Carl doesn't know the source.

439: Or was it something that Toni had told him?

Neil deGrasse Tyson fabricating quotes, and Wikipedia tries to cover it up? Er, not quite.

So, this blog entry has been making the rounds on Facebook and elsewhere. A huge hoopla over how Neil deGrasse Tyson has been caught multiple times fabricating quotes. Is this true? Normally, the fact that its on the Federalist would be enough reason to ignore it, but multiple people have linked to it and at least one person I know is very invested in both the truth and the importance of it.

The gist is, a blogger is trying to edit Neil deGrasse Tyson's Wikipedia entry to have references to his blog which he feels document an ongoing proof of dishonesty on the part of Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the fact that people keep reverting his edits, he believes, gives evidence to his belief that science and religion are really the same thing.

OK, enough editorializing on my part. Let's look at some of these oh-so-scandalous quotes:

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