Courtesy of Neil deGrasse Tyson: What the dinosaurs ignored.

ArchangelleCarlSagan · 25 days

OP please submit in the right subreddit next time, this has nothing to do with gay rights

Tetragramm · 25 days

FYI, this is a T-Shirt.

http://www.offworlddesigns.com/p-814-asteroids-t-shirt.aspx

Panasonic307 · 25 days

Petition to change /r/atheism into /r/FreeKarma?

mysterym3at · 25 days

What does this have to with atheism?

RobotBuddha · 25 days

It sometimes amazes me that I actually used to defend this subreddit. It really is almost entirely just people not in any active scientific research patting themselves on the back for scientific innovation, sucking Neil Degrasse Tyson's dick, posting facebook screenshop of the sick burns people threw at often nice christian friends, and reposting tired memes and quotes.

I'm sticking around for the 1% of content that's worthwhile, but damn. How are more people not outright embarrassed to be associated with this shit? 2200 upvotes, really?

peterbak344 · 25 days

Where's the Armageddon crew when we need them?!

mambypambyland · 25 days

LOL just got my bachelors in atheism guys from Neil deGrasse Tyson University! Upvotes to the left!

Reddit-Hivemind · 25 days

I love the space program and want it to grow by leaps and bounds, but is this really a convincing argument?

Large asteroids impact the Earth about 1 every 10 million years source. We have difficulty retooling industries for global warming and relating that to a world livable by "our children's children", maybe 100-200 years out. How responsible is it to make a hail mary mission to leave Earth for an event with a probability in any given year of 1 x 10^-7 ?

DrMcLeftnut · 25 days

This has precisely fuck all to do with atheism.

Fucking_Mcfuck · 25 days

is it LITERALLY neil DEGRASSE tyson? i am LITERALLY hard right now. LITERALLY

dustinyo · 25 days

le bravest sci[ENT]ist ever!!!

FromEarth · 25 days

The biggest threat to humanity is well... humanity. But even though they are able to track all these asteroids eventually something will be missed. I still cant believe how much money and resources are spent to defend ourselves from other human beings, yet objects flying around space that destroyed most of the life on this planet in the past is not a big deal.

Neckwrecker · 25 days

This doesn't belong here.

larg3-p3nis · 25 days

Karma whoring much?

baxtorian · 25 days

How is this related to atheism?

rodrigo2220 · 25 days

I'll probably get down voted for this but I hate god

XXS_speedo · 25 days

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title	comnts	points	age	/r/
Courtesy of Neil deGrasse Tyson: What the dinosaurs ignored.	544^coms	2168^pts	3^mos	funny
Asteroids.	0^coms	10^pts	3^mos	pics

source: karmadecay

Unrelated_To_Atheism · 25 days

Unrelated to Atheism

yoda420 · 25 days

Dear r/atheism,

You do not own Neil deGrasse Tyson. He doesn't even like you.

rriggs · 25 days

I need a poster of this...

remhawk99 · 25 days

As Chris rock said "It's going bad! How the fuck do think its going?!

WoollyMittens · 25 days

First he went after Pluto and now he's after our planet! :O

z01z · 25 days

i want this on a t-shirt.

IonBeam2 · 25 days

Neil deGrasse Tyson has specifically said that he does not want to be lumped in with people like you, so why is this on r/atheism?

wakeupwill · 25 days

They didn't ignore them, they wrought them.

EatenOffTheWeb · 25 days

phenomenal. Love the art. More of these please!

danger0dave · 25 days

Tyson thinks that atheism is counterproductive... he identifies himself as an agnostic. I saw him speak earlier this year and that's what part of his presentation was about. I'd also link to the interview where he says this but I'm on my phone

ShutUpAndGoAway · 25 days

DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK NEIL LEGRASSE TYSON IS THE GREATEST MAN EVER?

bassistmuzikman · 25 days

Yeah, they only made it into low-earth orbit before abandoning their plans...

Rathanon · 25 days

Is that land mass supposed to look like a haggard Abe Lincoln? Also he is totally right.

this_little_dutchie · 25 days

How do we know they ignored it? 65 million years is a hell of a time for them to get rid of all evidence

BrokenSamurai · 25 days

Couldn't agree more. Clearly the dinosaurs should have diverted tax dollars away from defence and public works and put it towards education (favoring the sciences) and their space program. ;)

fadingthought · 25 days

I don't think that dinosaurs ignored it so much as they couldn't comprehend it.

imkirok · 25 days

It seems to me like destroying an asteroid would be easier than colonizing another planet.

BearDown1983 · 25 days

Is this a shirt? Can I buy this shirt right now? I have a review coming up where I need to wear this.

WhyteHouseCasino · 25 days

I'll probably get down voted for this but why is planetary defense not a major political issue?

jaber2 · 25 days

Asteroids don't kill you, rogue planets and black holes will. But since I am a numbers guy(don't mistake me for Paul Ryan), I'd say while you and your great great great great grand children will probably will never see it, it will eventually hit anytime from now until it ends.

Hajile_S · 25 days

Also there is no God.

You cut out the key portion of this quote that actually made it relevant here.

Spiel88 · 25 days

Is there a way to donate directly to a space program, namely, the U.S. Space Program?

P.S. - I'm not sure what this post has to do with atheism.

dinofaggot · 25 days

We didn't ignore it, guys. Our space program was coming along fabulously. We just got a little side tracked, is all.

doctorquanta · 25 days

Damn you nature, you cocky bastard.

facaDe577 · 25 days

My only regret is that I have but one upvote to give.

TheManOfTomorrow · 25 days

You'd need one hell of a space program to contend with an asteroid of that size. Something like that would melt the Earth. Good thing there's a gargantuan rocket with which to escape.

spikypoop · 25 days

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3rdbbd/

sunrainsallgood · 25 days

If only the Federal Government was in charge of things that go into the air, there would only be one airline: Amtrak Air. What's wrong with SpaceX?

ThatOneGuyNameJuan · 25 days

I actually know him! he is a great guy, and he LOVES the media attention he gets, and reddit! Do you guys think I should ask him to do a AMA the next time I see him? Oh, and this is completely true. I actually know him

MoonshineDan · 25 days

I wonder if there would be religious opposition to mass evacuation? God wants us to end and all that.

vercing3torix · 25 days

Dinosaurs would make terrible astronauts, silly.

houndoftindalos · 25 days

The Big Crunch: Nature's way of saying "You're dead no matter what you do. FUCK YOU!"

Shuaijan · 25 days

Why is this in atheism?

HoboViking · 25 days

T-Rex ordered this as a t shirt so he could warn people, but he couldn't use his arms to pull it over his head.

evil_steve · 25 days

Ha, stupid dinosaurs

xsited1 · 25 days

That's blatantly false. Everyone knows evolved dinosaurs left Earth more than 65 million years earlier for the delta quadrant.

golergka · 25 days

It's sad because there are no way in hell we're going to be able to evacuate humanity out of here, even during several years. Noah's Ark style evacuation yes, but most of us are going to die on this planet one way or another.

Dynamo-Hum · 25 days

We could save at least 40 people! Until the oxygen ran out anyway...

Sinistersmog · 25 days

This guy is a serial re-poster FYI. Check out his post history, not a hint of OC to be found.

BiscuitLord42 · 25 days

Circlejerk can just phone it in today.

maxikov · 25 days

To begin with, I personally enjoy space exploration. I really hope the way to make it profitable will be found during my life, and I want to promote it. Otherwise, I'd like to make money and spend it on space just because it's goddamn awesome.

However, let's be honest. Suppose, 1000 dwell permanently on Mars. That's a really unfriendly place. These people need to live in airtight modules. Since the level of ionizing radiation on the Martian surface is around twice higher that that on the orbit of the ISS, the modules must be buried in a few feet below the ground or must be made of thick metal. Walking on the surface without a space suit (remember: almost no atmosphere there) is impossible. The life supporting system of the modules must be fully closed: there's almost no gaseous oxygen; there is no liquid water, and ice is hard to mine; you can probably extract some aluminum by electrolyzing the soil. Oops, your energy supply is also very limited. It is still uncertain if there's uranium ore on Mars; the concentration of uranium in Martian rocks is 5 ppm at most, while uranium ore contains up to 100 ppm. The solar constant on Mars is only one half of that on the Earth, and don't forget about frequent sandstorms impeding the solar flux even more. Thus, solar arrays won't produce an abundance of energy as well. Well, forget about electrolyzing the soil when you need energy to live. If your power supply fails, your life supporting system will die, and so do you. Depressurisation of the module means death as well. With thiner atmosphere and in the absence of heavy Moon, which deflects a lot of asteroids, being stroke by a meteorite is not an improbable scenario.

Now, what exact global disaster on the Earth would leave only 1000 people on the Earth and make them survive in conditions more severe than described above? These conditions must me much more severe. Otherwise, it would be more efficient to build such a base on the Earth. One base probably won't resist a direct hit of an asteroid. However, with all the earthly construction facilities we can build several bases, each of those would resist a hit of any asteroid in any other place. We can do it for much less money and save much more people.

Beginning_End · 25 days

He didn't even bother changing up the title of this before reposting. . .

http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/wdu93/courtesy_of_neil_degrasse_tyson_what_the/

Cashrunner · 25 days

Why are dinosaurs ignored in the bible and why don't they speak of it in mass FYI I'm catholic

GMBeats95 · 25 days

Wasn't this posted about 3 months ago because NDT had tweeted it? Either OP is really behind on his twitter feed or he's reposting things with the same title.

Neckbeard_Nation · 25 days

An ideal propaganda poster for our society.

wolfchimneyrock · 25 days

What evidence do we have that the dinosaurs didn't invent spacecraft and colonize the planets around epsilon eridani?

dkrypt · 25 days

The space program is cheap and underfunded and the people who run it signed on to No Nukes In Space so we can't defend against that asteroid.

SubtleMockery · 25 days

Nature is not an entity, it can't ask questions.

ashmole · 25 days

False. Nature is not a singular entity nor is it sentient.

JamoWRage · 25 days

I don't see how this is relevant to the nonexistence of "godlike" beings...

THE___Doctor___ · 25 days

The dinosaurs did not ignore the space program. I found some in a space ship not too long ago. However, it WAS a space ship stolen by a time travelling mad man. Oh, but not me. I mean, I am a time travelling mad man, but this man was a different time travelling mad man.

scientologist2 · 25 days

Get the T-shirt by the original artist HERE

congocross · 25 days

Why is this relevant when there is no reincarnation?

redanthrax · 25 days

Fuck your religion.


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