Take the Test: Neil deGrasse Tyson or Deepak Chopra?

Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel, Ed.
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Astrophysicist, Cosmos host, and director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Several media outlets (especially The Federalist) have investigated his anecdotes, quotes and claims only to learn he makes up quite a few of them. Luckily for the pop scientist and his devotees across the Internet, the New York Times published an article exonerating Tyson for his multiple transgressions. Because Science!

Tyson also is one of America’s most popular skeptics, making a career ridiculing religious beliefs (and conservative ideology) as just so much silly superstition. So I decided to juxtapose his quotes with New Age self-help guru Deepak Chopra. Surely this will be the easiest test ever created, right? Let’s begin…

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  1. Ontheleftcoast Inactive
    Ontheleftcoast
    @Ontheleftcoast
    2:57 PM EST ⋅ Dec 3, 2014

    Z in MT:I got 7/10.The brain ones were a clear sign of Deepak.

    yep. 8/10

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  2. Penfold Member
    Penfold
    @Penfold
    8:08 PM EST ⋅ Dec 3, 2014

    I’m a Space Cadet.  Wahoo!  (was there any doubt?)

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  3. Songwriter Inactive
    Songwriter
    @user_19450
    6:04 AM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2014

    Jon Gabriel, Ed.:One of the issues I have with many so-called “skeptics” is that they are only skeptical of their opponents. To be sure, there are a few who seem to be skeptical of everything, but it takes a measure of grace for that not to turn into cynicism.

    I’m quite skeptical of all politicians, all preachers, all religions (and the lack thereof). I’m also a Christian who is actively political.

    This would make for an interesting conversation, btw: True skepticism.

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  4. Underwood Inactive
    Underwood
    @Underwood
    2:24 PM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2014

    Woo-hoo 10/10.

    I just tried to imagine Carl Sagan saying it. Tyson perfectly channels Sagan’s dippy old “We are star stuff” schtick.

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  5. user_104722 Inactive
    user_104722
    @BradleyRoss
    8:33 PM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2014

    MJBubba: I would suggest that parents ask if any of his garbage is being used in science classes at their school.   It would be good to know, and also good to object.

    I’d say it is better to find out if the particular material is objectionable before objecting.

    I’m a fan of Tyson. Like me, he’s said and done some stupid stuff. But I think he’s also said some important and really thought provoking stuff. He made some partisan anti-Bush comments, but he also had some positive things to say in defense of Bush and his science agenda.

    In some parts of the African-American community, I’m told that studying hard is dismissed and dissed as “acting white.” Tyson is a helpful counter-example.

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