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#581 - Neil deGrasse Tyson - Understanding The Wonders Of Science

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and science communicator.

The universe is filled with mystery. Science has answered a lot and yet there's still so many fundamental questions which we seem no closer to understanding. What is consciousness? Are we alone in the universe? And why do people argue so much on the internet?

Expect to learn what would happen if the moon disappeared, how Neil has dealt with the fallout from Patrick Bet David's podcast, why Sir Christopher Wren was an architect troll, Neil's best answer to the fermi paradox, why the world of astropolitics will be very complicated, why your colon bacteria doesn't think very highly of you and much more...

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show.

0:03.5

My guest today is Neil deGrasse Tyson.

0:05.8

He's an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author and a science communicator.

0:10.8

The universe is filled with mystery, science has answered a lot, and yet there's still

0:15.2

so many fundamental questions which we seem no closer to understanding.

0:19.8

What is consciousness?

0:21.5

Are we alone in the universe?

0:23.2

And why do people argue so much on the internet?

0:27.0

To learn what would happen if the moon disappeared, how Neil has dealt with the fallout from Patrick

0:32.1

Bet David's podcast, why Sir Christopher Ren was an architect troll, Neil's best answer

0:37.7

to the Fermi paradox, why the world of astropolitics will be very complicated, why your colon

0:43.7

bacteria doesn't think very highly of you, and much more.

0:50.1

You might be listening, but not subscribed.

0:52.7

In fact, and it really does make a difference if you want to support the show, just press

0:59.3

the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts as a plus in the top right hand corner or the

1:03.4

follow button on Spotify.

1:05.9

Thank you very much.

1:08.1

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