Neil deGrasse Tyson at UB: Does Bias Play a Role in Science? | University at Buffalo

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, speaking at the University at Buffalo, answered a student's question about the role bias plays in science. Tyson is host of the PBS series NOVA scienceNOW and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium. Read about his visit to Buffalo here: www.buffalo.edu...
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[@JMB428]

Tyson is so great. He always has a tinge of facetiousness or something of that sort..but still...gotta love him!

[@777Skeptic]

Do creationist get different results? Ah, who am I kidding. Creationists don't even run experiments.

[@CocoaNutCakery]

Nutritional science (and physics) disproves this. He forgets that taught biases exist, and there are examples of this in the history (and even modern day) of physics. Study design for nutrition and evidential interpretations for both tend to follow what these scientists were taught was true, what's been accepted, even if it's been accepted without a good amount of evidence. When evidence comes in that could be interepretted in multiple says, the majority accept it as proof and it reinforces bias

[@trtnec]

@flybyproxy no he said those that are biased, and did not say "hate". It just naturally leads to more skepticism of someone when that person is caught practicing shoddy science.

[@VexylObby]

...and what incredible stress this man would be put under.

[@bary1234]

Imagine this man as president. What a great nation USA could be.

[@b991228]

Excellent! I wish the good doctor would really drill this home to the public. We need a better understand how it is that despite the apparent mess that is science it can come up with truly incredible discoveries.

[@88Flashback]

If there ever is to be an attorney for Science and The Universe, it's got to be Neil! He's the equivalent to Johnnie Cochran in the courtroom! Science would win every time as it logically should.

[@FinanceLogic]

Checks and Balances. Agreeable agreements and standards-establishing in sectarian group mitigation. If America remains a 2-party gangwar in legislation then the two sides should establish an agreement on a scientific journal and states should be able to establish their own if they deem it inaccurate (with the appropriate oversight of course)

[@Judicial78]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is such a genius. I wanted so bad to meet him when I went to the Museum of Natural History but I did not see him. I would rather meet a guy like him over any "hollywood celebrity" and day!

[@mmmodafoca]

Excellent, most awesome Scientist i know..of!. I have the habit of idolizing people to the heights of seeing them as god like, but not with Dr. Tyson DeGrasse he is just simply pure awesome.

[@izaccy]

@Snake180 I been looking for the complete footage everywhere
and now have emailed University of Buffalo if they either could upload the whole thing or guide me to a place where i can buy it.

[@ZachRose88]

@bary1234 And imagine if Carl Sagan had been president before him. We would probably have thriving colonies on Mars at this point, haha. : )

[@SinisterSmile3]

Why is it that the people who would be great to lead never want to?

[@turtle5181]

@Snake180 if not.. the web gods need to be punished !

[@91722854]

when people who study humanities or non-sciences subjects, they say scientists and engineers are biased just because they are humans and this is already a bias as they don't actually know so and they don't find out whether a scientific hypothesis is true or not but just reject the existence together with scientists' thinking process, and they think science was biased and even just this thought was biased, so how could they disprove about something before even investigating it at all, personally i think it could possibly be because they just claim to have higher intelligence and cant do maths or any science but can "critically" think about this................

[@91722854]

for example, uranium was first found, but how could a human be biased about it, it not even logical, they didn't just make a story like english literature, as in once upon a time, a happy uranium was born in a nice family with lots of brothers and sisters, they go shopping once a week and get groceries with faith and loyalty, and they have a political view on Trump while they have delicious Italian pizzas with unworthy tomato sauce.

[@rgeist554]

I would go see this guy anywhere he speaks.

[@infocus]

@skydome29 Ironically, that's not a very scientific argument....eh? (snark) You do make a point worth making, though, regardless of the methodology. But I'm only now seeing this for the first time, and it was uploaded over 15 months ago. And I'm a big fan of Dr. Tyson! Hopefully, in time, more people will see this, and take its point to heart.

[@Snake180]

man is this lecture completely online?

[@FM897]

One person is too biased.

[@sarys73]

nice

[@D00FY]

I LIKE IT!

[@absba9]

Excellent question!!