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2022/10/13 Neil deGrasse Tyson back at San Jose Center for Performing Arts: An Astrophysicist Goes To The Movies
π 2022-10-13 01:01 in Outings, Public
It was a pleasure to have Neil deGrasse Tyson at the San Jose Center for Performing Arts for "An Astrophysicist Goes To The Movies", taken from his selection of many talks. I'd actually love to see all of them :)



Like last times, he had lots of fun slides, it was a great evening (a bit over 2H):



his last book, that I should get
his last book, that I should get

He then talked about a lot of movies, which was the point of course :)

the odds of asteroids hitting major monuments, is of course just about 0
the odds of asteroids hitting major monuments, is of course just about 0

oh no, contact messed up the Drake equation
oh no, contact messed up the Drake equation

doh
doh

cute to have a lit runway to allow a floating spaceship to land
cute to have a lit runway to allow a floating spaceship to land



lots of fun can be had arguing on twitter
lots of fun can be had arguing on twitter



nature making fractals is of coure hella cool
nature making fractals is of coure hella cool

we have plenty of space debris
we have plenty of space debris

space movies don't show how hair really works in 0g
space movies don't show how hair really works in 0g

The martian got the award of best science movie
The martian got the award of best science movie

Very good point about the 2nd law of thermodynamics, humans don't create more energy than the energy to feed them
Very good point about the 2nd law of thermodynamics, humans don't create more energy than the energy to feed them

and the sad truth that war of the world removed evolution to add god back in :(
and the sad truth that war of the world removed evolution to add god back in :(

oh, and this was the coolest part of back to the future I never even noticed (you need to see the talk)
oh, and this was the coolest part of back to the future I never even noticed (you need to see the talk)




And we ended with the starry sky controversy in Titanic:



It was another very fun night, very quick video summary:


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