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Originally Posted by ilduclo
going to see NGT in Sept, he's a good speaker, a lot of u tubes out there on him, he's a good spokesman for real science vs "creationism" etc
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he is indeed a great mind, but in the more recent years he has become very counter-productive to his own cause. Initially Tyson seemed more in the neutral corner, but he has been provoked by ignorant fundamentalists, folks who wouldn't be persuaded by him in any kind of way anyway so... Meanwhile if his aim to convince skeptics and religious folks to be more scientifically inclined,he could use to be less confrontational and more informative. By framing all of his more recent discussions on a kind of "us vs them" approach he is alienating the very folks he is interested in converting. If he is just going to preach to the scientist choir for an Amen he's not really informing anybody new of anything. Tyson is a very well respected and liked scientist at a national level, his voice would be very persuasive to many folks who are not yet convinced about certain aspects of science, yet he is hurting his own cause by seemingly intentionally alienating the very people he supposedly is trying to get at..
As a note, I have always liked Neil, but I liked the funnier, campier, nerdier Neil of a few years ago who simply focused on the science itself in a fun way rather then the Neil with an Agenda who seems to be almost myopically focused on attacking people who disagree with his perspective yet those folks will never become convinced to embrace his perspective if it comes from an attack rather than rapprochement.