Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Military/Space Alliance Runs Deep 

Neil deGrasse Tyson is Stephen's most entertaining and informative guest on his show!

"OUR MOON IS 5X THE MASS OF PLUTO.. DID YOU KNOW THAT?!!" .. "Yes Neil, we argue about this a lot" lmaoo

I could listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson talk for hours.

A lot of comments about "could listen to Neil for hours": There is a show called Stark Talk... with Neil deGrasse Tyson... might be what you're looking for :)

War needs science, science does not need war.

I love it when Neil talks nerdy to me.

PLUTO HAD IT COMIN'

Neil “Degrassi: The Next Generation” Tyson.

Man, how I miss Carl Sagan.

Who else heard the story on joe rogan

Neil Degrasse Tyson is not only a genius, but also hilarious and an icon.

Every time Neil comes on the show he provides me with an opportunity to look cool in front of my friends because I tell them the stories that he tells Stephen

3:20 Columbus using a puny eclipse to scare and impress Caribes... -Laughs in Mayan (Quiché)

Stephens "Ho-hooooo" at 1:09 just made my day! 😂😂😂😂😍

".. and they FREAK." Science!

True celebrity right here. Informative, educative and entertaining.

"The moon has 5x the mass of Pluto, bet you don't know that.." boom! Only Neil can make bragging about science sounds cool

7:55 the problem with that "if bad people come, I'll defend myself" is: the other side is thinking the same thing. There's no "right" side. There's "your" side.

I don't think there was ever an issue about defending yourself against a genuine threat. The issue has always been, how do you decide what is a legitimate threat, and who decides that, and how, and how much transparency should be involved; and how do you insure that this power isn't abused, for example, so that a politician can look tough during an election year. I know Dr. Tyson's just selling a book on a semi-frivolous talk show, and I'm sure the book itself is more nuanced, but still.

I'm so happy to see all of his appearances on Colbert have almost 2 million views each. Makes me happy for humanity

War. What is it good for? *Obama in 2002:* "I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics." *t'rump in 2019:* "To deflect attention away from my impeachment. So, who can I bomb?"

lol saw this on Joe Rogans podcast bout a month ago

"A worse insult not stated"... WHAT a line... And in just a second... Love you Stephen.

I, for one, am glad a scientist mapped Pitcairn Island, because without it the story of the Bounty would only be half as cool. Also, Neil & Stephen together? NERDGASM.

"Pluto knows what it did" - probably Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I love Stephen's new look!!!

How to Use Neil deGrasse Tyson in charades. 1: Get on your knees. 2: Mime running your fingers through the lawn. 3: Bite off someone's ear.

I've watched this so many times, I've lost count. I love Neil and Stephen together. I rewatch all their interviews many times. I love the hour-long talk they had at a school. I could listen to them for hours. It's so sad that they can't together that often to record something ...

I JUST LOVED watching Neil DeGrass Tyson give all that attitude about how Pluto should not be a planet. Lmbo

They should just turn this show into "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert & Neil deGrasse Tyson" ... 100% would watch every episode.

Lord I love listening to a smart man. He is soo interesting.

Neil's face when Stephen started talking about Pluto.

I respect how much Colbert knows about astronomy

Stephen you need my shirt that says " back in my day we had 9 planets " 😁

God I could listen to him talk for hours and days and would die from dehydration because he is so mesmerizing to listen to

man neil is always pure gold when he comes on stephens show. its such a pity that these clips are so damn short.

Regarding the German scientists joke, maybe that explains Germany’s historic military output. It was one country with enough military capability to fight multiple fronts and to end up inflicting legendary pain on so many human beings. They could do that because of the skill and capability of their scientists. What do you think about that?

I want him as my all subjects professor!

4:13 If you needed yet another reason to think that Christopher Columbus was a dick haha

"Traditional sciences"? What does he mean by that? Astronomy was part of the quadrivium and also a major field in ancient greece. It doesn't get much more traditional than that. In fact, IIRC, chemistry - which he does consider traditional - didn't become its own thing for a long time.

"Pluto had it comin" - Neil deGrasse Tyson

My dream is to have a long conversation with Neil Degrasse Tyson

Robert H Goddard invented the rocket, not Werner von Braun, and he was American. Just sayin' Neil......just sayin'.

"I've never heard a worse insult not stated", epic! 🤩

Died at 7:53! How Neil admits he used to be too much of an ' we are stars. Make love not war' to the extent it was ostentible! 😅😅 i loved him then and I love him more now for his recent realization.

THANK YOU NEIL lol whenever ppl bring up christopher columbus i roll my eyes but that had an amazing twist

NDT is an easy interview - just get him started then sit back and let the stories flow. 😁

I’ve always admired Neil Degrassi Tyson he is such a good communicator and certainly One happy chappy to have around. Watching his interview with Stephen Colbert you can’t be no none too impressed about the subject matter, so I went immediately to audible and purchased this latest book accessory to war.

As a scientist, I'm glad there are people like Neil who convey science to the general public in a festive way.

Stephen is so much more fun when hes not talking politics

Neil deGrasse Tyson is so entertaining in an educational way that is enjoyable and clear.

That sounds like a book I’d like to read! I love that 💩!

There's two Disney cartoons that'll never see the light of day. Pluto Had It Coming, and Columbus Was A Dick! (Narrated by Goofy). But I still like Neil, even though he's prepared to kick ass now.

It's totally naive to believe that the US would only use its military power legitimately and ethically. Just look at the history and at the current administration. Of course, when there are 'bad agents' operating, you want to defend yourself and kick their ass. But the US is sometimes the 'bad agents' itself. So either is Neil deGrasse Tyson naive, or he is selfish and only cares about his won security, and it doesn't matter what the US does with its military somewhere in the world, as long as the US wins. I'm not saying that all wars were bad or unnecessary - it was right to fight fascism during ww2, but there are better solutions to secure peace than weapons. The future of mankind can't be built on arms race.

I appreciate the skill and energy he uses to keep people entertained and distracted from the truth.. He is a misinformation expert..

Space Force could have been a good idea if they focused on economics: capture a small metal-rich asteroid, precision drop it onto the Mojave ... we'd all be rich.

I feel like I should be taking notes during his interviews because the stuff he says is so interesting 😂

I´ve always been interested in space and all that has to do with space, but every time I watch any interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson in them, I´m like: ”SPACE IS EVEN COOLER THING THAN I IMAGINED!”

damn, he is on fire here. i noticed his change in the message over the years. he was once very confident that we would do the right thing as humans, lately he got very pushy about our failures as a species. it comes with age i guess, when you live through many BS that happens.

When NdT talks about science being in bed with the military, and war not being a bad thing, he's also talking about himself, as he currently sits on an advisory board of the military.

On CBS This Morning, Neil went much further in his defense of the military and war. He related being at a space conference during the start of the Iraq War with a bunch of weapons contractors, who broke out into cheers and applause every time it was announced which one of their bombs it was that had just been shown dropping on a target via a live feed (i.e., when told it was a missile from Lockheed Martin, Boeing or General Dynamic, the contractors from that particular weapons manufacturer would react in this manner). He says he was troubled by their reaction but no longer is. He now says, "who am I to stand in the way of" weapons contractors cheering the success of their weapons without regard to those who were killed by them when war, as he put it, is an inevitable outcome of the will of the people by way of electoral politics, making him and the rest of us complicit to war if indirectly and, hence, morally incapable of rendering judgement upon others. Translation: In war, we have no moral standing to ask that those who make war and kill in our name not additionally behave inhumanely, or at least not do so with the same pleasure as that of watching a sporting event. Neil's CBS interview: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7axV6V8tc5k.html Neil sits on an advisory board of the military, and is now on a book tour advocating that the military (including space force) and war are a good for science and hence to our lives. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Innovation_Advisory_Board

Well, Captain Cook was a scientist but he was also an officer in the Royal Navy, so it was pretty clear what he was up to. He learned cartography as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

"You've out Neil'ed him" ... "There's a new Neil in town!"

Tyson is actually wrong about that war thing. Pretty sad that he doesn't mention jewish workers working themselves to death while von Braun was drinking coffe and looking on them building his rocket through the window. And no - people were not proud of fighting in WW2 or WW1. Soldiers hated war, hated trenches, because it was worse than hell on Earth. Only people that did not fight were enthusiasthic about war. When USA joined WW1 in 1917, french soldiers used to say that after 1 day of trench fighting enthusiastic, smiling young american soldiers will be just like them - traumatized with broken minds caused by the horror they experienced. The myth of war, common among civillians and soldiers that never fought had its roots in old warfare - before-ww1 kind of wars, you know, brave knight on horse, heroism etc. WW1 on the other hand was millions of painful deaths, mustard gas and sitting in one trench for months. It was pain, blood, screaming and bullets. After WW1 european civillians were fully aware that war is evil - they experienced it on their own skin, suffering that seems to be endless, death camps, battles destroying fields. AMERICANS did not know what war looks like, bc they didn't fight on their own ground since war with confederacy. They needed Vietnam, which is not an easy subject, bc it wasn't a war with Vietnam - it was a war against North Vietnam, a communist country in the sphere of influence of USSR, totalitarian regimes. North Vietnam attacked democratic South Vietnam and USA helped their ally. But USSR sent help to the North and made a war in a jungle a nightmare for Americans - they left the war, democratic Vietnam lost, and Vietnam is communist and non-democratic to this day.

It is a new Neil..glad you said that at the end of your segment. Never have I heard him be so.. open about things that which are best left untold.

This man makes my brain quiver with excitement!

Colbert is so good and charming that I end up unwillingly half believing him. De Grasse is just so unsettling to my perspective

It stress me a little bit how his mouth try to catch up with the speed of his brain process

After tens of thousands of years on the continent , the Native Americans were not aware of lunar and solar eclipses?

I love the two of them!! Stephen is the perfect person to interview Neil as he's such a science geek

Man! I have such a long shopping list for when i go to Barnes & Nobles sometime this week 📝💸

It amazes me how good Colbert is as a host. The man has perfected the damn artform.

Werner von Braun was an astronomer? Yes, warfare has always been a big motivator for science and scientists. I don't see what Neil is so excited about. It certainly isn't the only motivation. Money, Nobel Prizes, ego, and certainly altruism are also factors. Wait, maybe Neil WANTS MORE recognition for the role played by science in fighting "good" wars. Okay, hooray!

Neil has built up a ton of credibility with me over the years for always being intelligent and thoughtful, so I'm willing to engage with his ideas about war. I don't think I agree with them, but because he has a history of saying things that are logical and thoughtful, I will at least entertain him on this. As opposed to, say, almost everyone else who likes to talk politics by yelling their predictable, biased opinions at me.

The book is 408 pages of text, 126 pages of notes on the text, referenced by small superscript numbers in the text. The balance is selected sources and index. He wrote it with Avis Lang, a research associate at Hayden Planetarium. She has edited previous work by Dr. Tyson. I've read about 50,pages and it reads well. The first couple of chapters have a lot of historical background. I think I will enjoy this.

Pluto will always bee a planet in my heart

yeah tell em neal!! just imagie where we as a human species could have been if you pescy americans didnt stop our glorious scientific advancments in mid 40s germany. shame on you!!! seriously thou the ONE thing i learned fro my histry classes was: 'learn from history'. and i can not understand why everyone seems to turn their blind eye towards the similaritys between 45 and our guy with a funny hairstyle. i dont now when to stop counting!?: "we are #1", we are under thread, its coming from within and everywhere around us, we have to fight it, ..., getting elected by a (well organized) mioraty, centralizing power, giving power to family members and close friends, discreddeting the other 3 brances of government (judicial [replacing {surpreme court} justices with ones of his liking], free press ["Fake News"] and executive, oh wait you are one step ahead on us at one your presidet is already head of chief), use xenophobia to divide the masses and pit them against one another, findng a scape goat, the weimar republic was once deemed the freeest (?/most free?) democracy in the world, so free infact that it could vote itseve out of power if it wants to..., ..., well the point i was trying to make is that the (our) nazis had plans to install a giant mirror in space to wipe out any resistance in a moments notice (or a 6 hour waiting period if you are lucky and its night [actually up to halve a year if you live at the poles like i doo 8-) ]) also it would bee cool if the space forces could look like ninjas + throwing stars are super effective in space #flatearth #ninjas #isawapandaatthezooonce

Neil needs to cut back on the caffeine asap

Astrophics for people in a hurry is one of my favorite non fiction books ever written, PERIOD. Origins was not nearly as good IMO as it took some of the previous book and incorporated it. However I have Accessories for war ordered. Looking forward to it :)

Your satellites aren't under immediate threat, a space force will only induce such threats by causing an arms race... just as I thought humanity was growing up

A book on history & science by a scientist who knows how to talk to other human beings? Worth a look.

You forgot about the slaves he took and the woman/children Columbus killed.

After watching this and then talking to Scientists at the University. "You know, I'm something of a scientist myself."

Stephen is really damn smart

Yes, science has walked hand in hand with military actors for a long time. But the risks that this collaboration impose on our species and other life on this planet continue to increase with new science and technology developments. Scientists, given their involvement, have a moral obligation to understand this problem and do what they can to address it. The fact that the collaboration started before Archimedes does not mean that it is right or in our interests as a species to continue. I refer you to Einstein. To Oppenheimer. "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Joe rogan did it better.

Bruh, Neil talks about Pluto like he's in the barber shop talking bout nba players. How can u not love that

I don't see why Neil Tyson's gotta diss "kumbaya" like, okay, sometimes war is necessary. Sometimes a prostate exam is necessary, I'm not going to go around singing its praises. Seems like Neil researched a bunch of scientists participating in wars throughout time and felt left out or something.

Lets not forget japanese unit kizu 731. All of the japanese perpetrators escaped when the US granted immunity to them because of their bio warfare experiments conducted on Chinese civilians

The response after 6:56 was brilliant.

Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein and Arthur C Clark have all dealt with this reality that past wars depended upon science and that science in the 20th century has depended upon the military for financial support. We also argue about the interactions between the military and universities and raise moral questions about this dependency. In the end I believe that the final arbitration is and will be political, and that political solutions will help keep the goals of science up front ahead of military goals.

neil, who gets to decide who is a bad agent and who's not? you might be smart enough to tell which war is worth fighting and which is not but most people will decide based on their political and/or religious biases. and the result is we see america starting one dubious war after another since ww2. the truth is wars only benefit warmongers - political, military and weapon makers who are not honest agents. everyone else are duped. perhaps political acumen is not your strongest trait, then perhaps you should beware of your influence

I heard a conversation from these guys on the radio and I side with them. Their argument is much better represented from them and they're planetary scientists. This is their specialization. Not astronomers like Neil. When you hear Neil describe it, his definition seems rather arbitrary.

wtf is he talking about with physics not being known to be weaponized? Half of my physics 1 class was all about rockets and projectiles, and calculating their trajectories and velocities.

Finally,a long overdue self reflection of US scientists . I doubt that many will listen ,but in any case ,a brilliant account of the reality behind NASA and US success in space exploration + the GPS story as a bonus

People admire actors but i think we should admire people like him ...................,

I just gained a lot of respect for Neil deGrasse Tyson! Saying what he said at the end could make him unpopular in his own community, but he's absolutely right... Being the aggressor in an unnecessary and self-serving war *is* bad, but you shouldn't be so naive as to think that there is *never* a justifiable reason to go to war. Also, wow Stephen Colbert comes off as highly unintelligent when he's interviewing someone with some common sense. He really *doesn't* know how to contribute to a mature conversation.

NDT is national treasure

Neil give us Scorpio our planet back !!! Pluto will fight for u , u are our star our planet our everything 😂😂😂

that columbus story is waaaay of, it casts doubt on all the other stories he says