Neil deGrasse Tyson – Uncommon Descent

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos and “the artistic license to lie”

One thing readers may not know is that, in a series that leaned heavily on the supposed conflict between religion and science, obvious and widely noted misrepresentations were excused in the service of a “greater truth”

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Larry Krauss? Francisco Ayala? And now Neil deGrasse Tyson?

No, they haven’t all come to their senses and seen that of course the frame of reality we live in is designed. Like Larry Krauss and Francisco Ayala, astronomer and science popularizer Tyson has been #MeToo’d: Dr. Katelyn N. Allers, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Bucknell University, told me that she was “felt Read More…

Origenes KF @101 It is an open question whether the principle of sufficient reason can be applied to axioms within a... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
martin_r In 21st century, only very irrational, dishonest and corrupt people can deny that "the universe point to a Creator". The... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
kairosfocus Origenes, one has to lie to oneself to pretend that Jews, Slavs, Gypsies or Subsaharan africans are not human; our... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes Sandy, KF @ KF: moral principles are built in and attested to by conscience. Sandy: Only if you have the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
bornagain77 FP states, Given the fact that it is well known that people with serious diseases or addictions, often “become” religious.... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
BobRyan Anyone who has honest inquiry about the universe must come to the same conclusion Oberg did, which was the same... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
kairosfocus F/N: Wikipedia on PSR: The principle has a variety of expressions, all of which are perhaps best summarized by the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Sandy, while it is true that harmful worldviews can damage our ability to think straight about right and wrong, there... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Ford Prefect I am slowly working my way through the above mentioned video. At about the 30 minute mark he made the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Ford Prefect OT, but I think this might be of interest to some here. I lived with the guy being interviewed while... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
StephenB Origenes:According to Aquinas and you, every aspect of Ted Bundy, including his purported ‘free will’ is made by God. No... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Sandy Kairosfocus Sandy, moral principles are built in and attested to by conscience. Only if you have the right frame of... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
relatd Origenes at 177, God sees all and knows all. He knows, before it happens, who will do wrong and who... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Origenes Relatd @176 Like you, I am a theist who cannot imagine being wrong about it. However, Aquinas argues for a... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
relatd Origenes at 175, Where does Aquinas say that? God creates souls and men, however, He gave us free will. The... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Origenes StephenB @172 ... there is only ONE ARCHITECT of Ted Bundy’s choices and that would be Ted Bundy. He is,... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Origenes StephenB @170 Ori: The actions of B cannot be a separate entity from B, instead they are an inextricable aspect... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
relatd SB at 72, Man has two choices: Man is the ultimate reference point. So man prefers the words of other... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
StephenB SB: The broader point, which I have made previously, is that moral choices are the product of a multiplicity of... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
kairosfocus F/N: it should be clear that the design inference is an inference to a key causal factor. As such, it... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Sandy, moral principles are built in and attested to by conscience. We often feel them most directly when we have... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...