Death to the Truth

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqTOEospfo&t=31s

In the society that we live in today, we rely on the information through other people either by facts or opinion and we make our own conclusion from that information. However, often times that information is not reliable or even true. As said by Neil deGrasse Tyson, our country, as well as the world, feeds into this false information that denies science and misinforms the public. This denial keeps people from discussing and fixing the true problems at hand such as climate change. I think he believes that his words are so important because he realizes the state of ignorance and denial that our society is in and how little we do to try to get to the true issues at hand. An example of this that he states is largely represented in politics. Many people would choose to deny a scientific fact and argue over that rather than accept it and work to get a solution.

I do believe that  these words are very important. We believe that our society is very informed by how easy it is for us to get the latest news and information yet many of us are still holding on to beliefs that are proven to be wrong and rather not have any desire to change their belief. They do not want to accept that they are wrong and this is why our society is set so far back. We deny the facts and argue over them when instead we should accept the truth and move towards a solution to better our lives as well as the planet. A wonderful example of this is the argument of the climate change. It is a proven fact that the earth is getting warmer and yet there are still people in politics today that deny those facts despite all the information that is proving them wrong.

I believe that Tyson means, regarding to an informed democracy, that if these science deniers were to rise to power, they would keep facts and information from the public and deny them thus resulting to an uninformed public. Facts will be denied that need to be addressed politically in order to benefit humanity’s future. The truth, in their eyes, does not matter and is wrong so therefore it should not be considered anymore than that.