neil degrasse tyson

[TurdBerglar]

will blow your mind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDRXn96HrtY&feature=related)

[ms.peachy]

I love that guy. Longtime idol of mine.

[yeahwho]

me too

[Bob]

i don't follow him especially closely but every time i see him he makes me happy

i just love his unbridled enthusiasm for everything he talks about. he's like that teacher you had in high school that made you give a shit about a subject for once in your stupid teenage life, only for grown-ups

[like2_drink]

I have some of his lectures on my Ipod. "the most astounding fact" is great on the subways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU

[YoungRemy]

he recently obliterated the notion that the phrase "once in a blue moon" is actually a rarity.

it happens once every 30 months, or 2.5 years.


he also explained to Jon Stewart recently that the Daily Show Globe is spinning in the wrong direction.

[WhoMoi?]

Wow. That did, in fact, blow my mind. (y)

[ms.peachy]

he recently obliterated the notion that the phrase "once in a blue moon" is actually a rarity.

it happens once every 30 months, or 2.5 years.


But that still makes it something of a rarity, no? It's predictable and it's regular, but it's not something that happens so very often. "Once in a blue moon" doesn't mean something that never happens, or that only ever happens once in a lifetime, it just means something that happens occasionally. Like a 'rare find' in a junk shop, where you find something that is quite valuable amidst a load of rubbish - it happens, but not every time you go looking.

[YoungRemy]

not really that rare, my friend. (http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/08/31/qa-a-once-in-a-blue-moon-chat-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/)