I enjoy them separately, and I enjoy them together.
Sam Harris was there at Beyond Belief 2006. Where Tyson delivered one false story and questionable claim after another. Did the pseudo skeptics in attendance practice what they preach? Did they challenge Tyson's claims? Did they ask him to support his stories with citations and evidence? No. They swallowed Tyson's bull without question.
Smug, sanctimonious hypocrisy. Tyson and Harris preaching skepticism is like adulterous Republicans preaching family values.
@McVinegar
Here is Tyson's account of President Bush's 9-11 speech:
According to Tyson, Bush "attempted to distinguish we from they". Attempting to sow division during that highly emotional time would have been reprehensible but the sort of behavior we'd expect from a Republican president.
However, Bush's actual speech was a call for tolerance and inclusion, exactly the opposite of the xenophobe demagogue Tyson paints:
[georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov]
Tyson delivered this fiction to pseudo skeptic conferences for 8 years. Then in 2014 Sean Davis of the Federalist blew the whistle on Tyson. After some arm twisting Tyson admitted his error and apologized to President Bush. See this Washington Post column:
[washingtonpost.com]
The Bush and Star Names story is his intro into a talk on the Islamic Golden Age where he also delivers one falsehood after another. See items 2 through 4 in my list:
[hopsblog-hop.blogspot.com]