Neil Degrasse Tyson talk

On Monday night, Neil Degrasse Tyson gave a talk at the conference, called "Tales from the Twitterverse and other media excursions". It was a really good talk, very funny.

Neil Degrasse Tyson

And again

The best bits were some cartoons he had found and his take on memes, which I found out are those things you remember even if they aren't true, that's passed from person to person. He showed some of the memes around the internet. Here are some of my favorites.

So cute!

The new hulk.

You're a geek if you get it.

He also should some photos of awesome astro tattoos he had some across. Though not for me I think.

This had to hurt

Carl Sagan quote

from the Voyager satellite (minus Pluto

The only time I winced was when he was talking about Brian Cox, who I really don't like.
He also talked about politics relating to science. The only bit I really enjoyed (as I don't follow American Political minutia) was the following. I picked the right state apparently. (Sorry Caroline!)

Virginia is one of the best educated states!