How do we feel about DeGrase Tyson, Kaku, Hawkins and others?

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People who have made small, if not insignificant, contributions to science, but are huge in the public eye.

kaku, i feel, spreads misinformation sometimes.
 

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People who have made small, if not insignificant, contributions to science, but are huge in the public eye.

kaku, i feel, spreads misinformation sometimes.

The scope of their contributions to science in terms of R&D is irrelevant to me. The public needs to be able to understand why science is important and worthy of pursuit, and so there need to be people in the science world who can make it accessible to them and serve as middlemen and publicists for science. All the people you've listed are important for that reason. In addition, they are all big movers and shakers in the science world in other ways, and have a lot of institutional power that helps keep the gears turning on various projects and initiatives. These are all worthy and major contributions to science itself.
 

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I agree about Kaku, but at least he (and all the others) gets people interested in science
 

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I enjoy their work.

You have to understand, not only are they scientists but they're science communicators too.

Considering how anti-science some politicians are and how ignorant the general public is about it, it's sorely needed. After all, as depressing as it is, only about 40% of the US population believes in evolution, for example.
 

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I enjoy their work.

You have to understand, not only are they scientists but they're science communicators too.

Considering how anti-science some politicians are and how ignorant the general public is about it, it's sorely needed. After all, as depressing as it is, only about 40% of the US population believes in evolution, for example.

BUT NOT EVEN ALL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE 100% IN EVOLUTION AS FAR AS US COMING FROM APES OR SOUP. MOST PEOPLE DO BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION ON SOME LEVEL THOUGH.
 
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