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I can’t say i’m a fan of Tyson, I wouldn’t go as far to say that whatever he says is bad for science though. He’s done a lot as a communicator, i just don’t care for his public persona and over-reliance on witticisms. Personally i prefer to get my science from other venues and people that don’t rely on getting perfect sound bites and “slamming” critics.
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I thought his “Cosmos” reboot was pretty good and did a great job explaining complex scientific topics in ways laypeople could understand.
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That’s true, at least in non-Twitter forms of communication, but that definitely doesn’t mean that NDT is always a helpful presence on Twitter.
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I think maybe you just don’t like twitter? Or maybe I am projecting here and that’s just me. But I think he does a reasonably good job of tailoring the detail and tone to the format, whether it is a twitter beef, a 5 minute section on a talk show, or the new cosmos show. I love a good graduate level science lecture but it isn’t appropriate for all audiences and all venues.
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If only the people who used to warn society about TV rotting people’s brains had any inkling of what Twitter had in store for us.
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They’d probably be unironically Tweeting their hearts out about the evils of TV. Luckily we BBS posters can see both platforms for what they are.
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Steak-Umm’s Twitter person has directly addressed this aspect of corporate social media. Thread:
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OK, they did that twice in this thread. I am thinking a not-typo, then.
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Nope, when they see an opportunity for a meaty pun, they chuck it in.
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“You don’t have to understand the science of how they are made to appreciate the taste of Steak-umms!”
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I mean, they were being dicks about the math/word-play, but… yeah.
So, this is basically just meta advertising. At least they are honest about it, I guess.
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‘Steakums’ are fucking gross and from what I understand, on occasion so has been NDT.
There’s no winner in this “beef”… it’s just dumb.
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I’m sticking with the first thing I imagined which is a meat based Post-it note.
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But which has done more for people who need an extra second to think of what they want to say without ceding the floor.
I think you misspelled “meat advertising” (*). But yes!
(* /s)
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Yeah i dont care for Twitter in certain scenarios, and science communication i think is the worst in that medium. Still i don’t particularly enjoy his style overall, there are other people that i prefer to learn from 
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I’d use that. Unless it’s pork. No pork.
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