Neil deGrasse Tyson is really starting to scare conservatives...

[thecrow]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/18/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-really-starting-to-scare-conservatives/

I love the comment about Seth McFarlane's "deal" with Fox.

[Blue_Adept]

1. Free market, baby

It's too bad so many conservatives are afraid of the real free market of ideas.

[DetlefK]

4. EXCELLENT METAPHOR! Practical theories flourish, bad theories get discarded.

According to that metaphor:
"teach the controversy" = "all theories deserve equal time, regardless of their performance" = "socialism"

[DetlefK]

2. They don't even bother to provide alternative explanations.

"God created Earth."
"That's impossible, here's counter-proof."
"Well, in that case, God created the Big Bang."

[thecrow]

3. I love the way he states the facts.. not even subtle

He does it in a way everyone can understand and doesn't side step for the true believin' fundies.

[Martin Eden]

5. If their spiritual faith depends on the denial of widely-accepted science ...

... then their faith is very shallow, and rests on shaky ground.

[Volaris]

9. and denies the notion OUTRIGHT that God is all-knowing,

Which constitutes a form of denial of the One, True God.
Which means of course that what they are actually worshiping is a False god.
Good job with that guys...

[eShirl]

6. and he's the cuddliest astrophysicist since Einstein

[Arugula Latte]

7. Shows like Cosmos show the extreme myopia of Earth-centered religions.

Take Christianity, for example. In a universe that contains multi-billions of galaxies and on a planet that is billions of years old, they focus on the last 2,000 years and on one supposedly magical/supernatural member of one species of primate.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Conservatives also aren't used to seeing African-Americans on TV

being something other than athletes, musicians or actors...

(President Barack Obama doesn't count obviously, since he was born and raised in Kenya )

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. It's like on Dr. Who once...

He was complaining because they were out of milk. In all of space and time with billions of species they insisted it had to come from a cow.

[northoftheborder]

8. I just watched the last episode...

....it is all about purposeful selection, natural selection, evolution over the billions of years; very well explained for anyone to understand. What he doesn't have an answer for, he does not make suppositions about, challenges the future scientists to explore and discover answers. Excellent, I think. This should be shown in every classroom in the country. Hope lots of young people are watching this. Their denialist elders are lost.

[Yavin4]

12. Hey! I haven't seen it yet. Don't spoil it for me.

I don't want to know how it all ends.

[northoftheborder]

14. I meant I watched the most recent (this week's) not the ending of the series!

I'm not sure how long the series goes, but I'm sure it's longer than 3.

[HarveyDarkey]

16. 13 weeks, same as the oriiginal

except with commercials

[Yavin4]

18. I was trying to make a joke there.

No worries.

[johnp3907]

23. I got it.

I thought it was funny.

[Lunacee_2013]

10. Neil deGrasse Tyson is my secret crush!

He's so smart and dreamy and perfect. ... and handsome and kind and easy going...and...and....

[rocktivity]

15. Too late

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Tyson has already got an official groupie:

rocktivity

[Lunacee_2013]

25. Lol, she's too cute!

[malaise]

27. Gorgeous

Two things I observed - she's really bright; she has her map of the world and her dolly looks like her.
Love all three!!!

[Yavin4]

11. Fire would scare most conservatives

Fire bad!

[rgbecker]

13. Oh No's. Not another smart Black Guy!

What about the bell curve?

[Initech]

17. Anything that makes right wing fundie heads explode is a good thing!

[WillyT]

19. K & R !!!

[NightWatcher]

21. a Black man and Science, the two most hated things to repukes

[Gothmog]

24. The first two episodes of this show were great

The fact that the science deniers are unhappy makes me smile

[Feral Child]

26. K&R n/t