NAT GEO EXCLUSIVE: PART ONE NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON TALKS COSMOS POSSIBLE WORLDS
All About Space catches up with the astrophysicist to talk about the show, the science and Carl Sagan
One thing you mention in the new series is “the scientific myth about the origins of life”. Can you explain the phrase, because it sounds like an internally disruptive scientific method?
A myth used in that context is a story that gathers together our collective understanding of what has happened. Unfortunately the word ‘myth’ has become synonymous with ‘false’. Is it true or is it a myth? Well, a myth is a story. You can stitch together anything to make a story, and it rises to a level of epic significance.
