'We’re not just making sh*t up': Neil deGrasse Tyson slaughters anti-science crank

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/were-not...ess-event/

EXCERPT: Neil deGrasse Tyson blasted an anti-science skeptic who confronted him at a press conference last week when the man tried to convince him that the Large Hadron Collider is an existential threat to mankind but that HIV is not because it doesn’t cause AIDS.

Gizmodo’s Ryan F. Mandelbaum was on the scene to watch the astrophysicist bat aside the skeptic’s arguments and attempt to explain to the man how scientific consensus works. DeGrasse Tyson said that one lone research paper does not make a significant impact on scientific opinion, especially if no other researchers arrive at the same conclusion.

“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you,” deGrasse Tyson said. “It doesn’t give a rat’s ass how your five senses interact with this world.”

DeGrasse Tyson was meeting with reporters after the dedication of the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Among them was conspiracy blogger Anthony Liversidge, whose website Science Guardian maintains that science has fallen prey to “crowd prejudice, leadership resistance, monetary influences and internal professional politics” and abandoned its truth-seeking principles....

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Scientific fact
Neil is awesome

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[Magical Realist]

I was trying to figure out what motivates AIDS denialism. Then it hit me: obviously if AIDS isn't caused by a virus, then it must be connected somehow to the gay lifestyle right? I mean the vociferous homophobic right has argued for decades that gay people are inherently threats to our society. What better way to prove this than to link the disease to the decadence and sinfulness of homosexuality itself? This also feeds into the massive conspiracy theory that science and Hollywood and the media are all in on this liberal deception that being gay is ok and quite normal. Lo and behold I find Brian Fischer, head hauncho of the homophobic hategroup the American Family Association, arguing precisely this point:

"So what is the cause of what we know as AIDS? What is the cause of this condition that is killing people? Duesberg's answer can be found in one word: drugs.

And specifically, drug use connected with the kind of sex that is far too common in the homosexual community. While the average heterosexual has somewhere between seven to 14 sexual partners in a lifetime, it is not uncommon for homosexuals to have hundreds, even thousands, of sexual partners.

Anonymous sex in public places like bathhouses, public parks and public restrooms is an all-too frequent occurrence in the gay community, and homosexuals will frequently attempt to have multiple sexual encounters in a single night, often with total strangers. The only way this is possible is through taking stimulants that heighten sexual pleasure and make multiple sexual experiences possible.

Duesberg points out that 96% of male homosexuals have used nitrite inhalants (amyl nitrites, called "poppers"), 70% have used amphetamines and up to 60% have used cocaine or LSD.

Duesberg is the first to admit that his drug hypothesis — particularly the possible connection between amyl nitrites and the breakdown of the human immune system — requires more research. But he can't get any funding to do that research. In fact, he has been blacklisted, and the only way he has kept his position at UC Berkeley is that he is tenured.

Why can't he get funding for such research? Easy. If AIDS is behaviorally induced, then the solution is simple: stop the behavior. If using amyl nitrites is the cause, then stop using amyl nitrites. If men having sex with men is the cause, as CDC records indicate, then tell men to stop having sex with other men. If shooting up with needles is the cause, then stop shooting up."---http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/120106

You got that? It's all those drugs and sex that gay people engage in! That's how they catch AIDS.

[RainbowUnicorn]

I was trying to figure out what motivates AIDS denialism. Then it hit me: obviously if AIDS isn't caused by a virus, then it must connected somehow to the gay lifestyle right? I mean the vociferous homophobic right has argued for decades that gay people are inherently threats to our society. What better way to prove this than to link the disease to the decadence and sinfulness of homosexuality itself. This also feeds into the massive conspiracy theory that science and Hollywood and the media are all in on this liberal deception that being gay is ok and quite normal. Lo and behold I find Brian Fischer, head hauncho of the homophobic hategroup the American Family Association, arguing precisely this point:

"So what is the cause of what we know as AIDS? What is the cause of this condition that is killing people? Duesberg's answer can be found in one word: drugs.

And specifically, drug use connected with the kind of sex that is far too common in the homosexual community. While the average heterosexual has somewhere between seven to 14 sexual partners in a lifetime, it is not uncommon for homosexuals to have hundreds, even thousands, of sexual partners.

Anonymous sex in public places like bathhouses, public parks and public restrooms is an all-too frequent occurrence in the gay community, and homosexuals will frequently attempt to have multiple sexual encounters in a single night, often with total strangers. The only way this is possible is through taking stimulants that heighten sexual pleasure and make multiple sexual experiences possible.

Duesberg points out that 96% of male homosexuals have used nitrite inhalants (amyl nitrites, called "poppers"), 70% have used amphetamines and up to 60% have used cocaine or LSD.

Duesberg is the first to admit that his drug hypothesis — particularly the possible connection between amyl nitrites and the breakdown of the human immune system — requires more research. But he can't get any funding to do that research. In fact, he has been blacklisted, and the only way he has kept his position at UC Berkeley is that he is tenured.

Why can't he get funding for such research? Easy. If AIDS is behaviorally induced, then the solution is simple: stop the behavior. If using amyl nitrites is the cause, then stop using amyl nitrites. If men having sex with men is the cause, as CDC records indicate, then tell men to stop having sex with other men. If shooting up with needles is the cause, then stop shooting up."---http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/120106

You got that? It's all those drugs and sex that gay people engage in! That's how they catch AIDS.

i feel bad for Berkley.

invalidating homosexuality is obviousely all about serving his own personal issues.