Neil deGrasse Tyson - "Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data"
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I feel like reading the room would be more beneficial than tweeting whataboutisms, especially in the wake of two mass shootings.
We've been actively trying to fix the other things
Originally I thought his point was going to be about now fixing gun violence would be reducing the number of total shootings and bringing down that 30-35k numbers of gun deaths we have each year wouldn't mean stopping mass shootings like this from ever happening again..,but it was even dumber than I expected.
Originally I thought his point was going to be about now fixing gun violence would be reducing the number of total shootings and bringing down that 30-35k numbers of gun deaths we have each year wouldn't mean stopping mass shootings like this from ever happening again..,but it was even dumber than I expected.
Yeah well more people die from falling out of bed than terroist attacks too. Doesnt mean we need to ignore terrorist. We can in fact tackle multiple problems (or attempt to)at the same time.
I mean yea. But a medical error is a risk you take when attempting medical treatment. Doctors and staff due their best to mitigate those risks with best practices.
Same w/ flu. We developed vaccines. Same with suicide as we SLOWLY develop more of a willingness to discuss mental health. Same with car accidents. Tech has been developed to attempt to mitigate car injuries and fatalities.
For firearms and mass shootings specifically we don't seem to be taking too many steps to either prevent or arrest the problem.
Same w/ flu. We developed vaccines. Same with suicide as we SLOWLY develop more of a willingness to discuss mental health. Same with car accidents. Tech has been developed to attempt to mitigate car injuries and fatalities.
For firearms and mass shootings specifically we don't seem to be taking too many steps to either prevent or arrest the problem.
It's pretty bad. No need to well actually Mass shootings.
Keep that shit in your head.
We really lose 150 people a day to the flu? Thats crazy. 250 people a day to medical error just seems wild too, but I don't even understand how they would know that.
He comes so close to making a good point with these hot takes. This problem is easy to fix, we know exactly how to do it and there is tons of data showing how it has worked in other countries, while the others are much more complicated and cannot easily be solved
How in the world is this tweet not getting ratioed?
How in the world is this tweet not getting ratioed?
People die to cancer, so why do we care about people who die to assault weapons?
Good call, Mr. Tyson. We might as well stop regulating nuclear weapons since there's a chance we could die to an asteroid.
Good call, Mr. Tyson. We might as well stop regulating nuclear weapons since there's a chance we could die to an asteroid.
Everyone is a moron outside their area of expertise. It's just some people know when to shut up.
so is he just a pathetic contradictory nihilist now or what
i guess it's just a typical case of attention seeking
i guess it's just a typical case of attention seeking
always good to see another supporter of the cause.
and yeah, I don't really get what his point is here. Just because there are other things that cause death doesn't mean we shouldn't solve the problem of gun violence, something that is absolutely avoidable.
really seems like he would have been better keeping his mouth shut on this one...
Neil is the textbook example of somehow needing to feel they're the smartest one in the room. He needs to pull his head out of his ass.
