Tag: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos Peddle the Myth that Copernicus Demoted Earth
Tyson insists the Copernican demotion story is redemptive because it saves us from religious ignorance.
Medicine, Religion, and Cosmos — Was Andrew Cuomo Wrong to Invoke God?
In a press conference yesterday about the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used notably religious language.
Cosmos Episode 6 — That’s Entertainment! (But Is It Science?)
Here is the problem with speculative thinking about extraterrestrial life as well as about the origin of life.
The Biggest Myth So Far in Cosmos 3.0 — Baruch Spinoza as Science Hero
Scholarship on Spinoza in the last decade has increasingly recognized that he opposed the observational (empirical) and mathematical analyses of nature.
New Cosmos Episodes: Only Part of the Story
These episodes will slip in smoothly in public school science classrooms, someday when all the schools reopen.