Astrophysicist and philosophical guru to a cult of head-nodding internet fanboys Neil deGrasse Tyson was again displaying his superhuman brainpower on Twitter.
Aliens, seeing Humans kill over land, politics, religion, & skin color, would surely ask, “What the f*%k is wrong with you?"
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 6, 2014
Wow. We are in awe of this clever and uniquely original insight.
That gem almost slipped by under the radar but some enterprising tweeps spotted it.
https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/544001869740126210
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/544126673164451840
@seanmdav @AmyOtto8 and don't have problems of their own!
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) December 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/graber429/status/544129114601295873
@redsteeze @seanmdav @AmyOtto8 why is it always the default position that aliens will be morally superior to humans?
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) December 14, 2014
@UrbanAchievr @redsteeze @seanmdav @AmyOtto8 Or that intelligence will lead to peace.
— Chris Bowyer (@chrisabowyer) December 14, 2014
Because science. Or something. (It couldn’t possibly be that Tyson is just projecting his own smug onto the little green men.)
@redsteeze @seanmdav @AmyOtto8 And aliens are apparently free from all of these things, because… aliens.
— John Demeny (@wookawookafresh) December 14, 2014
@redsteeze @seanmdav @AmyOtto8 This kind of thing has been said since humans started believing in alien visitation. He is being a hack.
— John Demeny (@wookawookafresh) December 14, 2014
@chrisabowyer @redsteeze @seanmdav @AmyOtto8 Otherwordly being is enlightened, powerful and morally superior. Almost sounds like religion.
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) December 14, 2014
And the fanboys say, “AMEN!”
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