One of my favorite videos on youtube is the one where Neil deGrasse Tyson expresses disagreement at Richard Dawkin's methods [1]. He says: "... persuasion isn'

One of my favorite videos on youtube is the one where Neil deGrasse Tyson expresses disagreement at Richard Dawkin's methods [1]. He says: "... persuasion isn't 'here are the facts and you're either an idiot or you're not.' It's 'here are the facts and here's a sensitivity to your state of mind.' And it's the facts and the sensitivity that when convolved together, creates impact. I worry that your methods and how articulately barbed you can be, simply being ineffective..." [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2xGIwQfik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2xGIwQfik