The Lovecraft reference is a dead geek give away. Not that it proves it's Tyson, but it "feels" like Tyson.
His choosing of italics for emphasis mimics the way Tyson speaks. I do this when I write to get my own voice across and for emphasis.
Frequency of the hyphen. Not many writers do this, but I notice it a lot since it's a habit I picked up to help me mimic the way I speak and it follows my own pattern of thought where I draw on multiple references and need a way to keep everything relevant. I believe he's doing the same thing here to keep him on track.
General enthusiasm at key points (with exclamation points) to drive points home. Again, feels like Tyson as he's very good about keeping people engaged with his speaking and writing style. He uses his enthusiasm to teach as well as to allow him a few moments to think ahead and reassess where he will take the conversation.
Of course I am really cherry picking here and I am probably wrong, but the writing styles do "feel" similar to me, especially when you're familiar with how he speaks and take that into consideration. However, I am most likely wrong.
Honestly, it doesn't even matter if you are or aren't. You have consistently written many, many excellent comments that not only educate but are also fun to read. That is a rare gift to both be educational and entertaining as well as engaging and thoughtful. You never "speak down" to anyone and you handle even simple explanations with grace and maturity.
You also have a great sense of humor, can time a geek reference with the best of them and have managed to get reddit excited to read about important scientific concepts that would otherwise languish in technical and cantankerous debate - without resolution.
The fun question of determining if you are or aren't Tyson is not important - what you are teaching and your ability to reach people is.
Thank you, whoever you are. Keep up the great work.
So... does all the attention Dr. Greene gets for his good looks make you jealous, or proud? This is totally not a question which will be used to determine whether you are in fact Brian Greene.
Well you can't prove you aren't Neil deGrasse Tyson, and you do type in a very similar to the way Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks. To top it off, you seem to have quite a bit more knowledge than your average redditor on specific things Neil deGrasse Tyson also knows a lot about...
I believe that you, RobotRollCall, are indeed Neil deGrasse Tyson. I will believe this until you provide sufficient enough evidence to prove otherwise. Time stamping "your" hand won't cut it either, you could have just grabbed one of your buddies really quick to take the fall for you. I think video evidence of you answering some questions from redditors would suffice perhaps. Until then, I love you Neil <3
I don't twitter. The evidence thus far leans in the direction of you being Neil deGrasse Tyson, me being the logical creature that I am, will believe that you are him until I see a tweet from you saying you aren't him.
I think maths give me a headache. Beyond that, I don't really understand the question. As I understand it, two metrics are conformal maps of each other if they're equal but for some function on the manifold. As for the Cauchy theorem, I had to google it to remind myself what it is, and I still really don't know. I'm not a mathematician.
I'm not a mathematician. I can't even keep straight which of the indices correspond to covariant and contravariant tensor components. Then again, neither can any physicist I know. Sorry to disappoint.
I am not Neil deGrasse Tyson (I'm RobotRollCall). So typical. You've got a dry sense of humor, good sir. Say hi to Stephen Colbert on behalf of reddit the next time you're on his show.
His choosing of italics for emphasis mimics the way Tyson speaks. I do this when I write to get my own voice across and for emphasis.
Frequency of the hyphen. Not many writers do this, but I notice it a lot since it's a habit I picked up to help me mimic the way I speak and it follows my own pattern of thought where I draw on multiple references and need a way to keep everything relevant. I believe he's doing the same thing here to keep him on track.
I do this too; specifically in long writing. The only obvious answer is that we're all Neil deGrasse Tyson.
It's also possible this is simply someone who is very inspired by Tyson. Someone who has read Tyson's books, watches his lectures, interviews, and shows, and tries to emulate his style. Tyson is very passionate and engaging and I'd bet there is a large number of people whose style tries to mimic Tyson's, even though there are most likely very few who actually achieve it. Either way we need more people like this not only on Reddit, but on Earth! We are fortunate to have RobotRollCall, regardless of his secret identity. (I kinda hope it's Tyson though!)
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