I have lost a lot of respect for NdT. He was fine as an astronomy popularizer, but since his sex scandal he seems to be strongly hewing to the CSJ lines and giving their arguments an unearned patina of respect.
I recently saw a cartoon with a bunch of zombies surrounding a house with only one person inside, with the text saying that it wa…
I have lost a lot of respect for NdT. He was fine as an astronomy popularizer, but since his sex scandal he seems to be strongly hewing to the CSJ lines and giving their arguments an unearned patina of respect.
I recently saw a cartoon with a bunch of zombies surrounding a house with only one person inside, with the text saying that it was NdT so there would be plenty of brain for everybody. That's his public image - a massively intelligent guy, who understands things at a level we mortal cannot. So now he's throwing that, um, popular credibility, on the side of some very unscientific ideologies.
I honestly have no idea why he's so widely viewed as hyper-intelligent. Maybe because he's an astrophysicist and there's a strong "maths/physics knowledge = all-round genius" mindset among non maths/physics types?
But listening to him talk about pretty much any topic, especially when it's off the cuff and not related to his specific field, is excruciating. I'm not sure there's anybody alive more unjustifiably impressed with themselves.
Speaking of someone undervedly viewed as smart, I endured the Musk/Carlson interview a few months ago, and while Carlson is a yapping moron, I was not impressed with Musk at all. It was easy to take his measure; his thoughts were poorly sequenced, he rambled and groped for words, it was, classically, the kid doing a report on a book he hadn't read.
It was only in finance that he was at all linear. The guy is no genius.
Tyson doesn't strike me as much of an astrophysicist. I haven't read his papers but there have been so many like Feynman who could explain a topic in lay terms and make it illuminating, Tyson completely lacks that. And Feynman was by all accounts a humble man.
I hear you. Whenever I hear him talk about subjects outside of his field in physics. Like climate change, he goes on like he is an expert, but just by what he is saying you can see the lack of knowledge, yet he just goes on and on.
I have lost a lot of respect for NdT. He was fine as an astronomy popularizer, but since his sex scandal he seems to be strongly hewing to the CSJ lines and giving their arguments an unearned patina of respect.
I recently saw a cartoon with a bunch of zombies surrounding a house with only one person inside, with the text saying that it was NdT so there would be plenty of brain for everybody. That's his public image - a massively intelligent guy, who understands things at a level we mortal cannot. So now he's throwing that, um, popular credibility, on the side of some very unscientific ideologies.
I honestly have no idea why he's so widely viewed as hyper-intelligent. Maybe because he's an astrophysicist and there's a strong "maths/physics knowledge = all-round genius" mindset among non maths/physics types?
But listening to him talk about pretty much any topic, especially when it's off the cuff and not related to his specific field, is excruciating. I'm not sure there's anybody alive more unjustifiably impressed with themselves.
Speaking of someone undervedly viewed as smart, I endured the Musk/Carlson interview a few months ago, and while Carlson is a yapping moron, I was not impressed with Musk at all. It was easy to take his measure; his thoughts were poorly sequenced, he rambled and groped for words, it was, classically, the kid doing a report on a book he hadn't read.
It was only in finance that he was at all linear. The guy is no genius.
Tyson doesn't strike me as much of an astrophysicist. I haven't read his papers but there have been so many like Feynman who could explain a topic in lay terms and make it illuminating, Tyson completely lacks that. And Feynman was by all accounts a humble man.
I hear you. Whenever I hear him talk about subjects outside of his field in physics. Like climate change, he goes on like he is an expert, but just by what he is saying you can see the lack of knowledge, yet he just goes on and on.
I lost all respect for him when he jumped on the gender bandwagon. He is dead to me now.