Bill Maher and famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson clashed over America’s oldest magazine and its stance on transgender athletes in women’s sports.
The comedian and scientist repeatedly sparred over why Democrats lost the election during Friday’s episode of Real Time.
Maher started the debate by asking Tyson about the editor of Scientific American, Laura Helmuth, decision to resign after posting a string of foul-mouthed attacks on President-elect Donald Trump.
‘It sure didn’t sound scientific. It didn’t sound like the person I would want to be running Scientific American. It was a rant on Twitter. I could read it to you. It’s really ugly. You know, ‘I apologize to younger voters that my Gen-X is so full of f***ing fascists,” Maher said.
‘Okay. I’m not for canceling people on either side, but here’s what I think is the scandal. This is in Scientific American less than a year ago, ‘inequity between male and female athletes as a result, not of inherent biological differences between the sexes, but of biases in how they are treated in sports.’
‘That’s nuts. And it sure ain’t scientific. And it’s in Scientific American. And that’s why the Democrats lost the election. It’s true.’
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