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A few months ago, we wrote about some fairly ridiculous statements from rockstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, which showed that he was rather ignorant about how innovation worked. As we said at the time, it's great that we even have what's considered a "rockstar astrophysicist" today, and I really appreciate the work that he's done to get people interested in science, but when it comes to fields like innovation, it appears that Tyson does not use the same rigor in making sure he actually understands what he's talking about (and, apparently the same is true in other areas as well). For a guy who famously went crazy until James Cameron put the correct star patterns in the background sky in Titanic, you'd think he'd be a little more careful about making nutty statements. But then he launched this one on Saturday morning... Read More |