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Dr. Tyson was the primary driving force behind the [[Pluto Is Expendable|demotion of Pluto]] from "planet" status to "dwarf planet" status, based on his view that Pluto is only one of thousands of Kuiper Belt objects that have been discovered (an action he has admitted has brought him "a lot of hate mail... mostly from children"). |
Dr. Tyson was the primary driving force behind the [[Pluto Is Expendable|demotion of Pluto]] from "planet" status to "dwarf planet" status, based on his view that Pluto is only one of thousands of Kuiper Belt objects that have been discovered (an action he has admitted has brought him "a lot of hate mail... mostly from children"). |
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In addition to his scientific endeavors, Tyson is [[Renaissance Man|a dancer (he won a gold medal in an International Latin Ballroom competition), a wrestler, a collector of fine wines, and a model rocketeer]]. In collaboration with [[Richard Dawkins]], he's also opposed the [ |
In addition to his scientific endeavors, Tyson is [[Renaissance Man|a dancer (he won a gold medal in an International Latin Ballroom competition), a wrestler, a collector of fine wines, and a model rocketeer]]. In collaboration with [[Richard Dawkins]], he's also opposed the [[wikipedia:Intelligent Design|Intelligent Design Movement]] and their attempts to include religion as part of school science curricula. |
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He has argued more than once that a society that isn't scientifically literate is a society without a future. To that effect, he has personally funded scholarships for students who seem especially bright and science-minded out of his own pocket. |
He has argued more than once that a society that isn't scientifically literate is a society without a future. To that effect, he has personally funded scholarships for students who seem especially bright and science-minded out of his own pocket. |
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