The image of a black hole that was made public yesterday had Neil deGrasse Tyson using it to send a message about man-made global warming:
SCIENTISTS: “We’ve produced the first-ever image of a supermassive Black Hole, 55-million light years away”
RESPONSE: “Oooh!”SCIENTISTS: “We’ve concluded that humans are catastrophically warming Earth”
RESPONSE: “That conflicts with what I want to be true, so it must be false”— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 10, 2019
Tyson’s approach sounds just like another noted scientist: Rep. Ted Lieu. We’re guessing we haven’t heard the end of that approach.
Images of an actual thing that exists vs conclusions based on dubious assumptions. It's not rocket science, Slappy. https://t.co/dicDorFVbg
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) April 11, 2019
"I'm showing you this ball in my hand, yet you won't believe me when I say that I saw Elvis yesterday."
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) April 11, 2019
Fixed it Neil:
SCIENTISTS: “We’ve produced the first-ever image of a supermassive Black Hole, 55-million light years away”
RESPONSE: “Oooh!”SCIENTISTS: “We’ve been wrong on every politically motivated prediction of global warning, but you should totally believe us.”
US: “No!" https://t.co/4kAaXrQnFw
— Hammy ✈ (@e2pilot) April 11, 2019
“We took this picture of something in deep space so you should just assume we’re correct about everything else” doesn’t sound very science-y.
RESPONSE: Did you use the scientific method to verify the theory of human-caused global warming?
"SCIENTISTS": No. We used computer models.
RESPONSE: Computer models don't verify scientific theories do they?
"SCIENTISTS": BURN THE WITCH https://t.co/1I1sWdA4e3— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) April 11, 2019
Putting ridiculous unsaid words in the mouths of those with whom you disagree is very scientific. https://t.co/RMRlkZ2Toj
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 11, 2019
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Falsely assumes that scientists are always honest and never wrong; they never take bribes and they never knuckle under to pressure.
— Galt's Goat (@Red__Rover) April 11, 2019
Movie about black hole comes out: Reddit Science Guy goes on multi-tweet meltdown over it.
Actual black hole photographed: Reddit Science Guy tweets once condescendingly about it. https://t.co/KyIm6rebtD
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 11, 2019
World-famous scientist, can't even make a valid logical point.
First, it's apples and oranges.
Second, that's not even what the science says. That's what politicians and academians like to extrapolate from the science. https://t.co/7QWMxb44wX
— Jamie Rice (@Musical_Muze) April 11, 2019
It appears that the science is not settled.
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