EXCERPT:
DEGRASSE TYSON: “The second opinion, yes, but that’s after you’ve been through 99 other — I’m trying to put credit back to doctors, where our life expectancy is three times what it was 150 years ago. And everyone before, 150 years ago, ate organic.”
MAHER: “But lower than the rest of — “
DEGRASSE TYSON: “ — and half of them died before they were 35. Science matters.”
MAHER: “Of course it does.”
DEGRASSE TYSON: “Sometimes you don’t sound that way. That’s what worries me.”
(Applause)
MAHER: “Actually, you’re the guy — you’re the guy who doesn’t understand why the WNBA team can’t beat the Lakers. You’re supposed to be the scientist and you can’t even admit that. And as far as medicine goes, I could talk to you about this all day, but, again, we do have a party to get to.
(Laughter)
But this is not your field, you’re not a doctor.”
DEGRASSE TYSON: “No, but I’m a scientist. Excuse me!”
MAHER: “That’s not a doctor.”
DEGRASSE TYSON: “Hold on.”
MAHER: “That’s not a doctor. You know what, when I get a goiter on Uranus, I’ll call you.”