Neil deGrasse Tyson earns Foundering Father status for proposed country with 'one-line Constitution'

This is definitely the worst NdGT tweet. https://t.co/KyGgYtuSEV

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) June 29, 2016

Here’s a fun proposal, and what could possibly go wrong?

Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy shall be based on the weight of evidence

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) June 29, 2016

Funny stuff, coming from NDT:

How do you balance that weight, exactly, Captain Science? https://t.co/AAaODqOGH6

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 29, 2016

We’re pretty sure we know who would be in charge of those scales of justice.

So you're opposed to global-warming-based laws… https://t.co/Q9zaH77NIC

— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) June 29, 2016

This is so cute. It's like he has no experience in either science or politics. https://t.co/GQFXpYtruq

— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) June 29, 2016

It would be an NRx fantasia w/abortion ban, no policy reaction to claimed threat of global warming, so go ahead on. https://t.co/p01EYk3eCB

— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) June 29, 2016

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Good thing we all agree on what policies are rational, otherwise this idea would be really, really stupid. https://t.co/TFLS2gEba1

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 29, 2016

https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/748163081088401408
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/748163035508809730
https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/748165887748759553

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/748166629452718080

Perhaps the “punishments” would include hefty grants from the Department of Energy.