Dawkins vs. Tyson

I'm waaay down with both of these dudes. They each make great points in general (and in this video) that are easy to understand even if you aren't a science buff.  In fact, there is a crop of "rockstar" scientists that have done a great job fighting the uphill battle of keeping science relevant in today's starfucker society.

Here are some other scientists I've been rocking out to recently:

Michio Kaku...looks really cool and futuristic to me, probably because he has long silver hair. Plus he knows all about space, and he proves it here.

Greg Graffin... yeah, that Greg Graffin. Who is also this Greg Graffin. His Master's thesis was basically a giant survey on religious belief given to many of the world's most prominent scientists in varying fields and  guess what: they're almost all atheists! Like, 99% of them. Big surprise right? Well, it kinda was a surprise because the scientific world is usually best served keeping mum on the subject.

Bonnie Bassler... She is awesome because she helps us learn about "quorom sensing" or, in rockstar terms, how bacteria talk to each other. Her work has helped support the idea that groups of bacteria travel around in an organism like gangs roaming the streets, and when they run into one another they make a CONSCIOUS decision whether to fight or flee, based on strength, numbers in both groups, etc.

Oliver Sacks...has written fascinatingly (and heearrrtbreakingly) on cognitive maladies, specifically prosopagnosia (the inability to distinguish facial features from person to person) and  amusia (the inability to process music and pitch). In general, he has made great strides in explaining how music works in the brain to us dummy audiophiles. Plus, for a frumpy old bearded man, look how cute he is!

Also, HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY RICHARD DAWKINS! Keep up the great work you god-damned heathen.