I think there are enough people in the world that value individual out individuality, that we will never be so homogenized. So, let's take this to a scientific limit. We can now control the genome. What is that? You know, so I got your genes and I can see you in the uterus and I can nip and tuck and snip and think and you'll come out six feet tall with this color skin, this gender, with this thing and this, that and I can make you. And that's not outlawed? We don't the ethics of this. It wasn't until 1987 where they removed homosexuality from the encyclopedia of mental disorders. For example, it
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is the host of the weekly show “Star Talk” on National Geographic and the head of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He has a new book “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” out now.
Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the show to chat with Theo about cosmic musings, the new space race, facts vs. feelings, flat-earthers, climate change and much more.