What really gets me is where among scientists these things come out. Tyson aside, most physicists and chemists understand that the quantum mechanical universe makes no sense, so pulling definitive conclusions about experiments that have never been run is pretty much speculation. If you really want to see this stuff run wild, listen to neuroscientists. They think everything in a brain can be predetermined and free will is an illusion.
My two cents: it is hard for me to believe that they really believe this stuff and they are trying to set policy by pretending to have special insight that cannot exist. The result is that scientists appeal to an authority they do not have and expect the unwashed to be too impressed by their credentials to argue.
I agree. A lot of people don’t realize that “science” is a procedure for uncovering information about the world, not a set of moral values.