Thursday 25 September 2014

Earth to climate change deniers: Neil deGrasse Tyson's errors won't help you

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most recognizable scientists and advocates for the public understanding of science in the world.

That means that when he speaks, the world listens. Carefully. And recently, his critics have found errors in some of his public statements.

Sean Davis, former economic adviser to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and co-founder of the conservative blog The Federalist, has discovered a few holes in some of Tyson's recent presentations. He found Tyson using the term "average" to mean "median" in a lecture on popular misconceptions of data and statistics. He nailed Tyson for...

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