Neil Degrasse Tyson fabricates quotes?

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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2014, 03:55:09 am »
Didn't read the whole article, or this one page which is apparently some rebuttal from Neil Tyson.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/email-exchange-with-the-federalist/10152354422065869

I always thought Wikipedia was pretty unbiased. Not sure thats great place to start any argument.
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2014, 05:54:42 am »
Most of those defenses by Tyson seem pretty weak.

Oh, I think Wikipedia is undoubtedly biased. It just depends on what articles you go to.

Wouldn't surprise me to see Tyson lying given his anti-religious twisting of history in the dismally rated Cosmos, or the New Atheist types that control Wikipedia taking part in the deception.


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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2014, 01:25:15 am »
If you say so. Though I think the 3-4 sentences that I read from The Federalist seemed pretty purposefully inflammatory and biased.

I wikipedia isn't sacred, nothing is. I guess the only option is to pick a delusion and stick with it.
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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2014, 12:58:12 pm »
To be fair, though, he does have a talk where he discusses/mentions how first-hand accounts are the lowest form of scientific proof. Regarding the headline, he claims that it was the title of a secondary story in a newspaper some 20 years ago. Maybe its time to get a new headline if you can't actually provide a verifiable citation.

The anti-religiousness of Cosmos is far overblown.
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