I did, I was in one of the over-flow auditoriums. I had to leave early at 8:30, so I'd appreciate follow up from those who stayed later. I have to say I really enjoyed it, but I wish it was a little more polished. I understand that he was trying to be informal and conversational, though. While I could write a whole email gushing with praise, I will just mention my main praise and criticism. Praise: A very nice point about the rise of fundamentalism and the end of the Islamic golden age to illustrate the danger we face at the potential end of the U.S. / European golden age. Criticism: Several statements lumping all 1.4 billion Muslims together as "not contributing to science." As if he'd never been to an engineering department, or know Muslim scientists, though we know he has, it was just unpolished of him. Overall, lots of chances he had to be clear and interesting were passed up to get some cheap laughs. He joked about a sick looking dog on the French bill commemorating Pasteur, but never actually mentioned rabies, stuff like that. Still very entertaining, it was like science stand-up comedy night. Ian On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Ed <utnatsedj1@xmission.com> wrote:
Did anyone else on the list attend or watch Dr. Tyson's fantastic lecture yesterday evening?
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