Opinion of Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[DemPGH]

Massive FF across the board. He's engaging, funny, and obviously smart without putting people down who he disagrees with. The only complaint I could have would be the lengthy tangents he goes off on, but he's so geared toward performing that sometimes the tangents are as good as the main point! His TED themed talks are brilliant and his "I remain unabducted" criticism of UFO and aliens b.s. was gold. "The God of the Gaps" talk was wonderful.

[DemPGH]

A lot of people have taken up an academic interest in science because of Sagan, Tyson, etc. What in the world is wrong with breaking down science into terms that everyone can understand? The more scientifically literate our society is, the better. Carl Sagan often if not always took questions from children first, and that's the point. Someone has to do that. A lot of scientists don't have the patience or desire to do what Sagan, Tyson, etc. do because their lab is where they'd rather be.

Oh, and Plato and Aristotle are wonderful, but scientists investigate nature. At one point, "natural philosophy" was science. Indeed, the discipline has progressed beyond that with telescopes and microscopes and DNA.

The Arts are fighting for their lives, I know that, and I'm sympathetic. But at what point do Plato and Aristotle become a hobby instead of a track of study?