THE BEST OF THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE PODCAST: JRE #919 - NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON

#919. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator.

It's important to realize and remember how little we know against all there is that may be known.

It is equally vital that we all build a foundation of scientific literacy to understand the world around us without falling victim to our own cognitive biases; these biases will ALWAYS be used against us by those that understand them if we do not make a decision to understand them for ourselves.

Your hat size = the circumference of your head divided by pi.

Dividing by pi gives the diameter of a circle with the same circumference as your head [SRC]

Intermittent fasting: the science of going without: [SRC]

There are a lot of fad diets and misinformation surrounding the science of health.

On January 4, 1643, Isaac Newton was born in the hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England (using the "old" Julien calendar, Newton's birth date is sometimes displayed as December 25, 1642) [SRC]

Jesus was not born on December 25th [SRC]

The precise reason why Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25 remains obscure, but most researchers believe that Christmas originated as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice.

There is secondary evidence that Christ may have been born in the spring. [SRC]

December 21 is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year [SRC]

Solstice- latin for still / stationary sun [SRC]

People should be free to think whatever they want so long as it does not take away from others' rights. [SRC]

Triskaidekaphobia- the fear of number 13; many buildings have 'no' 13th floor or use it to store anything but people. [SRC]





The Twilight Zone - The After Hours [IMDB INFO]



Infinity: unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity ; boundlessness [SRC]





Some infinities are bigger than others; not all infinities are the same size [SRC]



There are more irrational numbers than counting, and more transcendental numbers than irrational [SRC]

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

- The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.



We can tell what a planet is made of by the way the light from its sun bends through its atmosphere [SRC]

We search other planets for biomarkers like oxygen in the atmosphere; there is oxygen on earth because of photosynthesizing life.

Anyone born since 1995 is part of generation exoplanet; 1995 was the first year we discovered another planet outside of our own solar system. [SRC]

Planet 9's Discovery [SRC]

Before detecting gravitational effects, we used Bode's Law to estimate the location of new planets. [SRC]

Fire in space: [SRC]





TheGreatCourses - The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D. Hayden Planetarium [SRC]

It is very important that we explore our ignorance; for example the electron has no known dimension.

Why does the universe look quite like our own neural network of brain cells? [SRC]

What is the difference between chemistry and physics? [SRC]

What is the observer effect?

The act of measuring affects the thing that is measured. The only way to observe something is to receive information from it. At very small scales, the very photons used to make observations have direct effects on the things being observed. [SRC]

What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? [SRC]

What is the double slit experiment? [SRC]







What the Bleep Do We Know ?



We all need a strong foundation of scientific literacy of to protect ourselves against those who would use the knowledge of how something works against those who are ignorant of its operation.

A great challenge of life: Knowing enough to think you're doing it right, but not enough to know you're doing it wrong. [SRC]

Apollo 17 got a rare full earth photo [SRC]





When an argument lasts more than 5 minutes, both people are wrong.



Neil Degrasse Tyson debunks rapper BOB on Flat Earth Formula: [SRC]

We have no idea what dark matter is. [SRC]





It is very important to understand cognitive biases and the pillars of influence that can change the way we perceive truth. [SRC]



Cognitive Biases 101: All of the ways we fool ourselves and love it:







The Scientific Method: so you are not fooled into thinking something is true that is not or thinking something is not true that is. Learn to minimize your chances of misinterpretation. [SRC]

What is a double blind study? [SRC]

Peer review is absoutely key to building a scientific truth

Many people are well meaning but misguided; some even have ill intent to exploit ignorance. Always, we have to have an understanding of how these cognitive biases work in order to protect ourselves and engage in productive thinking

We are never trained how to turn a fact into knowledge, knowledge into wisdom, and wisdom into insight. Without wisdom, even if you are -smart-, you are just a vessel of facts without unique insight.

Learn to exercise healthy skepticism.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you like. - Mark Twain





NASA orbital debris tracking: [SRC]



Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter:



Meteor Crater, Arizona

A valuable insight on Hawking's fear of alien discovery: We worry about the possiblity of aliens enslaving us based on the reality of how we have treated ourselves. The fear of aliens derives not from actual knowledge of aliens but from actual knowledge of ourselves. [SRC]

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