 markust123
Male, 40-49, Western US
 3783 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 10:12:17 PM
I think I have found a new hero and his name is Neil DeGrasse Tyson, "I don't even mind... I don't even care... If someone wants to say you don't understand that, God did it. That doesn't even bother me. What would bother me is if you were so content in that answer that you no longer had curiosity to learn how it happened. The day you stop looking because you're content God did it, I don't need you in the lab. You're useless... on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world." |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6406 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 7:38:06 PM
One doesn't need to question Niel DeGrass Tyson to know Bill O'Reilly is an f-ing moron. |
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 tommy2X4
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
2808 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:10:45 PM
Neil is awesome. |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25600 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 11:13:06 AM
All primative cultures have invented a god or gods to explain why the sun rises and sets. What makes the god of the primative hebrew better than the hawai'ian gods? Or aboriginal or native american or aztec or etc etc etc |
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 yoda141
Male, 18-29, S. America
250 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 10:37:08 AM
5cats: so you're saying that god is just the answer ignorant people put on natural phenomena?
Historically, god has indeed been the ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.. There was a time in which humanity thought lightnings came from his wrath, and also diseases. now we know about germs and electricity. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25600 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:05:06 AM
God is an imaginary playfriend for adults. |
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TkA
Male, 30-39, Western US
115 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 7:22:22 AM
God is real |
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 insane_ai
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
668 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 2:33:42 AM
God did it all. We're just discovering how it works. |
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 AtheistAlien
Male, 30-39, Western US
772 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 2:13:47 AM
@5cats, you are the moron he was talking too. |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16929 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 1:12:46 AM
"God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance"
Um, no: There are 1 Billion things we currently don't understand. Until science > the unknown, God will have a place in human undrstanding. You're not going to "get rid of God" anytime soon, okay?
@Davymid: climate change? lolz! "No you f*cking don't". Applies here. |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:01:30 AM
"God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance."
I suppose that's why God's so popular in America?
Haha! Wow. Well played sir. Well played. |
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 davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:14:49 PM
Denying well-understood basic scientific realities such as evolution, the age of the universe, climate change etc, will f*ck up our chances of surviving (or at least, continuing to advance) as a species more than any current danger I can think of.
Beware those who deny scientific advancement in favour of ignorance, especially religiously-inspired ignorance.
As a wise man once said: "Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into skyscrapers".
And no, I see no fundamental difference between sky-mumbling fundamentalist Christians and Muslims. They're all religious sky-mumblers, and all come from the same root. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6298 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:13:57 PM
"God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance."
I suppose that's why God's so popular in America? |
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davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:07:38 PM
The more I get to know this guy, the more I like him. He's a crusader (excuse the dichotomy) for scientific advancement.
My personal take on it: if you believe that your personal God, or gods, or higher power, or The Force, whatever, made the scientific laws of the Universe and then set them in motion for us to discover, then you go for it. I have no way of disproving your reality. And at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter: the laws of Science which apply to us all everyday are the same whether you believe in an underlying supernatural god-creator or not.
But when inherently religious views start to infringe on basic scientific findings, and teach our kids those anti-scientific views, that's when intelligent people are going to stand up and say, "No you f*cking don't". |
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 TheGodofFail
Male, 13-17, Western US
126 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:35:33 PM
That mans voice is godly. I want the sound bite of "You're useless" so I could sit there and use it on my friends when necessary. |
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houtex
Male, 40-49, Southern US
61 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:11:31 PM
The '...you're USELESS!' part? Pure awesome right there. Glad that was last, it makes the entire clip worth every second.
/Tyson is the man.
//And Kaku, him too.
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 bophus
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
279 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:10:52 PM
@yesyesido
he wasnt quoting anyone. he was doing his best to agrue his point. He doesnt understand how the tides work or what the moon does. He really doesnt. It is sad. He is a finger waving fanatic. |
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yesyesido
Male, 40-49, Western US
1 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 7:43:52 PM
Not That I am Defending Bill, because he is an idoit, but he was probably quoting Ellery Schempp (born Ellory Schempp, August 1940) who is an accomplished physicist. He Questions The way we understand Gravity. He Wrote "Warning: Gravity is “Only a Theoryâ€" Bringing God into this specific argument as a "God of the Gaps" is foolish. |
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 ReBoot
Male, 18-29, Canada
200 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:53:54 PM
I'm glad he mentioned the "god of the gaps" phenomenon
like he said, just cuz we don't know for sure what causes something doesn't mean that for sure it's god |
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 I-IS-BORED
Male, 18-29, Canada
2432 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:53:21 PM
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25600 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:33:57 PM
Intelligent Design - you can't explain that. |
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 antagonizer
Male, 18-29, Canada
475 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:00:28 PM
Ahhh the christians on IMB are stewing in their seats right now trying to come up with a clever response that doesn't promote their ignorance further. Wait for it... |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25600 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 5:44:05 PM
Definately a smart guy, but I think he's been reading his own press. Seems a bit full of himself. |
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 nubblins
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1580 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 4:26:46 PM
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is my hero! |
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 Brassbull
Male, 30-39, Southern US
1608 Posts
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Saturday, January 07, 2012 3:51:50 PM
"God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance"
I want this as a bumper sticker. |
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