Neil deGrasse Tyson isn’t just a scientist. He’s a philosopher as well. About doilies.

We all knew that astrophysicist Neil deGrass Tyson was an intelligent and witty man of science, an advocate for space and scientific exploration, and a generally entertaining guy, but we didn’t know that he had a philosopher’s soul. That is, until now, thanks to Twitter.

Not enough people pause… twitter.com/neiltyson/stat…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 8, 2013

 

Seeing the beauty that others don’t see is at the heart of poetry. It’s apparently in Tyson’s heart as well. Here it is in full size – click to enlarge.