{"id":1120,"date":"2017-04-20T22:59:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T02:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2017-05-02T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:42:38","slug":"neil-tyson-science-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/neil-tyson-science-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Most Important Words I Have Ever Spoken&#8221; &#8211; N. Tyson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astrophysicist and popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson posted a message and short video on his Facebook page today:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/neilfb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1121\" src=\"http:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/neilfb-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/neilfb-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antoniokuilan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/neilfb.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0video is interspersed with quick clips of news and political debates while Tyson speaks about our state of scientific literacy. In one clip, Vice President Mike Pence argues &#8220;let us demand that educators around America teach evolution not as fact, but as theory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tyson&#8217;s core message revolves around the notion that when it comes time to make decisions on science or important matters that affect us all, people have lost the ability to judge what is true and what is not. Tyson calls this a &#8220;recipe for the complete dismantling of our informed democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A timely message a few days before the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchforscience.com\/\">March of Science<\/a>. Here is the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Science in America - Neil deGrasse Tyson\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8MqTOEospfo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astrophysicist and popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson posted a message and short video on his Facebook page today: The\u00a0video is interspersed with quick clips of news and political debates while Tyson speaks about our state of scientific literacy. 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