I like Tyson but when he speaks out of his element, he sounds
   ridiculous. When he talks about HISTORY, he sounds like Ben
   Carson. = He's a great science promoter but a damn terrible
   historian. Ugh. I actually STOPPED watching the Science channel
   altogether when he was implying that Galileo got burned at the
   stake. I was like, NOOOOOOOOooooo... and realized he does NOT
   use fact checkers and is really speaking what he thinks. That
   was about 2.5 yrs ago. I was very disappointed 'cause I was
   devoted to the channel.. a bit too much. But it was time for a
   TV break anyway. I think a scientist can work well as advising
   but not as politicians. They're far too green. They'd be
   shredded. == I personally don't think most scientists would be
   that great in representation roles. Too narrowly focused, not
   broad-minded enough to handle the complexities of reality. But
   it would be nice to see a few though. == It was part of a larger
   presentation of history he was giving, complete with little
   slides and things. He doesn't work alone: Other people help him
   put that stuff together. Did he speak first and then they added
   the slides? Or was he working off of a teleprompter? I don't
   know. If he was speaking off the cuff and the slides added
   later, it's forgivable _somewhat_. But if it was a teleprompter,
   prepared ahead of time, its not accidental. Here's the problem:
   He is VERY influential to kids and adults alike. Presenting
   ahistorical _implications_ even if he wasn't presenting them as
   ahistorical facts amounts to the same result in the listeners
   mind. The Science channel is about promoting Science. I'm all
   for that! But at the cost of accuracy in other disciplines?
   That's not good. It's not. These things cost money to make,
   somebody paid for it, somebody checks things before they go out
   the door. Its bad enough we had textbooks being printed calling
   slaves immigrants. It's 2016: You've got OpenCyc - and you've
   got other knowledge databases available FOR FREE that can check
   any fact you throw at it. No... I'm sorry but if someone is an
   educator there's no excuse for opinion to mask as fact. I don't
   expect absolute perfection, but they can do damn better,
   especially when being in SUCH influential roles for so many
   millions. == What'd Bill do? [He broke my heart a few years ago,
   although somewhat redeemed when I saw him as a Ed Beagley Jr's
   neighbor on a show a few years ago. I understood *why* a little
   better... but yeah, some of the things he says nowadays I'm just
   like, BILL PLEASE NO.... no no.....] == Ah - well GMOs aren't my
   issue but considering his status, he has to be careful whose
   bridges he's burning. He's at the level of influence of a
   politician or religious leader and doesn't have the same freedom
   to speak as he did a couple of years ago. I expect him to enter
   politics at some point more formally tbh. ==