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Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the wrestling team at Harvard College, USA, 1976-1980 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tyson is a stain on the science community

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

THERE ARE NINE PLANETS

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

I enjoy that joke. But Tyson is a sexual predator and abuses women. I'm not a fan.

Edit: Here's some info.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/neil-degrasse-tyson-sexual-assault-male-apology/

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Damn so I wasn't really wrong then... There was one episode of startalk I was watching and he seemed to be awfully touchy feely with his guest, it was pretty awkward to watch.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And Tyson makes sure to point out that the woman who says she'd been drugged and raped by him dropped out of graduate school.

No shit she dropped out, it's really hard to concentrate on graduate studies while dealing with such serious trauma, especially if you're forced to see that classmate/abuser on a near daily basis afterwards

I really can't stand the man, but this is just incredibly disgusting

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah I cringe when I see him pop up on online.

[–] Cybersec@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

Thank you for highlighting this, I always try to let people know as well.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ty for the info. I wasn't aware.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Seems to be a common problem for you. 🤣

[–] Bobby_shmurda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

And if you check under that unitard, you'll find a sweaty hog that just won't quit either.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Trash scientist. Brian Cox FTW!