Neil deGrasse Tyson On Coronavirus: Will People Listen To Science?

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This has been an eye opening in Italy. Italians listening to scientist has been an interesting new development. I suppose fear does that.

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 554 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/msszenzy πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

It was called sensationalist or fear-mongering when scientists started to project the outcome, first in Wuhan, then in Italy. People still don't want to hear it.

I don't think it's a distrust in scientists, it's that normalcy bias, a belief that someone, scientists, will somehow just fix it and make it go away.

They, in fact, have an irrational expectation for science and scientists, a fantasy even.

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 1043 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/beaucephus πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

I deactivated my Facebook because I couldn't handle the "it's just the flu" moronic posts anymore

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 691 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/energizerbunneee πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

In front of a live audience. Irony.

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 141 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/PlayingtheDrums πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

why do they Hug??

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 30 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/iier πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

Joe Rogan gets a expert on infectious disease while the mainstream media gets a cosmologist. Smh

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 294 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/kartunmusic πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

It's not so much about listening to scientists, but rather the loss of respect for authority. Mass media has repeatedly cried wolf and in doing so has eroded public trust. Scientists and doctors are collateral damage. They aren't believed because their message is being spread by a media arm the public has lost trust in. If the mainstream media says it, it must be a lie.

I overheard a conversation just today between a group of folks in their 60's discussing Corona Virus. The jist of it was that they believe the media is exaggerating it for ratings and to sell commercials. This isn't a pair of jaded Millenials here. This is a demographic that grew up watching the plywood box in their living room and believing everything it said. Even they are distrustful of the news. And those who appear on the news; scientists, epidemiologists, virus specialists, these people are lumped into the same category as the other talking heads who have blown through their credibility years ago.

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 18 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/paulnokaoi πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 12 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

People still don't realize that we are going for Spanish flu dimensions

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 67 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/ExplorationOfEarth πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies

Hey, here's a positive spin: if people learn through this that we need to listen to scientists, maybe we have some hope for climate change??? :)

πŸ‘οΈŽ︎ 72 πŸ‘€οΈŽ︎ u/Strict-Environment πŸ“…οΈŽ︎ Mar 11 2020 πŸ—«︎ replies
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, THE HOST OF "COSMOS," AND HE'S MY FAVORITE ASTROPHYSICIST. PLEASE WELCOME NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON! s β™ͺ β™ͺ β™ͺ <i> ( APPLAUSE ) ( APPLAUSE )</i> >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. BUT FIRST -- >> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK. >> FESS UP-- HOW MANY ASTROPHYSICISTS DO YOU KNOW IF I'M YOUR FAVORITE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? >> Stephen: I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANY OTHERS, NEAL. DO YOU UNDERSTAND. I DON'T REMEMBER MY OLD GIRLFRIENDS. I DON'T REMEMBER THE ASTROPHYSICISTS BEFORE I MET YOU. NEAL-- SPOILER ALERT-- YOU'RE A SCIENTIST. >> INDEED. >> Stephen: AND LEGALLY I AM REQUIRED TO ASK YOU YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. >> OH. >> Stephen: AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT A VIROLOGIST, YOU'RE NOT AN IMMUNOLOGIST, YOU'RE NOT AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST, BUT I SUSPECT-- >> I'M AN ASTROPHYSICIST, JIM. >> Stephen: BUT I SUSPECT YOU HAVE AN OPINION? >> A POINT OF VIEW, I WOULD SAY. I'M BROADLY SCIENTIFICALLY LITERATE, BUT WHAT I WAS SAYING OF THIS VIRUS, I THINK WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASSIVE EXPERIMENT WORLDWIDE. AND THAT IS -- >> Stephen: WE'RE THE GUINEA PIGS? >> MAYBE. THE EXPERIMENT IS WILL PEOPLE LISTEN TO SCIENTISTS? <i> ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )</i> IN THIS CASE, REFERRING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS-- >> Stephen: SAY ANTHONY FAUCI. >> FOR EXAMPLE. ARE YOU WASHING YOUR HANDS? AND ARE YOU TAKING THESE PRECAUTIONS? THESE ARE WARNINGS OFFERED BY SCIENTIST S. >> Stephen: FOR OUR OWN GOD. >> FOR OUR OWN GOOD. IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE ALL LISTENED AND ALL PAID ATTENTION-- DON'T FREAK OUT. DON'T LIVE-- A LIFE LIVED IN FEAR IS A LIFE HALF LIVED. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO--<i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> I'M JUST-- SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF WE ALL PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY. MAYBE THE CORONAVIRUS WILL JUST BLOW ON BY, WITH A MINIMUM OF CASES. AND THEN WE KICKED ITS ASS FOR OBEYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STOIFTZ HOW TO MINIMIZE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING IT. THAT WOULD BE-- IT'S AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF. >> Stephen: I HOPE WE WIN? <i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> I HOPE SCIENCE WINS. I HOPE ACKNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE COMES OUT ON TOP. >> YES. >> Stephen: LAST WEEK IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE JUST DISCOVERED, OBSERVED, THE LARGEST EXPLOSION SINCE THE BIG BANG. WHAT WAS IT? WHERE WAS IT? AND WHY WAS IT? >> SO WE DIDN'T SEE THE EXPLOSION. WE SAW THE HOLE-- THE GAPING HOLE LEFT OVER BY IT. >> Stephen: SO THERE'S-- THERE'S A VOID, OR SOMETHING. >> 14 MILLION LIGHT-YEARS AWAY IS A CLUSTER OF GALAXIES, AND THE MEDIUM IN WHICH THESE GALAXIES MOVE, THERE'S A VERY HOT GAS. MOST CLUSTERS HAVE THIS HOT GAS. YOU CAN DETECT IT ON XRAYS. IT'S GLOWING SO HOT, YOU SEE IT ON EXPRAIZ. THEY OBSERVE THIS GAS IN A GALAXY CLUSTER AND IT WAS A GAPING HOLE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE MONSTER GALAXY IN THE CENTER. AND NO ONE UNDERSTOOD IT AT FIRST. AND WE REALIZED SOME TIME IN THE PAST THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION FROM THE BLACK HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THAT GALAXY AND BLEW OUT A HOLE THROUGH THIS CLUSTER. >> Stephen: HOW BIG ARE WE TALKING? <i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ON SUPER-GALACTIC SCALES, THE NUMBERS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. IT'S LIKE, "HOW MUCH MONEY DID MIKE BLOOMBERG WASTE?" IT'S TOO BIG A NUMBER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. HOE BIG ARE WE TALKING HERE? >> MANY, MANY DIAMETERS OF OUR ENTIRE GALAXY ACROSS THE HOLE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS GALAXY CLUSTER. BUT HERE'S A FUN POINT HERE. YOU CAN ASK HOW BIG WAS THAT EXPLOSION? AND IF NOTHING ELSE WAS EVER THAT BIG, THEN YOUR ADJECTIVES ARE CHALLENGED BY THIS. >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD HORSES, RIGHT? >> Stephen: RIGHT, YEAH, YEAH. >> HORSE AND BUGGY GLI UNDERSTAND WHAT A HORSE IS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACT IT OUT. THE BIG THING WITH THE HOOVES. >> SO THEN WE INVENTED CARS AND WE SAY, "HOW DO WE KNOW HOW POWERFUL THE CAR ENGINE IS?" WE MEASURE IT IN HORSES, HORSE POWER. TO THIS DAY, NASA WILL STILL REPORT THE POWER OF ROCKETS IN HORSE POWER. WHICH IS COMPLETELY ABSURD. BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY HORSES YOU STRING TOGETHER, THEY WILL NOT ELEVATE INTO SPACE, OKAY. <i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT'S JUST-- THEY'RE NOT HORSES LINED UP INSIDE OF HERE. THAT'S NOT HOW THAT -- >> Stephen: I GOT IT. SO OTHER NEWS CLOSER TO HOME-- HOW FAR AWAY WAS THIS ONE, BY THE WAY? >> ABOUT 400 MILLION LIGHT-YEARS. >> Stephen: SO A GOOD DISANCE. >> SAFE AWAY. >> Stephen: ALSO NEWS FROM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM-- WHICH I'M RATHER EXCITED ABOUT-- THERE'S A MINI-MOON OUT THERE. THE SECOND EVER DISORDER. YOU DON'T LIKE THIS QUESTION. WHY DON'T YOU LIKE THIS QUESTION? >> IT'S A ROCK. >> Stephen: IT'S A MINI-MOON. >> THEY COULD HAVE CALLED IT A MINIROCK. WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ACCURATE. >> Stephen: IT'S ORBITING US, RIGHT? >> SO IS SPACE JUNK. PLUS WE HAVE A WHOLE REAL MOON STILL VYING FOR OUR ATTENTION AND WE PAY ATTENTION TO A ROCK THAT JUST HAPPENED TO WANDER BY. >> Stephen: COME ON! EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR A NEW MOON. <i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> >> WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THE ORBITAL PATHWAYS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM ARE SUCH THAT OCCASIONALLY WE CAN CAPTURE A WAYWARD ROCK. >> Stephen: THIS WAS DRIFTING BY AND GOT WHIPPED IN. >> IN A TRAJECTORY THAT ENABLED IT-- MOST THAT GO BY GO BY UNSCATHED BUT THIS ONE WE HAPPENED TO CAIRPT OF. >> Stephen: WILL IT DEGRADE AND COME IN? >> I'M NOT SURE. I HAVEN'T STUDIED THE MECHANICS OF IT. IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK UNLIKELY. OF ALL THE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE WORLD TODAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. >> Stephen: I'M NOT WORRIED. THERE'S ALSO SUPPOSE TO BE SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIZE OF MOUNT EVEREST WHIPPING BY IN APRIL. >> THAT WOULD BE BALD. >> LIKE TWO AND A HALF MILES WIDE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> FIVE OR SIX MILES ACROSS. THE DINOSAUR-- THE ASTEROID THAT TOOK OUT THE DINOSAURS WAS THE SIZE OF MOUNT EVEREST, SO YOU DON'T WANT ONE OF THOSE COMING DOWN. >> Stephen: SO SHOULD I BE MAKE MIGHT GO PEACE WITH A GOD WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE? >> NO, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HIT US. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS? >> BECAUSE WE HAVE PHYSICS. I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. >> Stephen: WHY DID I LEARN ABOUT THIS ROCK IF IT'S NOT GOING TO HINT US. >> IT'S CALLED A MASS. >> Stephen: OKAY. BUT THEY'RE TELLING ME THIS IS GOING TO COME-- >> IT'S CALLED "CLICK BAIT." >> Stephen: THAT I UNDERSTAND. THAT I UNDERSTAND. <i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING IF THIS THING IS GOING TO COME BY-- IF IT WAS GOG HIT US ON APRIL 22, I'M LIKE WHY AM I PURELLING MY HANDS? IT DOESN'T MATTER. >> APRIL 22, EARTH DAY. YOU WOULD HOPE IT WOULDN'T HIT ON-- TO ME THAT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING. HERE WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT EARTH AND NATURE KILLS EARTH. >> Stephen: THIS IS THE 50th, RIGHT? >> A NICE ROUND YEAR FOR EARTH DAY. >> Stephen: THIS 50th-- SEEING HOW WE'RE TREATING THE EARTH, SHOULD WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY OR JUST APOLOGIZE TO THE EARTH THIS TIME AROUND? >> WE SHOULD DO BOTH. FIRST APOLOGIZE AND THEN TELL EARTH HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. THE FIRST EARTH DAY WAS IN 1970. YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS 1970? WHY WASN'T IT IN 1960 OR 1965 OR 1980? >> Stephen: I HAVE A FEEL YO'RE ABOUT TO TELL ME. >> WE'RE ACTIVELY GOING TO BE WALKING ON THE MOON BY 1970, WITH THIS SPACECRAFT, THE SATURN 5. ALL OF US DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE MOON. JUST A LITTLE UPPER PART WHERE THE ASTRONAUTS ARE. YOU NEED THAT MUCH FUEL TO PULL THAT OFF. SO THEN WE GO TO THE NOON EXPLORE THE MOON, AND WE TURN AROUND AND DISCOVER EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> Stephen: NONETHELESS ENTIRETY. >> EARTH, EARTH. <i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> >> Stephen: NOT ENOUGH GUESTS TO BRING VISUAL AIDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I'M JUST SAYING, EARTH. AND THERE IT WAS ALONE IN THE VACUUM DARK OF SPACE. AND YOU SEE IT NOT AS THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM GLOBE SHOWED YOU. THERE WERE NO COLOR-CODED COUNTRIES ON IT. ALL YOU SAW WAS BLUE OCEANS AND DRY LAND AND CLOUDS. AND AT THAT MOMENT, EVERYONE CHANGED. EVERYBODY SAID, "OH, MY GOSH. POLLUTION IS NOT JUST THIS RIVER BEHIND MY HOUSE OR THIS LAKE. IT IS GLOBAL. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EARTH AS A PLANET." AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED IN 1970? EARTH DAY WAS FOUNDED. THE-- THE-- THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WAS VOTED INTO-- INTO EXISTENCE. BY THE WAY, BY A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. AND WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? OVER THOSE YEARS THAT WE WERE WALKING ON THE MOON, THROUGH 1973, LEADED GAS WAS BANNED. WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WAS FOUNDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLIMATE ON EARTH. NO ONE BEFORE HAD THOUGHT OF CONNECTING THE OCEANS AND THE CLOUDS BEFORE. AND THEY'RE BOTH IN THE SAME TITLE OF THAT AGENCY. A COMPREHENSIVE CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT-- ALL THAT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE GOING TO THE MOON. AND PEOPLE ASK--<i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> AND PEOPLE ASK, "WHY ARE WE GOING TO SPACE?" YOU KNOW WHY YOU GO TO SPACE? A COSMIC PERSPECTIVE CAN DESCEND UPON YOU IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU ARE REALIGNED WITH YOUR OWN SURVIVAL AND THE SURVIVAL OF OTHERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THAT, AND WE NEED TO KEEP DOING IT. <i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> >> Stephen: I AGREE. CAN YOU-- NEIL... CAN YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENT? WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. PLEASE STICK AROUND. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE MR. NEIL deGRASSE TYSON. I'M SORRY, DOCTOR.
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