Someone was praising Neil deGrasse Tyson in another thread, and I didn't want to continue getting off-topic, so here's why I respect his attitude as a non-religious person towards religion.
Below is the entire talk, given at a skeptics' conference:
And below is perhaps his most hilarious interview, with Stephen Colbert:
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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(Anything in Latin sounds profound.)
(Anything in Latin sounds profound.)
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Yes, he is excellent!
He has done so many other good videos too. There are some good and funny ones too where he refutes "Intelligent design."
I like this quote / fact (anatta?)
"The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust."
http://www.haveabit.com/neil-degrasse-tyson/34002
He has done so many other good videos too. There are some good and funny ones too where he refutes "Intelligent design."
I like this quote / fact (anatta?)
"The atoms of our bodies are traceable to stars that manufactured them in their cores and exploded these enriched ingredients across our galaxy, billions of years ago. For this reason, we are biologically connected to every other living thing in the world. We are chemically connected to all molecules on Earth. And we are atomically connected to all atoms in the universe. We are not figuratively, but literally stardust."
http://www.haveabit.com/neil-degrasse-tyson/34002
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A great scientist and educator:
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Episode 1
Regions outside the US might not be able to play the link above. Try this instead..
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Episode 1
Regions outside the US might not be able to play the link above. Try this instead..
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This too:David N. Snyder wrote:There are some good and funny ones too where he refutes "Intelligent design."
“And what comedian configured the region between our legs — an entertainment complex built around a sewage system?”
— Death by Black Hole, page 360
That quote, iirc, is also in the second video I posted.
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At this link (scroll down to International premiers) you can see what channel and time the series will be on in your country:santa100 wrote:A great scientist and educator:
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Episode 1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A ... me_Odyssey
For many, including those Down Under, episode 1 is tonight (episode 2 in the U.S. and Canada).
Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson
He happens to be delivering a lecture tonight at the University of Utah campus, "Science as a Way of Knowing".
- "And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation of the four establishments of mindfulness. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others.
"And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.
- Sedaka Sutta [SN 47.19]
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That was probably sort of ripped off or at least inspired by Yates, it must be said:waterchan wrote:This too:David N. Snyder wrote:There are some good and funny ones too where he refutes "Intelligent design."
“And what comedian configured the region between our legs — an entertainment complex built around a sewage system?”
— Death by Black Hole, page 360
That quote, iirc, is also in the second video I posted.
Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop
I met the Bishop on the road
And much said he and I.
'Those breasts are flat and fallen now,
Those veins must soon be dry;
Live in a heavenly mansion,
Not in some foul sty.'
'Fair and foul are near of kin,
And fair needs foul,' I cried.
'My friends are gone, but that's a truth
Nor grave nor bed denied,
Learned in bodily lowliness
And in the heart's pride.
'A woman can be proud and stiff
When on love intent;
But Love has pitched his mansion in
The place of excrement;
For nothing can be sole or whole
That has not been rent.
_/|\_
Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson
I think according to Buddhism we are just more than a star dust.
I like to know what he think about Buddha's teaching.
I like to know what he think about Buddha's teaching.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson
I'm pretty sure he's a physicalist, believing that everything that exists is physical, or based on the physical; though he seems to be open to new evidence that would indicate otherwise.SarathW wrote:I think according to Buddhism we are just more than a star dust.
I like to know what he think about Buddha's teaching.
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Cosmology and Buddhist Thought: Interview With Dr. Neil deGrasse TysonSarathW wrote:I think according to Buddhism we are just more than a star dust.
I like to know what he think about Buddha's teaching.
[i]Dr. Jerome Freedman[/i] and [b]Neil deGrasse Tyson[/b] wrote: Well, I was going to start with this particular concept. One of the principles of Buddhist thought is that when things are… Oh just so you know, I have the Reader’s Digest knowledge of Buddhism so when in doubt, assume I don’t know what you’re going to tell me.
Fine, I was not planning to assume anything about Buddhism… Because I know a couple of things but not enough to engage in your conversation.
...
It may be at the end of the day there’s no such thing as what we call consciousness. It’s something else. And we haven’t been asking the right questions.
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A scientist never asks who I am, who is doing this investigation.
They always ask what they are.
They always ask what they are.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Scientists may think differently than Buddhists but they fulfill extremely important worldly roles, especially broad-minded scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson who has said that he is a professional scientist and not a professional skeptic. (This was said in the context of atheism as a social movement.) It is science that has more than doubled the human lifespan and helped create and prolong billions more human bodies, so that people like you and me can manifest in them and learn the Dhamma.
As long as we inhabit human bodies, we owe them the greatest respect.
As long as we inhabit human bodies, we owe them the greatest respect.
quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
(Anything in Latin sounds profound.)
(Anything in Latin sounds profound.)