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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson hears from critics after tweeting about emotional reactions to shooting massacres
"Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data,” popular astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted Sunday afternoon. He was making a point that the public gets upset about horrific deaths – like those in Texas and Ohio over the weekend – but less so about more common preventable deaths. For example, he wrote that in the same span of time 34 people died in mass shootings over the past week, about 500 people died because of medical errors and 200 because of auto accidents. But mass shooting deaths get far more media attention because they’re far more shocking. Social media users, however, weren’t appreciating his argument: “A person can be both intellectually brilliant and practically asinine,” one wrote. It was an awkward return to negative headlines for Tyson, who earlier this year resumed his hosting role on two TV shows – “Cosmos” and “StarTalk” – after being cleared following a sexual misconduct investigation.
"Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data,” popular astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted Sunday afternoon. He was making a point that the public gets upset about horrific deaths – like those in Texas and Ohio over the weekend – but less so about more common preventable deaths. For example, he wrote that in the same span of time 34 people died in mass shootings over the past week, about 500 people died because of medical errors and 200 because of auto accidents. But mass shooting deaths get far more media attention because they’re far more shocking. Social media users, however, weren’t appreciating his argument: “A person can be both intellectually brilliant and practically asinine,” one wrote. It was an awkward return to negative headlines for Tyson, who earlier this year resumed his hosting role on two TV shows – “Cosmos” and “StarTalk” – after being cleared following a sexual misconduct investigation.
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