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"Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" Teams Up With PETA
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 5, 2011
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Mr. Manhattanhenge himself, also known as The "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive," and more professionally known as Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, has teamed up with PETA for a “kindness is a virtue” campaign, which suggests we all show a little compassion. Unsurprisingly it's one of the more complex PETA campaigns we've seen! He explains it here, in a 7+ minute video, where he says life forms from other planets might just look at us as primitive if they see us "gnashing on each other's ribs for food."
And here's the full campaign poster:
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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