Neil deFuckingGrasse Tyson

[rmd]

In an interview, someone asked him about a time he was discouraged in his pursuit of astrophysical awesomeness, and he turned it into a great story about racism and culture in America.

Tyson is pretty awesome.

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

effin' brilliant. thanks.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

That's a great story!

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

An excellent story to see, thanks for pointing it out!

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

He is continually awesome

[pywaket.livejournal.com]

He occasionally does short bits on The Daily Show, and is consistently awesome. One of my favorites was a bit called "Bullshit or No Bulshit" where they asked him his opinion about mining asteroids for water. He answered the question whilst simultaneously solving a Rubik's Cube and also informing Stewart that the Earth in the opening credits "is still rotating backwards. Just sayin'"

This search will get you most, if not all of his appearances there:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/videos/?term=Neil+deGrasse+Tyson

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Lando Calrissian. Of course that's who Neil deGrasse looks like. It's been vaguely niggling at me for ages, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

(Also, now that I've watched it, what a bloody fantastic interview response.)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*adds a "Tyson" in there somewhere, sighs, and goes to bed before commiting any more typos*

[lioritgioret.livejournal.com]

Yes. Awesome.