Wasn’t Sagan white?
Are you taking issue with my describing DeGrasse as having Sagan as a "putative forerunner?" I did not mean that in the literal, genetic sense.
Rather, I meant it in the sense that DeGrasse appears to have inherited Sagan's "mantle" as the "public face of serious but entertaining science."
But, in my estimation, DeGrasse totally lacks Sagan's gravitas, humility, and credibility.
Towards the end, Sagan may have been a showman, but DeGrasse is more like a huckster.
Regards,
Sagan hosted the series Cosmos on TV. Tyson hosted a new version of it; ergo, he's the new Sagan