neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one of america s leading champions for science. so you tell me why there appears to be such a strain of scepticism among so many americans toward the basics of scientific knowledge. i don t have a good answer for that and i poked around in the ether for what could be behind it and i m going to give what sounds like an easy sort of cop out answer, and it has to do with how science is taught in the schools. it s currently taught as a body of information, a satchel of facts that are imparted upon you and then you regurgitate that for an exam. that s an aspect of science, but it s not the most important part of science. the most important part of science is knowing how to question things and knowing when an answer has emerged that represents, sort of, an objective truth about this world. and if you think science is just that one research paper that reports the one result
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brisk winds blowing in some showers, some of which will be wintry, especially across northern ireland, wales and the south west. these are our temperatures. when you add on the windshield this will make it feel colder wind chill. as we head into the evening and overnight, expect a widespread frost. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from new york. i m stephen sacker. this city is testament to the power of science and technology. but we shouldn t be fooled by these gravity defying towers. we are not masters of the universe. covid and climate change remind us of that. and so too does my guest today, arguably america s most famous scientist, neil degrasse tyson. his special subject is astrophysics, but his mission goes much wider, to get us all to respect scientific fact. so how s that going? neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one of america s leading champions for science. so
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from new york. i m stephen sacker. this city is testament to the power of science and technology. but we shouldn t be fooled by these gravity defying towers. we are not masters of the universe. covid and climate change remind us of that. and so too does my guest today, arguably america s most famous scientist, neil degrasse tyson. his special subject is astrophysics, but his mission goes much wider, to get us all to respect scientific fact. so how s that going? neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one of america s leading champions for science. so you tell me why there appears to be such a strain of scepticism among so many americans toward the basics of scientific knowledge. i don t have a good answer for that and i poked around in the ether for what could be behind it and i m going to give what sounds like an easy sort of cop out answer, and it has t
founder of the health company theranos is found guilty of fraud over her failed blood testing technology. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from new york. this city is testament to the power of science and technology. but we shouldn t be fooled by these gravity defying towers. we are not masters of the universe. covid and climate change remind us of that. and so, too, does my guest today, arguably america s most famous scientist, neil degrasse tyson. his special subject is astrophysics, but his mission goes much wider, to get us all to respect scientific fact. so how s that going? neil degrasse tyson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your dayjob is being an astrophysicist, but you are also one of america s leading champions for science. so you tell me why there appears to be such a strain of scepticism among so many americans toward the basics of scientific knowledge. i don t have a good answer for that and i poked around in the ether for what cou