MacFarlane said he’s concerned that science literacy is fading. A couple of decades ago, he says, TV programs focused on space and other scientific topics, but now they’re more likely to be about witches, vampire and angels: “It’s all become a bunch of fluff. That is a symptom of the bizarre fear of science that’s taken hold.”
Also at the celebration of Sagan’s life and legacy: Bill Nye the Science Guy (a former Sagan student), presidential science adviser John Holdren and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, whom MacFarlane has tapped to narrate the updated version of “Cosmos,” debuting next year.
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