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These three are nothing like each other. Stephen Hawking was a first rate genius on the order of Einstein. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a decent scientist who's a goo
by titzer 6y ago
These three are nothing like each other. Stephen Hawking was a first rate genius on the order of Einstein. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a decent scientist who's a good communicator. And Bill Nye is a funny TV host with an engineering degree.
- beaconstudios 6y agoNone of that is relevant to the fact that they are treated like science priests by their audiences.
- robotresearcher 6y agoThey are science priests. As such, people value the remarkably reliable information they get from them.
- beaconstudios 6y agoAs such, people immediately trust the information they get from them, whether it's reliable or not. Science is a process, not an end - treating current theory as the final truth (to the extent that science priests even relay current theory rather than just provide fun accessible notions for entertainment purposes) is a fool's errand. How many people have learned about Shannon's information theory from their deep understanding of Hawking radiation, thanks to Hawking appearing on Big Bang Theory? There's a huge divide between actually having any understanding of science and science-worship, and science-worship actively detracts from understanding science.