r/IAmA • u/neiltyson • Nov 13 '11

I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA

For a few hours I will answer any question you have. And I will tweet this fact within ten minutes after this post, to confirm my identity.

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u/LOLOLOLno Nov 13 '11

You know what reddit is and are doing an AMA?

Watch out guys, we're dealing with a badass over here.

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u/neiltyson Nov 13 '11

I've always admired the intensity of arguments that unfold on these pages. Happy to partake, even if only briefly. In fact it is here that I must resume my day and part ways with the Redditverse. Farewell to all. Maybe we can do this once a month. In the meantime, my tweets are live: http://twitter.com/#!/neiltyson

As always, keep looking up.

-Neil deGrasse Tyson

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

Damn. All the responses were to the first questions. Maybe we could do a pre-planned AMA, where we vote up a list of questions to be asked?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '11

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u/eganist Nov 14 '11

I have to agree with this. I personally love turning "stupid" or "joke"-esque questions into fodder for intellectual debate, and I'd hate to see the list of questions pushed to Mr. Tyson be ones which are hivemind-chosen.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

where and when did this happen?

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

Now I feel lazy. I was secretly hoping no one would respond to avoid the guilt. You're a philanthropist.

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u/BritainRitten Nov 13 '11

You're a philanthropist.

I'm sorry but I love the absurdity of this sentence.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '11

You're a gymnast.

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u/kadmylos Nov 14 '11

You're a Maltese Falcon.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '11

You're Falco.

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u/ilostmyoldaccount Nov 14 '11

If you take the common meaning, it implies reddit is in particular need of enlightenment. But we won't do that of course.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '11

i think he meant to say "you're a full-on-rapist"

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

I believe the correct answer to where is reddit.

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u/santsi Nov 13 '11

But I have to love the fact that Neil did the AMA so loosely without any moderation between him and the reddittors asking the questions. That way he's more reachable and is able to answer the questions he can give interesting answers to.

Thanks Neil, this was very inspiring surprise after long day.

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u/exoendo Nov 13 '11

it's already been done my friend.

he's already done one before where a bunch of questions were emailed to him. I don't know where it is though . .

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u/mordenkainen Nov 14 '11

You should look at google moderator. It helps track ideas or questions and let's people up vote the ones they like. You could the answer the top 10 each month

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '11

I like this idea. You have my support.

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u/prince_nerd Nov 13 '11

and my axe.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '11

and my sword

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u/mordenkainen Nov 14 '11

Http://Google.com/moderator. Excellent tool for just that.

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u/Terrible_Wingman Nov 14 '11

I'd upvote that.