Neil deGrasse Tyson on righteous vegans

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    Do you know what the only two foods on the planet that don't cause any death are? Spoiler alert, it's not plants. In today's video I respond (again) to Neil deGrasse Tyson's utterly bewildering thoughts about veganism. Unfortunately his views around veganism are becoming more and more absurd, and his cognitive dissonance is really being turned up.
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  • @ed.winters
    @ed.winters  Год назад +574

    Do you know what the only two foods on the planet that don't cause any death are? Spoiler alert, apparently it's milk and honey. In today's video I respond (again) to Neil deGrasse Tyson's utterly bewildering thoughts about veganism. Unfortunately his views around veganism are becoming more and more absurd, and his cognitive dissonance is really being turned up.
    🧡Sign up to abillion here to support The Surge Sanctuary & use the invite code ‘earthlinged’ to get $1 to donate: bit.ly/abillioned - thank you!

    • @v.a.n.e.
      @v.a.n.e. Год назад +4

      t is always useful to see from another perspective how wrong yours is.

    • @Dindonmasker
      @Dindonmasker Год назад +4

      I wonder if it would be possible to engineer a plant to produce complete food without dying in the harvest. Technically, grapes and other vines and trees already do it but following his logic it's still their seeds so it would need to be some kind of nectar that just drips off of the plant. That'd be cool as hell!!

    • @MassMultiplayer
      @MassMultiplayer Год назад

      i cant beleive his logic is so bad. how can he write book sithc such low iq? neil is great energy to explain space.. but dayum his logic and knowledge of mathetmatic and sentience about earth sufferign is astronomicly surprisingly idiotic

    • @v.a.n.e.
      @v.a.n.e. Год назад +1

      @@pro-vegananti-nasa544
      well, not my best, silly, just warming up

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

  • @pedromiranda1000
    @pedromiranda1000 Год назад +814

    Vegans: We should stop causing unnecessary suffering.
    Neil: WHAT IF PLANT ALIENS SAW US EAT SALADS?!?!?!?!

    • @samrandolph5480
      @samrandolph5480 Год назад +8

      That makes God angry.

    • @gingertea123
      @gingertea123 Год назад +2

      ahahahaha

    • @SymbioticSolutions
      @SymbioticSolutions Год назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂

    • @helenageerts2115
      @helenageerts2115 Год назад +20

      I read thiz whilst i was watching the video and it wasn’t at the point yet where he said that. And i thought, lol no wat he said that this is completely pulled out of context.
      But no, he said it exactly like that
      Wtf haha

    • @cozypetproject
      @cozypetproject Год назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @DuxoupJr
    @DuxoupJr Год назад +2727

    The segment about the plant aliens freaking out at vegans eating plants has to be one of the weirdest and worst points against veganism. How on earth is this man a serious, well respected intellectual?

    • @MarlaSingersCancer
      @MarlaSingersCancer Год назад +178

      People's brains always melt when it comes to veganism. Besides the inanity of the idea that plant aliens would be freaking out about us eating plants, why does he think the sexual reproductive parts of the plant exist? The flowers, the fruit, the vegetables? Does he think they grow and exist for the sheer wonder and joy of it? What does he think nectar and seeds are? How does he think almost all plants reproduce? Asexually? In a bubble uncontaminated by other creatures?

    • @chadd980
      @chadd980 Год назад +191

      @@MarlaSingersCancer also the obvious point he missed that we always have to remind people. Based on energy transfer multiple times more plants need to be killed to eat meat than if you just eat plants directly. So the people eating animals are killing way more plants

    • @JustMichaelJM
      @JustMichaelJM Год назад +94

      Absolutely! At that point, I was waiting for his plot twist saying he's vegan himself and pointing out all the ridiculous arguments carnists make. With the plant aliens story he was basically describing how barbaric carnists are when they buy meat...seriously, how can he not see his hypocrisy!?

    • @ahimsamovies4484
      @ahimsamovies4484 Год назад +4

      He isn't for anyone with actual discernment. He's just a scientiest that happens to be heavily promoted by the mainstream media, that's all. There's nothing even remotely remarkable about him. There's thousands of scientists far brighter and more accomplished than him, they just happen not to get the same exposure because exposure in media isn't determined by any real merit.

    • @pomodorino1766
      @pomodorino1766 Год назад +66

      That's why I wouldn't call him an intellectual. A scientist, yes. And a good one. A communicator, also yes, very good at inspiring people and explaining science to the layman. But not an intellectual.

  • @la8920
    @la8920 Год назад +524

    I wasn't prepared for the ridiculousness level of neil's arguments when I started watching this video

    • @PerpetuallyAnnoyed
      @PerpetuallyAnnoyed Год назад +10

      He should stick to what he's good at - cosmology.

    • @Totem_skin
      @Totem_skin Год назад

      yooooo same!!!

    • @someguy2135
      @someguy2135 Год назад +10

      Someone should point out to Neil the wise quote from the famous Physicist Richard Fineman-
      "The easiest person to fool is yourself!"

    • @EseLyx
      @EseLyx Год назад +2

      @@PerpetuallyAnnoyed He's not good at that

    • @PerpetuallyAnnoyed
      @PerpetuallyAnnoyed Год назад +2

      @@EseLyx I was trying to be charitable lol

  • @reetiroy1937
    @reetiroy1937 Год назад +233

    Hi ed, I am a 'vegetable alien', and I wanted to say thank you for all you are doing. We love you, you are our hero.

    • @alexwurmbrand-officialmusi1460
      @alexwurmbrand-officialmusi1460 Год назад +3

      What is your space ship made of???

    • @Gaming_Vegan_Ape
      @Gaming_Vegan_Ape Год назад

      ​@@alexwurmbrand-officialmusi1460meat

    • @FoxesBuiscuits
      @FoxesBuiscuits Год назад +9

      ​@@alexwurmbrand-officialmusi1460Er... duh... Star Fruit...
      Edit:- To clarify. Sarcasm, den Einai wanting it to get lost in translation

    • @kitt3521
      @kitt3521 Год назад

      😅😅😅😅😅

  • @AdelineCowgirl
    @AdelineCowgirl Год назад +244

    I'm having a hard time believing Neil is even serious 😂😂 I am so embarrassed for him.

    • @pablozamora5430
      @pablozamora5430 Год назад +7

      It was so much cringe, I was even waiting for him to quit with the hypothetical examples at some point becauase it was real nonsense 😅😂🤣

    • @drmarkrieke
      @drmarkrieke Год назад +4

      He is desperately trying to justify eating meat and dairy…

    • @ioannispaxinos5171
      @ioannispaxinos5171 23 дня назад

      @@drmarkrieke It's more like he's trying to debunk pro vegan arguments. He doesn't have to justify meat eating, it's universally acceptable.

    • @gary1270
      @gary1270 Час назад

      ​@@drmarkriekemental gymnastics

  • @buubaku
    @buubaku Год назад +694

    Vegans: we should stop needlessly slaughting innocent, sentient beings
    Neil: what if the world was made of pudding?

    • @leehazlewoodism
      @leehazlewoodism Год назад +80

      ..and it was sentient

    • @LS-zn6gk
      @LS-zn6gk Год назад +74

      ...and trapped in your basement.

    • @Peppymoke
      @Peppymoke Год назад +72

      ....and was emotionally supported by sentient space pudding.

    • @Faith_Soprano
      @Faith_Soprano Год назад +74

      ...and then aliens arrived on our planet and they were all spoons

    • @DoctorOnkelap
      @DoctorOnkelap Год назад +28

      @@Faith_Soprano this parody is SOOOOO deserved. I hope that fool is ashamed.

  • @evylez
    @evylez Год назад +153

    Neil being that kid in class who never does the assigned reading but loves talking in the seminars.

    • @valq10
      @valq10 Год назад +3

      THIS

    • @ruzica1974
      @ruzica1974 Год назад +3

      Like asking ChatGPT to write an essay on why veganism is bad for environment.

    • @vishwayoga3.14
      @vishwayoga3.14 9 месяцев назад

      Exactly

    • @Martselina
      @Martselina 8 месяцев назад

      😂 Spot on.

    • @Trueneutron
      @Trueneutron 8 месяцев назад

      dang

  • @cd4953
    @cd4953 Год назад +183

    Neil is so used to being the most intelligent man in the room that he's lost the ability to ask himself if he might be wrong.

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад +3

      Cause he knows he isn't. He isn't wrong. If a 13 year old boy knows he's wrong. If your older than me there's something wrong with you.

    • @Martselina
      @Martselina 8 месяцев назад +9

      He has always been like that. He may be a genius in his field but when he starts arguing with people on ANY OTHER subject, it's painful to watch. 🤦‍♀️

    • @lyesallouche9010
      @lyesallouche9010 6 месяцев назад

      That's actually exactly what i was thinking about

    • @mizz308
      @mizz308 6 месяцев назад +4

      & books smart and the ability to study and recall information doesn’t make you logical or reasonable

    • @pt_ty
      @pt_ty 3 месяца назад

      @@mizz308mmm physics is not about memorization, but logical reasoning (that being said, not everyone uses logical reasoning in every aspect of their lives).

  • @joacoosi
    @joacoosi Год назад +585

    I have been an activist for 3,5 years, I have spoken and debated more than 700 people from all backgrounds including scientists... and I have never seen arguments as ridiculous, ignorant and dumb as those ones. This is really a mind blowing thing to see from a respected scientist, I can't believe what I'm hearing...

    • @bee__la
      @bee__la Год назад

      I’ve never heard something so stupid in 15 years of veganism!! It was soo cringe hearing him refer it to infanticide!! When they’re actually stealing and killing calves on the daily 🤯🤯🤯

    • @CharlieFader
      @CharlieFader Год назад +40

      True, it feels like a joke to call him an intellectual or an educator after spewing all this nonsense.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @CreamColoredFlower
      @CreamColoredFlower Год назад +23

      sometimes when people feel extremely cornered, they will say the most crazy things, right?
      But Neil is just saying crazy shit without "provocation". Just talking about veganism is enough to have him argue irrationally - he can not even talk about it!! 🤯
      The average person is able to talk about it, (from my experience), but this man is totally unable to! 🤯

    • @v.a.n.e.
      @v.a.n.e. Год назад

      in principle, the more ridiculous and weaker the argument, the easier it is to construct a rebuttal. since your rebuttal is evidently absent, I think his argument is not so ridiculous as you initially believe

  • @freshairkaboom8171
    @freshairkaboom8171 Год назад +310

    I never thought I would lose brain cells listening to Neil Degrasse Tyson speak, but here we are.

    • @Bl4ckheart
      @Bl4ckheart Год назад +15

      It is truly bad. When I hear hater spitting such nonsense, at least I know he's hating and can't form a proper argument. It's even more said with Neil, because he's trying to sound intellectual and is considered one, yet he spews such BS.

    • @freshairkaboom8171
      @freshairkaboom8171 Год назад +1

      @@Bl4ckheart Yeah it's such a big contrast to when he's explaining astrophysics.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @ArticalWolf
      @ArticalWolf Год назад

      Exactly how I felt too.

    • @duygugunes3251
      @duygugunes3251 Год назад

      lol! exactly! :D

  • @OpenmindedHusker1
    @OpenmindedHusker1 Год назад +57

    Wow, I am honestly shocked. I had no idea deGrase Tyson was capable of such irrationality. I've always admired and respected him very much. I'm stunned ...and disappointed.

  • @matt4735
    @matt4735 Год назад +45

    This is a nice reminder that having intelligence in one field doesn't mean you're an intelligent person

  • @annalundquist7247
    @annalundquist7247 Год назад +475

    I feel kind of embarrassed on Neils behalf... but it is very educational to see that even intelligent scholars can be very very very wrong because of confirmation bias.

    • @MS-ib8xu
      @MS-ib8xu Год назад +46

      He is not an intelligent scholar. He is an actor and charismatic. He is a sales man.

    • @Empathy4Animals411
      @Empathy4Animals411 Год назад +18

      Intelligent scholar on what planet?

    • @JarlTryggve
      @JarlTryggve Год назад

      If Neil De Grasse Tyson is not considered intelligent, then you two must be considered borderline retarded. The man has a PH.D in astrophysics from Princeton University. Having a bad opinion/argument does not make you less intelligent, it makes you a ordinary human. We all have stupid opinions.

    • @jamescameron6008
      @jamescameron6008 Год назад +14

      He writes books and gives talks on "pop science" to the general public. I don't think he's ever actually makes discoveries or does research like a real scientist does per se.

    •  Год назад +8

      @@Empathy4Animals411, on that same planet plant aliens that are super-intelligent and have mastered interstellar travel come from.

  • @om-boi
    @om-boi Год назад +1030

    I think this confirms that Neil is certainly not a genius.

    • @Dindonmasker
      @Dindonmasker Год назад +120

      It confirms that people should talk about stuff they understand.

    • @joelsimard4014
      @joelsimard4014 Год назад +93

      It confirms this quote: “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

    • @MrAllmightyCornholioz
      @MrAllmightyCornholioz Год назад +37

      Whenever ppl talk about veganism, the non-vegans automatically sound like a dummy

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @lynnritchie231
      @lynnritchie231 Год назад +28

      He's an astrophysicist. Knows about space and that's it really.......

  • @davemerritt5949
    @davemerritt5949 Год назад +60

    The bit about plant aliens is just incredible. Using his own special analogy just replace his plant aliens with a spaceship full of cows, imagine the horror that they'd find on Earth. What an absolute tool.

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад

      The only tool here is you and the rest of you vegans. We've hunted animals all throughout humanity. Our ancestors just eat it when can't you?

    • @eladguitar
      @eladguitar 9 месяцев назад

      The most ridiculous thing about this argument (and there are so many, it's hard to choose) is that you literally don't have to use your imagination at all and come up with theories about aliens because animals are literally here for real and are experiencing it!
      What would pigs or cows tell you if they could speak?
      God, this guy is completely nuts.

  • @mohamedabdi6751
    @mohamedabdi6751 Год назад +55

    I very rarely comment on RUclips videos and only do so when I really want to express an opinion or in this case, a fact. Earthling Ed, I wanted to say that you are honestly one of the most eloquent and articulate speakers I've listened to - both online and face-to-face. I also believe the tone with which you speak and your calm demeanour adds quite a lot of influence to your arguments and criticisms. Amazing stuff! Keep doing what you do. 🎉🎉

  • @mrcoatsworth429
    @mrcoatsworth429 Год назад +75

    These are the arguments of a person lying to themselves so they can continue doing what they're doing without feeling guilty.

  • @CARN3L
    @CARN3L Год назад +217

    I remember a man once said, "People like finding excuses outside of themselves to account for their reprehensible behavior."
    - Neil deGrasse Tyson
    JRE #1658 @2:55:50

    • @CreamColoredFlower
      @CreamColoredFlower Год назад +23

      haha this is brilliant - thank you for pointing this out :)

    • @ddpwe5269
      @ddpwe5269 Год назад +18

      How ironic, lovely!

    • @CARN3L
      @CARN3L Год назад +10

      @@ddpwe5269 indeed it is. That quote has stayed with me ever since he uttered it

    • @CARN3L
      @CARN3L Год назад +5

      @@CreamColoredFlower absolutely! I wish the clip of him saying it was on YT

    • @AB-ft7ng
      @AB-ft7ng Год назад +6

      This should be pinned lmao

  • @maximiliandort3489
    @maximiliandort3489 Год назад +26

    When i was a teenager i believed NDT was just fantastic, i gobbled up everything the man said on every platform and felt super cozy about it, "look at all this stuff i know". Turns out he's full of it.

    • @user-gu9yq5sj7c
      @user-gu9yq5sj7c 11 месяцев назад +4

      Some things Neil said were good. But Neil was arrogant in this vegan take. People aren't smart in every topic.

    • @maximiliandort3489
      @maximiliandort3489 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@user-gu9yq5sj7c oh don't deny that he's a smart guy, and has many insightful and eye-opening things to share. His area of expertise however has near zero intersection with food and ethics. And his arrogance shines through regardless of the topic he speaks on.

  • @cryptoji3799
    @cryptoji3799 Год назад +71

    Thank you. Your videos made me vegan. Love from India!!!! Your activism in UK made me feel like same things may also happen in India. I researched and found that they do. I just followed my logic and my heart. I came accross veganism a couple of years ago but became a vegan only at the age of 26. I have never consumed meat or eggs as I was a dairy consuming vegetarian for my whole life. In India being a vegan is so DAMN easy. We have a culture of cooking with all these spices and we eat veggies with roti (tortilla). I just had to eliminate ghee, butter and milk or milk products. What held me back was the doubt regarding b12 supplements. Not anymore tho. Took me some time to be a vegan and never never never going back.
    Thank you from India

    • @kitt3521
      @kitt3521 Год назад +7

      Indian food has been such a blessing as far as delicious vegan options go. So thankful for it.

    • @mauryagupta6024
      @mauryagupta6024 Год назад

      Thank you.

    • @cryptoji3799
      @cryptoji3799 Год назад +3

      @@mauryagupta6024 I appreciate the sentiment a lot. The thank you is a motivation booster. However, this is for the animals. So, thank yous are not necessary. Nice to know that my becoming a vegan struck a cord with someone.

    • @Thankpan7223
      @Thankpan7223 11 месяцев назад +2

      Dude are you me(also indian)? Was a lacto/ovo vegetarian all my life. Thanks to youtube (especially ed) Went vegan at 25! If only there was someone who explained to me how we obtain these dairy products, would have went vegan right at that moment!

  • @ruralnorthernlass9267
    @ruralnorthernlass9267 Год назад +83

    It's surprising how many people suddenly give a toss about plant life the moment their conscience starts knocking

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @danytalksmusic
      @danytalksmusic Год назад

      no, you missed the whole point. Neil was saying ALL of it is ludicrous and taking any stance is illogical and inconsistent. There's no need to justify anything when we can do whatever we want.

    • @blacksuitedsonic
      @blacksuitedsonic Год назад

      @@danytalksmusic Which is an insanely stupid take. So since there is no need to justify it would be morally okay for me start harassing or murder people? Or torture humans and nonhuman animals?
      Why try to stop people raping each other? You can't stop all rape so why even bother to try?
      If he really thinks that then he just lost the last inch of respect left from me what a loser mentality is that

    • @danytalksmusic
      @danytalksmusic Год назад

      @@blacksuitedsonic We are the first species to entirely escape the food chain so we have the right to do as we wish. We invented morality so we can define it however we want.

    • @ruralnorthernlass9267
      @ruralnorthernlass9267 Год назад +6

      @@danytalksmusic you my friend can believe whatever you want to believe in order to stay disconnected, yes that is your free will to do so and I will continue to know on a soul level, that to feel the suffering of others within my heart is true conscienceness and comes from a higher place that the ego ignorance of man can longer comprehend.

  • @melindaveganhiker
    @melindaveganhiker Год назад +225

    I am disgusted by the ignorance of a man I once admired. Good thing I admire folks like Ed now.

    • @VSM101
      @VSM101 Год назад +3

      you admired this guy that's funny

    • @ricozam7733
      @ricozam7733 Год назад +2

      Agree. I suggest to go to his IG and make the same comment directly to him.

    • @asmidris377
      @asmidris377 Год назад +7

      It's not all black and white. You don't have to agree with someone on everything to admire them. Yes Neil had shown that he is a complete ignorant about this topic, but you can still learn A LOT from him on other topics.

    • @tofu-munchingCoalition.ofChaos
      @tofu-munchingCoalition.ofChaos Год назад +8

      @@asmidris377 As a mathematician he also said a lot of wrong things about mathematics (for example on Joe Rogan).
      And it's not just a little wrong. Completely made up things.
      For example he gave a number (3 oder 6 or whatever) of how many cardinal infinities there supposedly are (the real answer is there are "infinitely many" cardinal infinities). I don't know where he got that number from. It's wrong. I have never seen that mistake in my life before and he presented it as an amazing fact.
      I would not advise learning from him.

    • @Killerkiki313
      @Killerkiki313 Год назад +7

      @@tofu-munchingCoalition.ofChaos Yes, it does seem like his ability to fact check himself is so terribly inept that to trust him on most topics would be ill-advised.
      It isn’t necessary to agree with a person on everything to be able to learn from them. BUT when a person has a habit of confidently spewing false information, everything they say has to be called into question.

  • @efortunywhitton
    @efortunywhitton Год назад +23

    It's simply incredible... what he says; I can only say that I'll never be able to watch the version of Cosmos that he's in, as I simply cannot view him in the same light as I once did. How he can string his thoughts together and actually believe that they are going to hold-up as a viable argument is simply breathtaking, and he's written this shite in a b o o k! Even more extraordinary.

  • @Vgang101
    @Vgang101 Год назад +21

    “…bees don’t like when you steal their honey, but they can probably make more…”
    ~ Neil Tyson
    2022

    • @islowthingsdown
      @islowthingsdown Год назад +2

      Well he’s not wrong I guess

    • @kitt3521
      @kitt3521 Год назад +2

      Hahahaha

    • @Vgang101
      @Vgang101 Год назад +7

      @@islowthingsdown A thief using this as defence wouldn't be wrong either, or a child kidnapper to a mother, so there's that.

    • @islowthingsdown
      @islowthingsdown Год назад +2

      @@Vgang101 Yeah, although I would argue there’s a pretty big difference between stealing a child and stealing a material object. I’m also not entirely sure bees have much of a sense of justice or get angry at things.

    • @Cancellator5000
      @Cancellator5000 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah, bees probably produce a surplus so they can sell it on the free market or something. They aren't making it to just survive. They got that grindset mindset.

  • @bjarczyk
    @bjarczyk Год назад +308

    I’ve been vegan for 17 years and it still astonishes me how fast people are to completely dodge the argument. 5 years ago the “what about plants suffering” argument was the final Hail Mary last ditch effort. Now it’s the first thing people bring up because they don’t want to engage in any serious critical thinking at all.

    • @Ranger1812
      @Ranger1812 Год назад +41

      "Vegan lifestyles cause the deaths of fewer plants than non-vegan lifestyles so if you cared about plants you'd go vegan" shuts that down really quickly.

    • @bjarczyk
      @bjarczyk Год назад

      @@Ranger1812 Nice.

    • @makeit784
      @makeit784 Год назад +1

      How about other animals eating each other. A lion eating a gazelle alive is probably pretty painful. Why aren't vegans trying to stop this? Are all animals suffering not equal?

    • @makeit784
      @makeit784 Год назад +2

      @Ben Lovegood I think the point is that since eating plants is still causing death and pain to plants, the vegans didn't really think this all the way through.

    • @Ranger1812
      @Ranger1812 Год назад +20

      @@makeit784 Humans and lions are different animals. The motives and justifications for their actions are completely different.
      All life is equal. That doesn't mean all actions are justified. That's a false equivalence.
      Every vegan is aware that plants and fungi die. That's news to no one. And there is no conformation that plants feel pain, but, as I said, if they did, vegan lifestyles cause less death and pain of plants than non-vegan lifestyles, so that's an argument in favour of veganism no matter if their feeling pan is true or not.

  • @vegangaze
    @vegangaze Год назад +341

    Neil on veganism is always cringe

    • @sag3_v
      @sag3_v Год назад +25

      Average carnist

    • @master0fnone
      @master0fnone Год назад +32

      Neil on anything except Astrophysics is made for smooth brain watching.

    • @ahimsamovies4484
      @ahimsamovies4484 Год назад +1

      @@master0fnone Yep, he is pathetic as a philosopher, and it shows in his ethics.

    • @User-bl5cw
      @User-bl5cw Год назад +18

      Neil is generally a pretty frivolous person who is only taken seriously because he’s articulate and a professional in a culturally romanticised area. No one would be paying and pawing for his opinions if he were a dentist or a chef.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

  • @olivergodfrey
    @olivergodfrey Год назад +3

    It feels like your videos are the only ones I actually listen to the advertising in them! Well done, this way helps everyone out. I’m going to click your link and start using abilion 🙌🏻

  • @JnTmarie
    @JnTmarie Год назад +6

    Thank you Ed. I have your book. I am a member of a few vegan and ethical groups in nyc. I wish I could say they were as thoroughly informed as they could be. Please come and speak here. I am certified WFPB vegan food coach really just to be better informed and to help people’s health but you cover the whole topic so well. Please keep going. Thank you for saying everything so well. I’m learning so much on how to hold my own in conversation.

  • @joeraver7145
    @joeraver7145 Год назад +160

    This is a perfect example to observe people who are at the top of their respective field and how they over reach their intellectual competence.

    • @cazzawazzadingdong5139
      @cazzawazzadingdong5139 Год назад +3

      🤣 This comment is gold!!!

    • @joemethven3035
      @joemethven3035 Год назад +7

      Stick to the stars, Neil.

    • @gorehammer1
      @gorehammer1 Год назад +1

      Well put

    • @aryangod2003
      @aryangod2003 Год назад +8

      This guy is more of a celebrity than a scientist...He is Pop scientist..Trust me he is not at the top of his field (. People like Martin Rees are). This guy has SOME contribution to astronomy but his much greater contribution is to Popularization of science.

    • @AmanBhimani
      @AmanBhimani Год назад

      This is exactly what I said to my wife. Why is he talking about veganism? Stick to your fucking planets and stars, Tyson.

  • @c.s.5033
    @c.s.5033 Год назад +107

    I would LOOOVE to see a face to face discussion between Neil and Ed 🤩

    • @AaronVets
      @AaronVets Год назад +1

      Neil would be ☠️☠️☠️

    • @koenlenaers8
      @koenlenaers8 Год назад +2

      Yes, that would be awsome.

    • @Chierushi
      @Chierushi Год назад +1

      @@karaokenglish I love when astrophysicists use their authority/platform to write about things that they have no clue about. It's all science, right? De Grasse in this case is just a bothered carnist. This is truly a conversation about the choice of lifestyle, not the academic study.

    • @stroadwarrior
      @stroadwarrior Год назад

      @@karaokenglish pretty sure I can take on Neil in debate and I'm just a regular dude. He clearly hasn't put much thought behind this. He sounds like the many dumb carnists we argue with online that rage quit cause they can't handle being wrong

  • @melanieweber1437
    @melanieweber1437 11 месяцев назад +9

    I admire you, Ed, that you can watch such drivel, and then answer the points one by one. It makes me so nauseated that I would have little patience and composure to do the great work you do. Thank you. 🙏

  • @unlearner33
    @unlearner33 11 месяцев назад +10

    I'm not vegan but after listening to Neil's meatheaded nonsense I've decided to go vegan! 😂 Well, thanks Neil and thank you, ed for this one.

  • @StevenAVelez
    @StevenAVelez Год назад +226

    Wow, that is one person I didn't expect to use the "bUt yOu eAt PlAnTs" argument. Bottom of the barrel of anti-vegan arguments.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @hm09235nd
      @hm09235nd Год назад +11

      Imagine spending all that time WRITING A BOOK about it!
      He just proved the lengths he will go to avoid having to listening to anything else than his own voice.

  • @Thayagan
    @Thayagan Год назад +89

    The plant alien argument was new. Has been a long time since that I heared an "argument" against veganism for the first time. Absolutely hillarious😂

    • @geertrinkel1167
      @geertrinkel1167 Год назад +1

      Smart people are good at coming up with the most bizarre and original 'arguments' against veganism.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @zzzzzzz906
      @zzzzzzz906 Год назад +1

      It was the old "what about the plants?" but with aliens

    • @helenageerts2115
      @helenageerts2115 Год назад

      Same haha

  • @user-kb1dw9kg9j
    @user-kb1dw9kg9j Год назад +8

    i lost it when he used aliens as an argument 😂

  • @kylezs
    @kylezs Год назад +4

    "It's mentioned in the bible!" ah shit, he got us there.

  • @DebugYourBrain
    @DebugYourBrain Год назад +75

    It's insane how shallow his views are on this topic.
    I've also done a short video breakdown of his "hot takes".

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @tunein6765
      @tunein6765 Год назад +1

      but aliens

  • @spaghetti1383
    @spaghetti1383 Год назад +83

    It never ceases to amaze me how otherwise smart people utterly fail to apply their intelligence to certain topics.

    • @Shoot4AlarmFire
      @Shoot4AlarmFire Год назад +2

      It's all about what they want to understand better, and the things they would rather not explore

    • @blacksuitedsonic
      @blacksuitedsonic Год назад +3

      @pro-vegananti-nasa544 Yeah as we all know the earth is a round diskshape accelerating upwards at a certain speed sitting on top of a giant turtle :)
      Neil really is a stupido

    • @ezradaiquiri11311
      @ezradaiquiri11311 Год назад +1

      Eric dubay all day 💪🌱 this world is not what you think it is - bobby ray

    • @xnellyxs1
      @xnellyxs1 Год назад

      Immorality will do that to you

    • @MariuszDz
      @MariuszDz Год назад

      R'amen :)

  • @kairifan12
    @kairifan12 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make these for us

  • @johnnyberg3979
    @johnnyberg3979 Год назад +17

    Well said Ed. Astounding how someone like Neil can be well educated in areas of science, and yet oblivious to the basic consequences of animal agriculture. As for his alien spiels, the guy's losing the plot 😆

  • @cindy652
    @cindy652 Год назад +70

    I no longer feel badly about the nonsense I spewed at an interview today.

  • @minaariel8288
    @minaariel8288 Год назад +140

    The fact that he is a physicist doesn't mean he is smart , this is excellent proof how unbelievably stupid all his arguments were, in fact , embarrassing and painful to hear . . He is obviously disconnected from his heart
    like many so called "smart "people are...Ed , you are brilliant and so very patient , so inspiring . I learn from you what it means to have patience in the face of most outrageous claims . Thank you !

    • @IvellScarlett
      @IvellScarlett Год назад +2

      Same goese for Programmers, computer scientist and any other kind of scientist. Just because you are competent at yout job, doesn't mean you're smart.

    • @ricozam7733
      @ricozam7733 Год назад

      Agree. I suggest to go to his IG and make the same comment directly to him.

    • @joeraver7145
      @joeraver7145 Год назад

      Absolutely true!! perhaps this is an example of the dun and Kruger effect

    • @samcassidy2441
      @samcassidy2441 Год назад

      He's extremely ignorant (wilfully) on everything to do with philosophy and ethics.

    • @jadenemet4527
      @jadenemet4527 Год назад

      Not a ndgt quote but if you think scientists are smart, consider these quotes by Michio Kaku:
      In science we always say you make observations, you have a theory, you can make more observations, and it's a very, very tedious process. Wrong. Nobody that I know of in my field uses the so-called scientific method. In our field it's by the seat of your pants, it's leaps of logic, it's guesswork.
      There is a crisis in cosmology. Usually in science if we're off by a factor of 2 or a factor of 10, we call that horrible. We say 'something's wrong with the theory, we're off by a factor of 10!' However, in cosmology, we're off by a factor of 10 to the 120. That is 1 with 120 zero's after it. This is the largest mismatch between theory and experiment in the history of science!

  • @henryjgray
    @henryjgray Год назад +11

    We all knew Neil was a pretentious blow bag but this is an eye opener! Milk and honey for us all, no deaths here, nothing to see here, no cows were harmed in the making of this milk, ever! Bees are having a great time making more honey1

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад

      Omg some people. All mammals have milk to feed they're young. It can't be that bad if we do it to them.

  • @calebs6298
    @calebs6298 Год назад +3

    Just an FYI for Mr Tyson, any biblical mentioning of 'honey' is actually referring to date honey, not bees.
    And they're called 'calves' by the by

  • @patrikleander8872
    @patrikleander8872 Год назад +70

    Damn Neil Degrasse Tyson sounding as insane as Kanye. The lengths that he has to go to, to find justifications for his meat-eating habits is probably he most I've ever seen.

    • @kitt3521
      @kitt3521 Год назад +1

      Hahahahaha so true

  • @Shane-zl9ry
    @Shane-zl9ry Год назад +76

    So eating a blade of grass is the same as eating a deep fried kitten. 🌱🐱

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @TheCrimsonPope
      @TheCrimsonPope Год назад +15

      No, you haven't been listening. It's worse, apparently.

    • @lukasfuller3966
      @lukasfuller3966 Год назад +2

      @@TheCrimsonPope 😂

    • @nataliekhanyola5669
      @nataliekhanyola5669 Год назад +1

      😂😂🤣🤣

    • @ezradaiquiri11311
      @ezradaiquiri11311 Год назад

      Eric dubay all day 💪🌱 this world is not what you think it is - bobby ray

  • @SP-xe8ip
    @SP-xe8ip Год назад +19

    Ed you're an actual logical person, thank you for all you do!

  • @mrshelenjones64
    @mrshelenjones64 Год назад +12

    I must admit that I had not heard of Neil until this video came up. My husband however, had, and we were both shocked and a little bemused at the ridiculous comments he made!
    As always Ed, you are a superb voice for the reality as well as the basic commonsense of veganism.
    Be kind to all kind, even idiots like Neil deGrass Tyson! "Alien sentient plantlife!!!"

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад

      You know what let's go back in time to the caveman and tell humans to eat plants.
      I'm guessing you don't know what will happen do you. If you don't a 13 year old boy knows more than you.
      I'll give you the answer: we would be extinct.

  • @veganfortheanimals6994
    @veganfortheanimals6994 Год назад +443

    I feel like Neil is just making excuses, mainly through using dishonest and weak arguments. He'll conjure up any scenario to continue his ways.

    • @Dindonmasker
      @Dindonmasker Год назад +13

      Imagine if aliens made of meat came to earth and see people eating people like them! Imagine rock based life looking at humans mining their fellow rock friends! Lmao

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @GnarlyCharlie6969
      @GnarlyCharlie6969 Год назад +7

      I agree, he is making low effort arguments. The number 1 cause of CO2 levels, deforestation, and mass ocean pollution is tied to the animal product industry.

    • @pennycook8020
      @pennycook8020 Год назад +6

      Oh I want to watch but listening to him gives me that much second hand embarrassment. What an undeducted flog

    • @veganfortheanimals6994
      @veganfortheanimals6994 Год назад +12

      @@Dindonmasker yeah, plants from a different planet that not only have vision, but can talk, and build and fly spaceships....I mean, c'mon Neil !
      (Those are not plants !)

  • @WaddyMuters
    @WaddyMuters Год назад +29

    Man I never really thought of Neil as a super bright guy, more a really enthusiastic “I f**in love science blogger”, but this makes it sound like his whole career was granted to him as a make a wish gift or something.

  • @whatishappening2797
    @whatishappening2797 Год назад +11

    I really appreciate you talking about this! I just can't listen to the truly strange thought processes of Neil any longer. It's just too freaking weird

  • @justjax5271
    @justjax5271 Год назад +2

    Thank you so much for talking about this. You’re a hero my friend. I am so thankful you are in this world.

  • @josedelarivac
    @josedelarivac Год назад +353

    It’s mind blowing how a man that’s positioned himself as one of the soundest minds and supposed to be not only of excellent judgement but an example of logical thinking (he literally has a ‘masterclass’ on logical thinking) is making a fool out of himself with inaccurate, biased, unchecked, directly false statements and even fallacies 🥶 thank you for your sound mind, judgement and pitch perfect logic, argumentative and debate skills!

    • @OmegaPointZen
      @OmegaPointZen Год назад +17

      I know, it sounds mental. If someone wrote what he said down, then told people that Tump had said it, everyone would be laughing at how stupid the arguments are.

    • @samrandolph5480
      @samrandolph5480 Год назад +4

      That's just the character he plays on tv for money.

    • @youjustlostthegame5423
      @youjustlostthegame5423 Год назад

      I would expect better from potheads who dropped out of college

    • @dane4265
      @dane4265 Год назад +3

      you have an idea of what you believe life is, Neil is pointing out you are basing life on your own perspective. Or are you actually saying plants are not alive?

    • @davidpope9630
      @davidpope9630 Год назад +1

      His point is that he believes plants are living organisms the same as animals. That he doesn't see one life as objectively different from another based on sentience. Not that I agree with him but you missed his actual point. He sees anything reproducing as living and life consumes life to continue on.

  • @stuartblevins891
    @stuartblevins891 Год назад +210

    Trees, bushes, and vines: *grow sweet, vibrant fruit in hopes that a bird or mammal will eat it and disperse their seeds*
    Neil DeGenerate Tyson: "Milk and honey are the only things people can eat without causing suffering"

    • @samrandolph5480
      @samrandolph5480 Год назад +6

      Then there's always plastic.

    • @jordanbrackin9633
      @jordanbrackin9633 Год назад +9

      He has no idea milk and veal (baby cows death) go hand in hand. Ugh so frustrating

    • @jordanbrackin9633
      @jordanbrackin9633 Год назад +4

      Also, you would need 1 WHOLE cup of honey to get only 1 gram of protein 🤣 what a FN joke.

    • @h2hass
      @h2hass Год назад +1

      Until they come across starlings or hogs

    • @rje024
      @rje024 Год назад

      this doesn't account for the fact that there are plants that use defenses (chemicals to disrupt digestion) to protect against herbivores.

  • @JustinViola
    @JustinViola Год назад +6

    rewatching this again now, wow it's embarassing how long neil spend time about talking sentient plant aliens at 6:52
    thank you so much for this video XD

  • @cozypetproject
    @cozypetproject Год назад +4

    The best part of this video was Ed's rebuttals and the comment section. Thanks for the laughs guys!

  • @laureenjohnson5570
    @laureenjohnson5570 Год назад +152

    Applause to you for being able to get through Neil's entire video and responding calmly and intelligently. Bizarre how little Neil knows about production of milk or honey.

  • @hardcoreherbivore4730
    @hardcoreherbivore4730 Год назад +29

    Extraordinary how far a person will go into a hypothetical, to justify their own actions.

    • @Astutindocumentat
      @Astutindocumentat Год назад

      Yeah. Massacring humans would be justified too if necessary. "It's the way it's supposed to be."

  • @kalirenkel2626
    @kalirenkel2626 9 месяцев назад

    Ed! Your videos debating people are good for a chuckle but the most powerful ones are when you debate someone truly intellectual. Would love to see more debates with scholars / bright minds.

  • @yesmarjan
    @yesmarjan 8 месяцев назад

    You are amazing and thank you for making videos like this keeping the rap going. ❤

  • @pyanek
    @pyanek Год назад +70

    It's so clear he just needs to justify his own consumption in any way possible... he will make whatever argument is necessary in order to reduce the logical guilt he probably feels deep down.

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад

      No your just salty that we are normal and your not. We've hunted and killed animals for years.

    • @Cosmic_Ray_
      @Cosmic_Ray_ 8 месяцев назад

      ... believe it or not, but people who eat meat don't make it their whole personality like vegans tend to do. He isn't just grasping at straws like a lot of vegans do to make it seem like everyone else are horrible abominations of nature to justify to themselves that they are the civilized ones. You're just making yourself look like one of those stubborn, unreasonable, closed minded, crazy vegans that no one in there right mind would like. If you're going to criticize someone, at least be objective about it and not speculative at best.

    • @user-tw3re9hg3j
      @user-tw3re9hg3j 3 месяца назад

      Guilt what are you talking about? 😂If we felt guilty we wouldn't eat meat, your the one that's illogical

  • @famguy1985
    @famguy1985 Год назад +59

    "Aliens though"
    ~Neil Degrass Tyson 2022

  • @sophisticatednebula4236
    @sophisticatednebula4236 Год назад +10

    Not even vegan but damn Neil goofed up with this one.

  • @megcazin8989
    @megcazin8989 7 месяцев назад

    this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. thanks again for an awesome response to this. you are an inspiration.

  • @samwingender
    @samwingender Год назад +80

    Animals feel pain and we don’t need to eat them. That’s science.

    • @readysoldier6799
      @readysoldier6799 Год назад

      But we have the authority to

    • @PauIdenino
      @PauIdenino Год назад +15

      @@theweekendtrapper4805 Plants don't feel pain. We need to eat something so plants are the best option.

    • @PauIdenino
      @PauIdenino Год назад +4

      @@readysoldier6799 I have the authority to assault your girlfriend.

    • @readysoldier6799
      @readysoldier6799 Год назад +5

      @@PauIdenino You have the physical capacity not the authority. there's a difference

    • @WeTheVegans
      @WeTheVegans Год назад +3

      Right. It’s not that tough to follow.

  • @ClickDecision
    @ClickDecision Год назад +251

    Why does no one challenge him on this? Frustrating that he speaks confidently and no one says anything vs his arguments

    • @gallifreyandefense
      @gallifreyandefense Год назад +1

      Because he is a "genius". He is an arrogant asshat. He is brilliant, but in his field. He thinks everyone wants to hear his thoughts on everything, and they're always "um ackshually..." type personality thoughts.

    • @au5tinic38
      @au5tinic38 Год назад +28

      Lol the way he talks like he’s talking to kids is the most pitiful thing. Every podcast or video he’s just acting like a teacher trying to make you feel dumb because “he’s so smart”

    • @blondey3261
      @blondey3261 Год назад +10

      On his show Stephen Colbert did respond to Neil saying, "What I'm hearing is either save them all or save nothing," which has been the only pushback, to Neil's face, I have heard yet. "Neil deGrasse Tyson Uses Aliens To Make Points About Our Human Perspective" @3:23

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @ezo2161
      @ezo2161 Год назад +1

      Cos he only talks about this stuff to people who agree with him. He’s a moron and a fraud

  • @naturallawhealth9272
    @naturallawhealth9272 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love your videos. There is a difference between "intellectual" and "intelligence". The latter incorporates what one has learned cerebrally with what one feels in their heart as compassion and love. 💜💜🐷🐷💚💚🐮🐮💜💜

  • @Ric002
    @Ric002 Год назад +1

    Thanks ,for the video💞💞💞💞🎈

  • @stefanlangenhoven78
    @stefanlangenhoven78 Год назад +384

    I can't believe I once respected this guy

    • @jordanbrackin9633
      @jordanbrackin9633 Год назад +13

      Same. Ugh.

    • @AmanBhimani
      @AmanBhimani Год назад +10

      Same. Oh my god. I can’t believe this video at all.

    • @arun.sekher
      @arun.sekher Год назад +31

      I still respect this guy for expertise in his field and ability to explain things. Hopefully he'll change his view on this topic in future.

    • @FaustoFonseca
      @FaustoFonseca Год назад +29

      Maybe you need to stop seeing people as perfect or completely flawed, and understand that everyone lives somewhere in the middle. You can respect certain parts of what people say and believe, and disagree with others. He's a great communicator and great at spreading the love for science. And he clearly sucks at his vegetarian/vegan perception and opinions. And yes, it's not nice to straw man the vegan's views and his views on this are, at least, very weak.

    • @arun.sekher
      @arun.sekher Год назад +2

      @@FaustoFonseca Agreed.

  • @danielwilliams9764
    @danielwilliams9764 Год назад +258

    I’d love to see Ed debate the subject with Neil deGrasse Tyson. I’m sure Ed would run circles around Neil’s insanely dumb arguments.
    🌱☮️🌍💚

    • @Monkehrawrrr
      @Monkehrawrrr Год назад +2

      Neil DeGrasse Tyson's argument are so stupid I can't believe he is so intelligent in one aspect and so dumb in another.

    • @drestarman
      @drestarman Год назад +29

      NDT wouldn't let him get a word in. He loves the smell of his own farts

    • @ShutUpWesley
      @ShutUpWesley Год назад +3

      @@drestarman Hey! I like the smell of my own farts too, that does not mean you are not a person who won't lett you speak. 😜
      Ok, ok. Some of my farts really smell bad, but some are actually ok'ish.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @JustinViola
      @JustinViola Год назад +5

      yeah I would love that as well, but hypocrites like this would never dare to openly discuss a topic they know they would lose. they only invite people that continue to help them stroke their own egos and Neil would obviously be a complete ding dong if he isn't aware of the nonsense he is proposing. I mean, he still is because he's comparing slitting the throat of a child with cutting a carrot, but there are grades I guess. if he has at least a pinch of genuine feelings and honor in his bones then he would accept such a discussion with ed. hardly doubt that though, because again: this dude is comparing slicing a windfall apple with cutting off the head of a calf

  • @sarahdeshay1394
    @sarahdeshay1394 Год назад +3

    Imagine a planet where it’s inhabitants don’t eat each other, that’s what I would consider a civilized society.

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад

      That's what I call an ecosystem out of balance. I mean how hard is it?

  • @latenightlogic
    @latenightlogic Год назад +4

    That Michael Shermer can’t be much better, he’s just silently and passively listening on.

  • @veganfortheanimals6994
    @veganfortheanimals6994 Год назад +59

    Neil's argument mid-way through: "If plants from another planet could see (had vision), and built spaceships, and came to earth..."
    C'mon Neil, you gotta be kidding! Gimme a break!

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @moustachetuesdays
      @moustachetuesdays Год назад +8

      That’s a lot of hoops he had to jump through to justify himself eating tuna…. A simple, “because it taste nice and I want too” would’ve been more honest.

    • @barbaraibiel
      @barbaraibiel Год назад +3

      Plants building spaceships! They can't even move!

    • @636theofthebeast8
      @636theofthebeast8 Год назад +3

      Then they'd be classified as animals lol. If they did photosynthesis maybe they'd be classified as some weird hybrid in a class of their own, very far away from the plants we know. There actually are a few animals that can do photosynthesis after consuming the chloroplalsts of algae. They're still animals, they haven't become categorized as plants.

    • @sunghyunkim8133
      @sunghyunkim8133 Год назад

      @@636theofthebeast8 yes good point. We all were once single cell creatures in the early days of the earth. If plants evolved somehow to be sentimental, they would not classfy themselves as the same plants as we know.
      Also. Any creatures with a brain knows every animals need to eat other bio-forms to live. The point of veganism is not 'never kill life froms' but 'We can avoid killing sentimental animals for foods scientifically.'

  • @angelceja9534
    @angelceja9534 Год назад +63

    Um actually Neil, what if a sentient alien milk and honey species visits earth and sees us murdering all this milk and honey?

    • @helenageerts2115
      @helenageerts2115 Год назад +3

      Lol well said

    • @cazzawazzadingdong5139
      @cazzawazzadingdong5139 Год назад +3

      😂🙏

    • @islowthingsdown
      @islowthingsdown Год назад

      Not a proper analogy but ok

    • @smashkin92
      @smashkin92 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@islowthingsdown Well what if the aliens are bees and cows, which they kmow to actually be sentient (compared to Earth's plants)

    • @tempestive1
      @tempestive1 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, absurd. "They know nothing about animal, bit they know about plants". So his argument is ignorance? At least he'a consistent.

  • @acoolducksloveryeahweexist
    @acoolducksloveryeahweexist 4 месяца назад

    love your videos Ed

  • @sahilgoala3982
    @sahilgoala3982 Год назад +6

    Man I was a fan of Neil this is heartbreaking

  • @singingtuna4786
    @singingtuna4786 Год назад +125

    ”It even says so in the bible” wow Neil just wow

    • @alexinhoMelius
      @alexinhoMelius Год назад +4

      He obviously doesn't know what the Bible says.

    • @fredbmurphy
      @fredbmurphy Год назад

      What can recognize pain is the crux of the argument? As for the Bible, it's all a s..t argument to believe in a God; we are designed to feed off of each other (many species will never be just vegan, if at all).

    • @dsrohera
      @dsrohera Год назад

      Astrophysicist backs up religious texts but empathy, oh no! That's too philosophical. Science doesn't exist nomore.

    • @samrandolph5480
      @samrandolph5480 Год назад +6

      Maybe there's a science bible? That only prestigious science boys know about?

    • @dane4265
      @dane4265 Год назад

      the fact we have been eating both for 2000 years at least, based on a book, not that it has any truth to the book.

  • @steftomasi
    @steftomasi Год назад +37

    It's sad to see how even incredibly smart people give in to ridiculous mental gymnastics just so that they can say "...and that is why I can go on eating animal products"

    • @barbaraibiel
      @barbaraibiel Год назад +5

      Now I am not so sure he is incredibly smart.

  • @Korvmannen
    @Korvmannen Год назад +3

    If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas. I think that's the best summary of what I think of Tyson's "arguments". If reality was different, then it would be different, Neil.

  • @barrydevonshire9749
    @barrydevonshire9749 Год назад +2

    As a comedian said. The most frightening thing about vegans is that what they say might be true. The way that some people try to justify animal flesh eating amazes me.

  • @stewartmoore5158
    @stewartmoore5158 Год назад +29

    The fact that he can't (or won't) concede that the difference between a plant and an animal is consciousness, the ability to feel emotion and pain, truly astounds me. He sounds unbelievably stupid while thinking he's sounding incredibly profound.

    • @jean-chritophedesjarlais8435
      @jean-chritophedesjarlais8435 Год назад

      Proof that plants feel is that they're made of the same chemicals you are made of.

    • @stewartmoore5158
      @stewartmoore5158 Год назад

      @@jean-chritophedesjarlais8435 You're either trolling or using fallacious reasoning. Assuming the latter, I'll let you in on a secret: it's not the chemicals that make a person, but their arrangement. Plants have different arrangements of chemicals that don't display any evidence of consciousness (even if they react to stimuli).

    • @jean-chritophedesjarlais8435
      @jean-chritophedesjarlais8435 Год назад

      @@stewartmoore5158 may I ask what is a display of consciousness? And I understand better with examples, so could you please provide one example?

  • @erelpc
    @erelpc Год назад +99

    Would be so good to see Neil intellectually humbled in a debate on this topic against Earthling Ed.

    • @131
      @131 Год назад +16

      neil would never put himself in a situation where he thinks he might be humbled, his ego is way too big for that. guy truly believes he's better and smarter than everybody else and it really shows. he's not exactly the type that likes to be proven wrong.

    • @johnfreeman9358
      @johnfreeman9358 Год назад +2

      Neil is to smart for Ed

    • @elizabethgay1180
      @elizabethgay1180 Год назад +9

      @@johnfreeman9358 😆. On veganism ... Ed is TOO logical, informed and skilled in communicating, for NdT to risk facing a challenge. (Ed wouldn't debate NdT on astrophysics, because it's not Ed's forté.) NdT needs to study logic, logical argumentation & still ... stay in his field of expertise.

    • @johnfreeman9358
      @johnfreeman9358 Год назад +1

      @@elizabethgay1180 Niel is a scientist, logic is all he uses and Ed is just an activist and relies heavily on emotion rather than logic.

    • @bertt_y
      @bertt_y Год назад +15

      @@johnfreeman9358 NDT was talking about how sentient plant aliens would be crying over slaughtered baby carrots.

  • @ronidaffan5904
    @ronidaffan5904 Год назад +3

    You are doing a holly work !!!

  • @annaj.4740
    @annaj.4740 Год назад +1

    Hey Ed 🌹
    I come from Aljosha, who recommended you 😊
    Neil seems to be a little bit silly 🤔
    You seem to be very accurate and on point 😎🤘
    And I love your sarcasm😉

    • @jackfelton9569
      @jackfelton9569 9 месяцев назад

      I wish this whole vegan thing was sarcasm so I wouldn't have to teach you the basics.

  • @otaviocf4657
    @otaviocf4657 Год назад +29

    listening to Niel causes me physical pain and suffering

    • @ezradaiquiri11311
      @ezradaiquiri11311 Год назад

      Eric dubay all day 💪🌱 this world is not what you think it is - bobby ray

  • @sebastienleblanc5217
    @sebastienleblanc5217 Год назад +25

    This is what happens when a physicist improvises himself as an ethicist. And the confidence and authority of his tone!...

    • @ahimsamovies4484
      @ahimsamovies4484 Год назад +10

      That's how he talks about anything and everything. He suffers from a severe case of megalomania and thinks he's the ultimate authority on all areas and aspects of life.

  • @DiegodelaLuna
    @DiegodelaLuna Год назад +4

    thanks ed to bring this up, it's impressive how a respectuful guy in some matter can be an ash o le in others

  • @kaylanewis5392
    @kaylanewis5392 Год назад +1

    I am a vegan and you are so x amazing and so inspirational. X

  • @CarnismDebunked
    @CarnismDebunked Год назад +37

    Tyson: elite level physics, pre-school level biology.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад +1

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @LN-fi1nf
      @LN-fi1nf Год назад

      💯

    • @ezradaiquiri11311
      @ezradaiquiri11311 Год назад

      Eric dubay all day 💪🌱 this world is not what you think it is - bobby ray

    • @patula3499
      @patula3499 7 месяцев назад

      I agree.
      "Xx xy chromosomes aren't sufficient. Sometimes we wake up and feel 80% male and 20% female"

  • @ali84uk
    @ali84uk Год назад +234

    I am a Muslim and the Quran also mentions that God has blessed us with Cattle for our benefit. I have however still decided to become a Vegan as there is a big difference between use and abuse and if Animal Agriculture is having such a negative impact on our Planet and the Animals are no longer respected then one should not think twice and turn to becoming a Vegan for the love of God, his Planet and of course the Animals.
    Thank you Ed for all that you do, the World needs more People like you.
    God bless you

    • @welcomeback2mychannel
      @welcomeback2mychannel Год назад +28

      Exactly. Not one religious text says humans MUST eat animals and animal products, the most any says on the matter is that they are there if you need them. But my suspicion is most people haven't read the texts they follow thoroughly, if at all.

    • @scooterboy3676
      @scooterboy3676 Год назад

      Glad that you're a vegan. Pity that you're irrational when it comes to belief in a sky daddy.

    • @agrajyadav2951
      @agrajyadav2951 Год назад

      if quran says that cow are just there for consumption, islamophobia doesnt exist, and terrorists do have a religion

    • @luvick848
      @luvick848 Год назад +3

      God bless 🙏💚

    • @vargvikernes4859
      @vargvikernes4859 Год назад

      Lol you're not Muslim . Veganism says killing animal is wrong where allah says he has made certain animals for you to eat

  • @aaronarnold6136
    @aaronarnold6136 Год назад +5

    I think this is the most sass I've ever seen come out of Ed. I'm so here for it.

  • @jasam123
    @jasam123 6 месяцев назад

    gosh love your background

  • @NoInjusticeLastsForever
    @NoInjusticeLastsForever Год назад +142

    Neil is always trying to make himself sound smart and say vegans are ignorant because they don't fully think about their position while ironically never getting the full scope of the vegan equation.

    • @v.a.n.e.
      @v.a.n.e. Год назад

      Neil is wrong. it is not true that some vegans are ignorant. all vegans are ignorant

    • @ConsciousBrosCommunity
      @ConsciousBrosCommunity Год назад +14

      Psychological projection and Dunning-Kruger effect in full swing

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Год назад

      People like him are just puppets actively working on closing the "third eye" of people while claiming to "enlighten" people with "science". And people like me, try to really enlighten people 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

    • @HiddenStr3ngth
      @HiddenStr3ngth Год назад +5

      Not getting the full scope ? He's not getting even the utter basics.

    • @jaspergolightley326
      @jaspergolightley326 Год назад

      @@ConsciousBrosCommunity the hilarious thing about the Dunning-Kruger effect is that the people who name drop it are generally the ones affected by it most....

  • @hamfastgamwich
    @hamfastgamwich Год назад +33

    Funny how Neil doesn't have these conversations with vegans

    • @josephancion2190
      @josephancion2190 6 дней назад

      In all fairness, he had this discussion with a vegan once : ruclips.net/video/zT9Xv7pHG_4/видео.html

  • @lisadebeaubien5060
    @lisadebeaubien5060 Год назад

    Done!!

  • @scrup007
    @scrup007 9 месяцев назад +1

    “Now this is actually quite a special argument” 💀 lol

  • @AlgerianRatt
    @AlgerianRatt Год назад +110

    "BABY carrots! BABY spinach!" had me laughing so hard. Bro can't put two and two together and realize that plants aren't sentient and that animals have to eat plants to produce any sort of food.

    • @alexp.s.4419
      @alexp.s.4419 Год назад +3

      I don't know for sure, but plants could be sentient. There is enough scientific evidence available today showing that, at the very least, plants have their own kind of nervous system. Disclaimer: This is not an anti-vegan comment. I am vegan.

    • @erickgreen2361
      @erickgreen2361 Год назад

      @Michael B So you wouldn't care if I had some fun with your corpse?

    • @welcomeback2mychannel
      @welcomeback2mychannel Год назад +12

      @@alexp.s.4419 they have response mechanisms and response pathways, but no neural pathways or nervous system.

    • @ReasonMakes
      @ReasonMakes Год назад +13

      @@alexp.s.4419 Calling it a nervous system is a big leap. There are very, very basic reactions in plants. I have spent hours and hours pouring into research papers trying to diaprove my own opinion on this and there is absolutely nothing in favour of plants being sentient.

    • @alexp.s.4419
      @alexp.s.4419 Год назад

      @@welcomeback2mychannel I am no scientist, but depending on your initial reference for the definition and use of terms your conclusions will vary. If you take the human anatomical form as primary reference, the definitions become more restricted the more different the organism we are looking at is from humans. That, however, does not mean there aren't any equivalent aspects in both human and more different organisms. For example, if you take as initial reference the functions of a neuron, rather than its form, you will see that plants have aspects with the same functions as far as they have been observed and described by scientists (such as receiving stimuli from the environment, sending commands to bodily features in response to the stimuli, and transforming and relaying electrical signals).

  • @az0ul
    @az0ul Год назад +32

    I've seen this phenomenon happen in many people who are very good in their fields and all the attention made them think they're experts in everything. Seen it with Jordan Peterson and others.

    • @ME-gs6yn
      @ME-gs6yn Год назад

      Yep, it’s the recognition that there is a market they can position themselves within. The goal is to make money. While JBP is far worse (being an actual fascist), but they’re both very unserious characters

  • @andreborges2106
    @andreborges2106 Год назад +4

    Neil is science's Kanye West.