Now I do love Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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I said in this thread I was beginning to love him, now it is just cemented.

I would embed but I don't know how to do that with Vimeo video so just follow the link.

Awesome video. The imagery and music fit the musings incredibly well. Thanks for sharing

He has so much personality, and I really enjoy listening to him speak. Easily up there with Sagan as a favorite lecturer.

This one'll imbed though:

As Sagan said, "We're made of star stuff." Tyson has taken up Sagan's mantle in many ways, and I heartily approve.

I've alerady watched just about every video I could find with Tyson, so I had seen that 10 questions interview, but that video in the OP does work quite well with Tyson's answer.

deftly wrote:

As Sagan said, "We're made of star stuff." Tyson has taken up Sagan's mantle in many ways, and I heartily approve.

As do I.

Tyson is awesome. One of my current heroes, and if I met him in person, I'd likely not be able to speak intelligibly. Science has some wonderful guys (and gals!) who are reaching across the gap between the geniuses and the common man, and NDT is one of them.

Bill Nye (The Science Guy) is another, and even Hawking writes for and reaches out to 'the rest of us'.

What I love so much about Tyson is his unbridled enthusiasm, and passion for learning. He is fully aware of the age we live in, and knows that we are just on the outset of humanity's explosion of knowledge.

Thanks for the video.

I found it amusing how well his voice and words worked in that symphony of science thing. He speaks so poetically and with such a musical quality that with just a little auto-tuning, he's suddenly a pop monster.

kazooka wrote:

I found it amusing how well his voice and words worked in that symphony of science thing. He speaks so poetically and with such a musical quality that with just a little auto-tuning, he's suddenly a pop monster.

Agreed. I love the line when he shouts "i just want to grab people and ask 'HAVE YOU HEARD THIS?!"

Here's the video:

I definitely share the love for Neil. Such an awesome dude.

I'm a big fan as well. Always pleased to see him when he shows up on Colbert or Maher or wherever. Even on subjects outside his expertise he's amazingly insightful and articulate.

Yup, echoing all the above. He had a really good interview on Nerdist not too long ago.

Jeff-66 wrote:

Tyson is awesome. One of my current heroes, and if I met him in person, I'd likely not be able to speak intelligibly. Science has some wonderful guys (and gals!) who are reaching across the gap between the geniuses and the common man, and NDT is one of them.

Bill Nye (The Science Guy) is another, and even Hawking writes for and reaches out to 'the rest of us'.

What I love so much about Tyson is his unbridled enthusiasm, and passion for learning. He is fully aware of the age we live in, and knows that we are just on the outset of humanity's explosion of knowledge.

Thanks for the video.

Yes, the world needs more NDTs!

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You know, this thread makes me realize that for all the Carl Sagan books I've read, I haven't ever gotten around to reading any of Tyson's. I'm totally grabbing the Kindle edition of Death By Black Hole to start fixing that.

Switchbreak wrote:

You know, this thread makes me realize that for all the Carl Sagan books I've read, I haven't ever gotten around to reading any of Tyson's. I'm totally grabbing the Kindle edition of Death By Black Hole to start fixing that.

I kid you not when I say this, I was just coming here to post that I just bought the Kindle edition of Death By Black Hole, prompted by this thread as well.

Looks like a fun read.

+1 on the planning to read Tyson train.

Also, Symphony of Science stuff is amazing. If you all haven't seen more of them, definitely check out the site.

I'm a huge Tyson as well and I've always enjoyed his books and lectures. I'd totally be down for Tyson 2012.

Sometimes listening to Tyson makes me rather suspicious that he got totally blazed with his mentor Carl Sagan (pot user and advocate) while doing cosmology/astrophysics, it would certainly explain the similarities in their speaking and Tyson's frequent movie references .

Also, Star Talk with NDGT was announced as part of the Nerdist TV lineup.

Edwin wrote:

This makes me so angry.

I had a chance to work with Tyson on a PBS Promo video a few years ago. Super laid back, no celebrity ego, and a very warm personality. Now, Bill Nye is a different story...

Jeff-66 wrote:
kazooka wrote:

I found it amusing how well his voice and words worked in that symphony of science thing. He speaks so poetically and with such a musical quality that with just a little auto-tuning, he's suddenly a pop monster.

Agreed. I love the line when he shouts "i just want to grab people and ask 'HAVE YOU HEARD THIS?!"

Here's the video:

Actually thinking about this one:

He's a little more prominent. And listening to it again, I'm not sure they auto-tuned him very much at all.

chaosmos wrote:

Now, Bill Nye is a different story...

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Thanks for the heads up!

Tanglebones wrote:

Also, Star Talk with NDGT was announced as part of the Nerdist TV lineup.

Yeah, I was excited about many of the shows included in that announcement, but none moreso than Star Talk with Neil. Can't wait.

Tanglebones wrote:

Also, Star Talk with NDGT was announced as part of the Nerdist TV lineup.

Link please? Is this anything like the Geek and Sundry stuff Day is starting up?

Michael Zenke wrote:
Tanglebones wrote:

Also, Star Talk with NDGT was announced as part of the Nerdist TV lineup.

Link please? Is this anything like the Geek and Sundry stuff Day is starting up?

Quite similar; they seem to be working on nearly identical models from the outside.

I will be at work. I trust that this will be archived in some capacity?

Michael Zenke wrote:
chaosmos wrote:

Now, Bill Nye is a different story...

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A friend of mine worked with him on a Discovery Channel series, and let's just say after that experience she now hates science. It's a shame, really.

chaosmos wrote:

A friend of mine worked with him on a Discovery Channel series, and let's just say after that experience she now hates science. It's a shame, really.

Damn. I met him (very briefly) at a convention thing some time ago and he seemed like a decent sort.

Sad to hear the long-term experience may not live up to the moment-to-moment interaction state.

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