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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on June 20, 2012 at 9:41am

O'Reilly: There's dark matter and dark energy and we don't understand it.
Tyson: Right, we don't understand it ... YET!

It is essentially as Tyson said: god is nothing more than the recession of ignorance in the face of knowledge. The problem is that those who have a vested interest in ignorance (O'Reilly, the church, manipulative governments and politicians) don't want people to be empowered with that knowledge.

And thus the struggle continues...

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Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on June 20, 2012 at 11:59am

Well said, Loren. How can this not be as obvious to the sheeple as it is to us~!?

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on June 20, 2012 at 1:16pm

Because we bother to think?

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Permalink Reply by annet on June 20, 2012 at 4:35pm

 Neil is the best, one of my personal heroes. The closing pic is hilarious.   There is a group here on AN devoted to him that you might want to check out if you 'haven't already. 

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Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on June 20, 2012 at 8:15pm

Sweet, thanks!

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Permalink Reply by James M. Martin on June 20, 2012 at 5:52pm

Neil DeGrasse is a superhero!

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Permalink Reply by Edward Teach on June 20, 2012 at 8:15pm

He is the MAN!

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Permalink Reply by Tony Carroll on June 20, 2012 at 8:36pm

I have said it before, and will continue saying it. Simply the smartest man in the room. When he is on, he singlehandedly raises th I.Q. of everyone else. One of my true heroes.

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