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Another essay, for Earth Day.
==Speaking Out about Scientific Literacy and Science Education==
==Speaking Out about Scientific Literacy and Science Education==
Since about 2015, Mr. Tyson has been very vocal about science education and scientific literacy. He believes that, for the United States to maintain its preeminence as a nation, it must maintain preeminence in science. He is particularly concerned about denial of evolutionary science and denial of anthropogenic climate change. He produced a video, published on Facebook on April 19, that states his concerns very directly.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/degrasse-tyson-science-deniers_us_58f99e89e4b06b9cb91572a1?f1l&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009</ref>
Since about 2015, Mr. Tyson has been very vocal about science education and scientific literacy. He believes that, for the United States to maintain its preeminence as a nation, it must maintain preeminence in science. He is particularly concerned about denial of evolutionary science and denial of anthropogenic climate change. He produced a video, published on Facebook on April 19, 2017, that states his concerns very directly.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/degrasse-tyson-science-deniers_us_58f99e89e4b06b9cb91572a1?f1l&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009</ref>
{{Cquote|Science is not something to say 'I choose not to believe E equals m c squared.' You don't have that option. When you have an established scientific emergent truth, it is true whether or not you believe it.|||Neil deGrasse Tyson, April, 2017}}
{{Cquote|Science is not something to say 'I choose not to believe E equals mc<sup>2</sup> squared.' You don't have that option. When you have an established scientific emergent truth, it is true whether or not you believe it.|||Neil deGrasse Tyson, April, 2017}}
On April 21, 2017, no doubt in connection with "Earth Day" and the various pro-science rallies to be held around the nation on April 22, he issued another Facebook essay.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/science-in-america/10155202535296613/</ref>
{{Cquote|When Einstein derived his equations, I’d bet neither he nor anyone else was thinking “Barcodes!” or “Lasik Surgery!” or “Rock Concerts!”|||Neil deGrasse Tyson, April, 2017}}
In this latter essay, he listed 9 Presidents—5 Republican and 4 Democratic—that made wise choices about national science policy.
==Quote Fabrication Controversies==
==Quote Fabrication Controversies==