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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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2020
1W·0L·0P·1 open
1.000
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3.000
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2.5K
SHU
+0.45
TVOA
SHRP
BNKRL
1W
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0.9
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Take Slip·Sep 25, 2020
#PMT-2020-0925-18726
Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson

Intelligence is better defined by curiosity and problem-solving than by memorization

I submit to you that most challenges in this world are best served not by someone who memorized the encyclopedia but by someone who has a deep sense of curiosity and tools to empower that curiosity to figure stuff out.

This is a subjective definition of intelligence.
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Take Slip·Sep 25, 2020
#PMT-2020-0925-18727
Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson

Suggesting humans are the only life in the universe is inexcusably egocentric

To suggest that we're the only life in the universe would be inexcusably egocentric... Recognizing the likelihood of there being life in the universe is not the same thing as agreeing with UFO enthusiasts.

The existence of alien life remains unproven but is a widely held scientific hypothesis.
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Take Slip·Sep 25, 2020
#PMT-2020-0925-18728
Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson

Russell Wilson's controversial lateral was physically legitimate in the reference frame of the runners

In the reference frame of the quarterback and the running back, it was a legitimate lateral. From the reference frame of the grid, the ball moved forward. But you're penalizing players for running fast. I think as long as Russell Wilson stayed ahead of the other runner while he threw it, the spirit of a lateral is being preserved.

Physically, he is correct about the reference frames. However, the NFL rule considers the ground as the fixed reference frame, meaning it was technically a forward pass if it crossed a forward yard line.