Really, really smart people - and I'm talking about more than high SATs here, more like your Einsteins or Hawkings - are worth a listen. It's possible that there are more really, really smart people who exist, than the few who become famous. But of the group of people who become famous for being really, really smart (and therefore are not only really, really smart, but also manage to be both functional and communicate those smarts well), Neil deGrasse Tyson is one who is fun to listen to. And sometimes he talks about things that touch on the political.
So since there were no fun memes to explore this evening, I decided to indulge myself in listening to some of what Neil deGrasse Tyson had to say, and sharing some of the most interesting of those things with you. Fair warning: he sometimes comes off as arrogant. But that's because he's often smarter than everyone he's talking to, and I imagine that builds the ego a bit. He's still interesting and thinks slightly differently than conventional wisdom (i.e. what more regular smart people think).
