл бұрын

"[A]s an American, I feel it. I feel the fading of our luster, the fading of our vision statement as a nation." In part three of Bill's series of conversations with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist talks about about why science literacy is critical to the future of our democracy, economy and standing in the world.

@jayh9529 Жыл бұрын

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@Parmoss1640 9 жыл бұрын

Smart people feel smarter watching Neil deGrasse Tyson's KZfaq vids.

@ConsciusVeritasVids 8 жыл бұрын

Stupid people get angry and yell at him for saying the Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

@user-wo1ur5tz9d 8 жыл бұрын

+Reverend Veritas May i guess that the stupid people is theists?

@NoahDamnGood 10 жыл бұрын

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of my biggest hero's!!! :)

@trippyshoemaker 5 жыл бұрын

this has not aged well

@NeedsEvidence 10 жыл бұрын

Must-see interview for all Americans.

@franckmerlot8811 10 жыл бұрын

"If you're science illiterate you're disenfranchising yourself from the democratic process." Neil deGrasse Tyson “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Isaac Asimov

@soul0360 2 жыл бұрын

Even though all the American media, of all sorts, I consume, suggest that these polls could be in the right ballpark. I somehow find the notion to be to ludicrous and scary, to believe in the numbers. I'm Danish. From what I see around me, and from Danish media, I'd assume that the number of people in my country, that completely disregard evolution, is below 1%, and probably even far below. So acknowledging that our biggest ally, and one of the "strongest" countries in the world. Has such a big portion of its population being science illiterate, really is hard getting your head around. In my mind, this trend starts in the differences of our education system. So if the US is to keep their world dominance, and not fall apart by internal bickering. This is an important place, for progressive reforms. Looking at countries, where education actually work, while still being cheap.

@ReedoTV 7 жыл бұрын

The closing monologue is more relevant now than ever

@MyTemporaryAccount88 10 жыл бұрын

It always annoys me when politics is discussed without mentioning corruption. There are very few political issues that are a moneyless dispute, where people have real differences and they're difficult to solve in a democracy. All the big issues being discussed in the media are impossible to solve without corruption. As simple as that.

@matthewrutledge4276 10 жыл бұрын

***** How about the fact that oil companies have bought so many of our politicans and because of that corruption a very large of the population our country is being sold pseudoscience that Humans aren't causing global warming. Political Corruption is affecting our scientific literacy.

@MyTemporaryAccount88 10 жыл бұрын

opensecrets tend to document those donations very nicely, many articles have been written on the matter. My point is more like so: If politicians aren't spending so much time & energy on raising funds (Democratic members of Congress spend about 4 hours a day fundraising on the phone), they'll spend more times trying to solve the issues, as well as doing them in an unbiased way. When you strip away the need to raise funds, politicians could get elected by taking on the powers that be, instead of having populist messages that get nowhere, while using small social issues as wedges to win elections.

@icecreamassassin3006 Жыл бұрын

"The major breakthroughs are behind us" my dad who was largely a literalist catholic (not fundamentalist though), said something almost exactly like this. He thought the computer was the apex of technology then after his death, smart phones became a big thing. Streaming on demand high speed internet exploded. There is always another mountain to climb.

@ZZ-pe3pp 10 жыл бұрын

Brilliant interviews.

@adamlewis4123 9 жыл бұрын

Seriously, dr. Tyson is my personal hero

@rtwishon1 10 жыл бұрын

What a great interview.

@scottscar54 10 жыл бұрын

I just love NDT so much!

@PurpleKnightmare 10 жыл бұрын

I love him too, I have a huge man crush on him. LOL Why does him being married matter though?

@scottscar54 10 жыл бұрын

Meh, I'm married too! ;-)

@katherinecooper6159 11 ай бұрын

Has anyone noted any changes since this was aired?

@BIGBADWOOD 10 жыл бұрын

Smart Man ! He asks questions and thinks freely !

@waswestkan 4 жыл бұрын

Neil deGrasse Tyson, care about the future of our country, and his fellow citizens ; he is a top level patriot.

@mrdeath212 10 жыл бұрын

fantastic video, thank you

@rkpetry 8 жыл бұрын

A closing thought on global warming: Half a century ago students learned about the solar cycle (sunspots) and its correlation with global average temperatures and yet the wisdom that then-said there's a two-hundred year cycle, is missing from todays' discussions-so, who proved which, wrong...?

@SmD71nG 9 жыл бұрын

Neil, Thank you for being with me.

@komolkovathana8568 3 ай бұрын

20:40. The last quest in lifetime...that why ASKING (sound/core) question is @least as important as to answering it.. (maybe some several hundred years after being asked.) The real Powerful Questions (based on (sound) curiosity) can change the whole world.!!

@TeemarkConvair 10 жыл бұрын

if one needs the crutch of a god, so be it, it's their right; to use that crutch to trip society, that's UNCONSCIONABLE

@jaanc8047 4 жыл бұрын

It's a breathe of fresh air that interviews before 2017 wouldn't force Neil to comment on Trump for click-baits. Thanks... god.

@jt-io9sp 7 жыл бұрын

I wish more scientists, philosophers, doctors, and less lawyers and business men would get involved in politics. that's a problem as well imo

@MrBenzcdi 2 жыл бұрын

Start: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p85xmsh9ztbWYGQ.htmlm26s

@hermannkateri2120 9 жыл бұрын

Kierkegaard vs Neil deGrasse Tyson

@HellangelSakura 10 жыл бұрын

24:20 "God help us"......now i know he meant it as a phrase that is used when all hopes are lost. but not the most suitable phrase when Neil just talked about the devastation of putting god on things that we currently can't solve.

@Supernova094 8 жыл бұрын

no idea why everyone take that word literally , god help us might mean " we need a miracle to get us out of this situation "

@HellangelSakura 8 жыл бұрын

Saketh Kurapati "now i know he meant it as a phrase that is used when all hopes are lost", maybe read the comment first.

@Schmendrik9 10 жыл бұрын

LOL- Invoking GOD to help us at the end...isnt that ironic..

@hermannkateri2120 9 жыл бұрын

Kierkegaard

@MultiMastermixer 7 жыл бұрын

the last statement" God helps us " he cannot!

@1mtstewart 10 жыл бұрын

mr. moyers, until all of the people in the world can use the current level of knowledge we already have and use all of the channeled energy we are inhibited from harnessing due to corporations not realizing ALL of their stranded resources in coal and oil, we are on hold. shackled to their mistakes. when our government again begins to represent us and our values we will stay under the influence of the rich.

@Claddaghmamma 10 жыл бұрын

"If US racial and ethnic groups were separately compared with other countries, Asian and white students would regularly perform at or near the top of international rankings, while black and Hispanic students would routinely rank at or near the bottom." ~ files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED535873.pdf

@franckmerlot8811 10 жыл бұрын

And? What's the conclusion, scientifically speaking? Btw the connotation of "Hispanic" only exists in the USA.

@salehqt 8 жыл бұрын

+Margaret Kilbury The difference is in the other countries, the aggregate score of poor and rich beats United States. I am sure if you pick certain ethnicity in other countries, they would beat Americans ten fold.

@akkeller2013 6 жыл бұрын

5:20 "Politics can Trump science, can't it?" -- Chill bumps. The current administration is working hard to prove that statement all too true. :(

@xeyetothecosmosx4316 10 жыл бұрын

Beginning of the downhill slope to the pits of scientific discovery

@fantasyremixes1919 10 ай бұрын

The Bill Gates reference was very, very poor. Bill Gates was very good at appropriating other people's ideas, I'd give him that. If you want a true academic rebel who at the same time did contribute *massively* in computing, read about Dennis Ritchie - creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the Unix operating system. Though he successfully defended his PhD thesis, he never officially received a degree because he didn't bother submitting a bound copy of the dissertation, as was the requirement.