Neil Tyson talks about ufos and the argument from ignorance.
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From: St Petersburg College 6605 5th Avenue North St Petersburg, FL 33710-6899 Link for full video:Cosmic Quandaries with Dr. Neil degrasse Tyson - www.youtube.com en.wikipedia.org The argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam ("appeal to ignorance" , argument by lack of imagination, or negative evidence, is a logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a premise is true only because it has not been proven false, or is false only because it has not been proven true. The argument from personal incredulity, also known as argument from personal belief or argument from personal conviction, refers to an assertion that because one personally finds a premise unlikely or unbelievable, the premise can be assumed to be false, or alternatively that another preferred but unproven premise is true instead. Both arguments commonly share this structure: a person regards the lack of evidence for one view as constituting proof that another view is true. The types of fallacies discussed in this article should not be confused with the reductio ad absurdum method of argument, in which a valid logical contradiction of the form "A and not A" is used to disprove a premise.
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March 19th, 2010 - 06:30
WHAT?!?! I live like 10 minutes away! I wish I knew! I could have gone.
March 19th, 2010 - 07:15
@MiPedoteTUMBA
St Petersburg College
6605 5th Avenue North
St Petersburg, FL 33710-6899
March 19th, 2010 - 07:27
Which St. Petersburg is this? Russia or Florida? I live in St. Petersburg FL.
March 19th, 2010 - 07:46
What St. Petersburg is this? The one in Russia or Florida?
March 19th, 2010 - 08:26
I know of too many people who fall victim to the array of DR.Tyson’s insight. poor guys.awesome video, Ive watched it a thousand times.
March 19th, 2010 - 09:04
What is his response to credible witnesses who are trained observers saying they definitely saw a craft and that it definitely wasn’t from Earth… that is not ‘lights in the sky’ it is something more… like the phoenix lights, rendlesham forest whatever, these cases the official explanations do not match what the people said they saw so it doesn’t stand up to his argument that they are simply mistaken
March 19th, 2010 - 09:58
Funny thing is that he is using eye witness testimony to disprove UFO’s but no one ever does that to disprove the bible . . . wasnt that bad boy written 33 years after christ died? just sayin.
March 19th, 2010 - 10:27
Go fuck yourself parabola, he adds humor to learning, thats a good thing!
March 19th, 2010 - 10:36
Cosby
March 19th, 2010 - 10:40
He should make up his mind on weather he wants to be a Scientist or a Standup Comedian!
March 19th, 2010 - 11:21
I didn’t know that the newest item on the list, demanded of themselves and others, by quacks is evidence.
I think it is a pretty sober thing to regard oneself and other Humans as very poor observers in certain areas. Our perception has evolved to notice even the slightest change in our fellow human’s facial gestures or tone of voice, and to spot both predators and pray in the wild. We haven’t evolved any specially good tools to do astronomy bare eyed.
March 19th, 2010 - 12:09
just saw this shill on john stewart talking about water on the moon. he says that there is water on the moon so we can make fuel there and push space ship far into space.dude the earth has shit loads of water why can;t my car be fueled by it……this guy is a fake government shill dont believe anything he says
March 19th, 2010 - 12:21
i love how he just glosses over the details of specific cases and makes broad, sweeping philosophical generalizations in his argument. he’s arguing from a point of ignorance, he clearly has not studied the evidence, like most quackademics.
March 19th, 2010 - 12:47
Him and Carl Sagan are awesome for that very reason.
March 19th, 2010 - 13:28
Think before you speak. Of course we look for things we don’t think exist. The process is called science.
March 19th, 2010 - 14:17
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a god.
March 19th, 2010 - 14:40
replace UFO for religion
March 19th, 2010 - 15:08
a good ‘experiment’ you can do is stand outside for a whole night and see one for yourself..
Running alien implants through mass spectrometers was also a good experiment.. But of course.. noone looks for that which they dont think exist.
March 19th, 2010 - 15:37
Dr Jonathan Reed Demonstrations Alien Technology from another world. For those who do not know of this man type in Dr Jonathan Reed in youtube and watch the most outstanding account of alien human interaction in modern history. This is what ufo communities have tried to hide for nearly 15 years. Jonathan Reed was filmed on live television using the alien device he recovered in the woods when his encounter took place.
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March 19th, 2010 - 16:25
If they do have a UFO ashtray somewhere they will never let you see it because youre a public puppet, not a government scientist. proof smoof good luck with that, and don’t discredit people over one stupid cops retarted story!!! keep looking up Neil one day you might get lucky!!!
March 19th, 2010 - 16:51
That cop got owned! ha!!
March 19th, 2010 - 17:48
Simply brilliant! Thanks.
March 19th, 2010 - 18:37
@EdgeStormcrow You can also be a “Ph.D” in bullshit. Sorry, religion I mean. That doesn’t give it any credibility.
March 19th, 2010 - 18:53
I like this guy, he popularizes science. The more common people get interested in science the better.
March 19th, 2010 - 19:02
I like when ever he appears on “Nova” or space documentaries on Discovery and History channels.