What beliefs do Neil deGrasse Tyson hold?
I always looked at NDT as simply an agnostic-thinker with pantheistic thoughts. He never labeled himself and always ran away from the atheist community, but yet so many atheists look at him as one of them. He's said in interviews he identifies himself as a skeptic, so I'm curious on what WP's take is towards him.
I am sure that NDT does not believe that bronze age Dude with the long beard created the heavens and the earth.
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According to the information that is freely available on his website, Neil deGrasse Tyson believes in "Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution". He is currently working on a 21st century reboot of Carl Sagan's landmark television series COSMOS, to air in 13 episodes on the FOX network in 2013.
It is fairly safe to assume that Dr. Tyson believes more in objective empirical science than in subjective rationalist mythology.
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I am sure that NDT does not believe that bronze age Dude with the long beard created the heavens and the earth.
ruveyn
God/Gods can be and mean different things to different people. It might not be the same definition - Just as I don't believe in anthropormorphic or personal Gods, however I have my own views on what it means to me, just as to an atheist God means nothing. I've never classified NDT, or looked at him more than an agnostic.. but being so, doesn't nessessarily make you a theist. Perhaps he's more inline with deism..
As long as NDT does not go around say billyuns and billyuns and stuhrstoff.
And I hope NDT does not try to sing like a whale.
ruveyn
It is fairly safe to assume that Dr. Tyson believes more in objective empirical science than in subjective rationalist mythology.
I like how you put it - I'm looking forward to his sequel to Cosmos.
He claims to be agnostic HERE, about a quarter of the way down the page.
Reading through the entire article, it seems that Neil deGrasse Tyson just does not care about religion, God, and the entire metamyth.
According to This Wikipedia Article:
He has written and broadcast extensively about his views of religion, spirituality, and the spirituality of science including the essays, "The Perimeter of Ignorance" and "Holy Wars," both appearing in Natural History magazine and the 2006 Beyond Belief workshop. Tyson has collaborated with evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and presented talks with him on religion and science.
He's a scientist; that's all.
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It eludes me why people want to know what other people do or do not believe. If he says he sees himself as a skeptic, then he's a skeptic. But in case you wonder: I think this says it all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4qeuvbi-0
He says it loud and clear that he's indifferent with regard to religion (as am I). I also listen to Bach's Matteus Passion and Handel's Messiah because it is beautiful music. That doesn't make a christian or whatever.
This was the article that originally made me believe this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4qeuvbi-0
He says it loud and clear that he's indifferent with regard to religion (as am I). I also listen to Bach's Matteus Passion and Handel's Messiah because it is beautiful music. That doesn't make a christian or whatever.
I like the video you posted, I've never seen it before.
I only raised this topic because of a debate I was having with an atheist. Also in communities like Reddit, you'll see alot of atheists claim NDT as one of them, when he doesn't identify as that.
I'm expecting someone to post a thread entitled, "Is Neil deGrasse Tyson an Aspie?", and then include some meaningless assumptions in a rambling word-salad as evidence to "prove" their point.
I say this because it seems that whenever some notable person becomes famous, at least one marginalized group will try to claim that person as one of their own.
Pathetic.
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-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer
He is a good example of hybridization.
Mutts are the best.
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Amen, brother.
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