Neil deGrasse Tyson on Reddit

Neil deGrasse Tyson is currently on Reddit answer any questions asked of him (there’re 1000s that have appeared in the past 30 minutes) in the r/AMA or Ask Me Anything sub forum. Go here if you’re interested in asking a questions or reading what others have asked him!

Thought I’d chuck up this interview of Neil with Stephen Colbert.

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A few people I’ve met in the past 2 years

Meeting Richard Dawkins at the first Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, Australia, 2010.

I met Tim Flannery after the Think Inc. conference in Melbourne, Australia, in late 2011. Great guy, he was pretty interested in my Masters project, and I got to chat to him about it as well as his work in PNG for half an hour or so.

I hung around and eventually got to have a brief chat with Neil deGrass Tyson after he was finished flirting with all the girls there who kept asking him stupid questions about the Moon… I think he may have been somewhat inebriated. I remember making a dick of myself when I made a joke that neither Neil nor the rest of the people standing around understood. Good times!

I also met Michael Shermer that same afternoon at Think Inc., he was a nice guy, but wouldn’t stop talking about cycling with another guy who was apparently really into it. Funnily enough he invited anyone interested to come cycling with him down the Mornington Peninsula (right side of Port Philip Bay, Melbourne) the following day.

I was lucky to catch a few moments with Dan Dennett following a lecture he gave at The University of Melbourne late 2011.

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Think Inc. in two days

Looking forward to Think Inc. this Sunday! It’ll be awesome to finally see people like Michael Shermer, Cristina Rad, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the flesh. Hitchens too though it’ll be via video feed.

The podcast I’m involved with The Imaginary Friends Show is going to be covering the event. We’ll be holding interviews with a number of these speakers, and we are also doing a live show tomorrow, Saturday 17th of September, at the 1000 pound bend cafe. Starts at 530pm.

I’ll leave you with this video blog by Cristina Rad. Pretty funny stuff!

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