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Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Original Post)
YoshidaYui
Oct 2023
OP
People first deprioritized the importance of judging what is true and what is not
Shermann
Oct 2023
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Skittles
(163,539 posts)1. Dr. Tyson is outstanding
longtime fan here
Rhiannon12866
(232,636 posts)2. He was Colbert's guest his first night back:
Stephen Colbert: "AI Is All Around Us" - Guest Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017867882
Stephen Colbert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Finds Barbie's Dream House Using Science - (web exclusive)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017868116
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017867882
Stephen Colbert: Neil deGrasse Tyson Finds Barbie's Dream House Using Science - (web exclusive)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017868116
Shermann
(8,914 posts)3. People first deprioritized the importance of judging what is true and what is not
That's how I would put it, which then led to losing the ability. But those are two separate things.
Once the ability is lost, the appeal to consequences fallacy (among others) can take over which is so prevalent in the conservative media.
republianmushroom
(19,538 posts)4. More than 30,000 times in four years, so ?