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==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, 2017, 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>https://www.facebook.com/neildegrassetyson/videos/10155195888806613/</ref><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 mc².'  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 mc².'  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}}