♪ ♪ >> Tucker: SPENT HIS LIFE CHAMPIONING ORDINARY PEOPLE AND NOT EVERYONE IS EVERYONE IS APPRECIATED. NARRATING THE NEW SEASON OF THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS. ONE VIEWER SAYS HE'S NOT FIT FOR THE JOB. WHY? SCIENCE-DOUBTING, ULTRA RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVE" AND OUGHT TO BE REPLACED BY EITHER A SCIENTIST OR, MAYBE BETTER, AND ACTOR. WHAT'S HIS RESPONSE TO THAT? HE JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH THAT >> IF ONLY WE COULD GET AN ACTOR. >> Tucker: SOMEONE WITH AUTHORITY. SOMEONE WHO RETURNS FOR A LIVING. WHO IS THIS PERSON, BY THE WAY? >> I THINK HER NAME WAS REBECCA JUST KIND OF CRUISE AROUND AND A JUST KIND OF CRUISE AROUND AND D JUST KIND OF CRUISE AROUND AND A JUST KIND OF CRUISE AROUND AND N AX TO GRIND. YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS, ANYBODY CAN SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY NOWADAYS. I GENERALLY WELCOME CRITICISM. IN FACT, I KIND OF CREATED. BUT THIS WOMAN ACTUALLY REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE COPIED EVERYBODY, TAGGED EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MY BOSSES AT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY, MY BOSSES AT THE NETWORK AND SO SHE ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT BECAUSE SHE HAD AN OPINION OF WHAT MY OPINIONS MIGHT BE ON CERTAIN THINGS, THOSE OPINIONS OF HER OPINION REGARDING MY OPINION IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE COMPLETELY CONGRUENT WITH THE OPINIONS OF SCIENTISTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WEIGH IN ON VERY SPECIFIC TOPICS REGARDING THE WORKINGS OF THE UNIVERSE. I'M THE NARRATOR OF THE SHOW. I DON'T IMPROVISE, I WALK IN, I SIT DOWN AND I TALK AND A CRISP, WELL MODULATED BARITONE AND TELL YOU ABOUT SUPER KNOW AND QUASARS, THINGS LIKE THAT. I MIND MY OWN BUSINESS, I SIP MY TEA AND A CLIMATE CONTROLLED BOOTH AND I DON'T -- >> Tucker: YOU ARE NOT TAKING ANY LIBERTIES WITH THE SCRIPT? >> THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. I TAKE ALL THE PAIN THEN, NEW ONES, AND ANYTHING THAT COULD BE REMOTELY CONCERNED WITH THE REAL ATTITUDE OUT OF MY VOICE AND JUST READ SOMEBODY ELSE'S -- REVEALING. I'VE WATCHED IT CAREFULLY FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, PROBABLY. >> THAT'S NOT WEIRD AT ALL. >> Tucker: I'M GOOD AT SNIFFING IT OUT. I'VE NEVER DETECTED A POLITICAL STATEMENT OF ANY KIND FROM YOU AT ALL. YOU PLAY STRAIGHTER THAN ANYONE >> Tucker: THAT ITSELF IS NO POLITICAL STATEMENT IT SEEMS LIKE. >> THAT'S WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT IT. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE MEASURE OR QUANTIFY IT, BUT WE DO AND THERE'S A MYSTERIOUS ALGORITHM FLOATING AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT FOR A LONG TIME, IF YOU SAID THE WRONG THING, YOU HEARD ABOUT IT QUICKLY. NOW IF YOU DON'T SAY THE RIGHT THING YOU HEAR ABOUT IT INSTANTANEOUSLY. IT MAKES THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WHOLE TOPIC NOTHING SHORT OF FASCINATING. IN FACT, I THOUGHT OF YOU WHEN I WAS RESPONDING TO HER, WHICH I DID IN ABOUT 1200 WORDS. I WAS ON A PLANE, TRAPPED, AND HAD SOME TIME ON MY HANDS. I SHARE YOUR VIEW ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA. I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH REGARD TO THE WAY IT'S USED. AND I THINK -- I THINK ONE DAY I WILL BE BACK YOU'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS IT'S A TOOL. HOW YOU USE SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY IS A MAJOR CONVERSATION POINT AND HOW THIS WOMAN USED IT AND HOW I RESPONDED TO IT AND WHAT I TRY TO USE IT FOR WHAT THE SHOW I'M WORKING ON AND HOW OTHER PEOPLE CHOOSE TO USE IT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE ISSUE OF OUR TIMES. >> Tucker: YOU DON'T CARE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, TO SHARE YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS, ASSUMING YOU >> I DO. >> Tucker: YOU DON'T SHARE THEM. HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP THAT UP? >> I THINK INDEFINITELY, BUT QUESTION ON FACEBOOK OR ANYWHERE. THE DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO ARGUE, I RUN A YEAR. AS YOU KNOW WE RAISE MONEY FOR WORK ETHICS SCHOLARSHIPS AND IF YOU WANT TO BE TAKEN EVEN REMOTELY SERIOUSLY, NOT JUST AS A NARRATOR FOR A SHOW YOU DIDN'T WRITE BUT AS THE CEO OF A FOUNDATION WITH THEIR NAME IN ARGUE FROM THE MIDDLE. YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS AS BEST YOU CAN, YOU ASK FOR EVIDENCE, WHICH IS THE FIRST THING I DID WITH REBECCA. HER ACCUSATIONS WERE VERY CLEAR, BUT FOR A PRO-SCIENCE PERSON HER CASE WAS CONSPICUOUSLY VOID OF WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL PROOF. YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME AND CHALLENGE PEOPLE IN A GROWN-UP WAY TO AT LEAST, AT LEAST CREATE THE ILLUSION OF PERSUASIVENESS. BUT IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT THEN YOU PROBABLY OUGHT NOT OWN AN OPINION. >> Tucker: I'M NEVER GOING TO FULL OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THEIRS. >> AN ISLAND IN A STORM.
