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Rationally Speaking #103 - Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why He Doesn't Call Himself an Atheist

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Is There a Need for More Words?

Massimo: I like words and I like watching them evolve. The moment you have to start finding an adjective to modify a word because the word actually doesn't really apply to you anymore in the way anyone is using it, then that is evidence that you are in need of more words. In Germany, they don't really care much about it. They just staple together. That's right. All the words. And okay, how long the damn word is. It sounds great. Would just be one word. Just be one word and they, and they, you staple together. Then they get on with life. So there are some people who are basically taking the opposite tack that you are

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