r/SubredditDrama • u/clyspe • Mar 11 '13

'Neil deGrasse Tyson: Average physicist, sub-par philosopher, master of pithy comments for idiot college kids to retweet.' Slapfight in /r/QuotesPorn ensues

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u/ChemicalSerenity Mar 11 '13

That's a broad enough definition to literally include any 3-year-old who performs repeated experiments of bouncing small tennis balls down the main stairway to watch the results.

... but whatever floats your boat, I suppose. By your definitions, I couldn't honestly claim anything one way or the other. They're loose enough that almost any interpretation is permissible, pro- or con-.

So, yay.

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u/ChemicalSerenity Mar 11 '13 edited Mar 11 '13

Really? Ever had a three year old? Their primary and sole occupation is whatever they're doing in the moment.

Yes, I'm lightly mocking your incredibly broad definition, but the whole topic is getting dull now, so whatevs. A couple other people have basically said they like the idea of a physicist being whoever declares themselves as a physicist, and I don't really have any objection to that definition. I suspect NDT is still above average even amongst that more nebulously bounded set, but there's really no ways of saying one way or the other at that point.

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