Indigenous Science with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Dr. Jessica Hernandez

Most trees that are cut down include a lot of damage to the land around it, and when replanted, they tend to replant the "useful" tree and lose the diversity that the original forest had.

Western science? Science is just science.

Idk she sounds less like a scientist and more a sociologist at the beginning

Old growth forests are diverse. ‘New’ or replacement trees are usually one or two types of trees and zero biodiversity. These are less resistant to disease, less able to recover from fires, and it takes decades to grow into a mature system that supports entire ecosystems. Consider what happens when just one predator is removed from one area; like the wild wolfs that were seen as a threat to farmers and ranchers. Once gone, regional deer and antelope herds grew affecting the growth of various trees, grasses, flora, and fauna etc. Which changed the ecosystem for multiple smaller animals and insects. This led to losses of the literal root system that maintained the land and water systems. Everything from ponds to rivers to lakes and wetlands were either rerouted or eliminated completely. Some insects and plant diseases became dominate and further destroyed our natural biodiversity. When the original wolf was returned, so did the ecosystem. It will take decades to get back to what the natural world had created. There had been a huge cost to not just the national parks ability to maintain the land, but also to agriculture and forestry. Even the water table was impacted.

Thanks so much for having an enjoyable episode on such a fascinating topic. Having grown up in hawaii I was fortunate to learn about the vast history and knowledge native peoples have. They were some of the best ocean navigators in the world, using the stars and the environment. They developed advanced farming methods to grow surplus food with aquaculture. They invented surfing! I hope you have more episodes like this, there are some great ppl to interview at University of Hawaii.

She confuses the tyranny of government power over free people with science and those who prefer science to victim ideology and pointing to those who steal, cheat, lie and extort. That's not science, and pretending victims have better knowledge is absurd if they are too timid to have it made available for open inquiry.

If someone does an experiment with "western science" and another does the same experiment with science that has "identity" included, should we expect different results? If so, why?

The 500 year fight for survival by indigenous peoples turns out they were fighting for the survival of the species of the entire world. Heroic.

Non stop chills on this one! I'm so happy Niel had these folks on! Feel like these people have so much to teach us and rarely get a platform to talk! Coming from a mixed race guy thats always wanted to be a part of the solution

Such a powerful video I really hope it blows up and maybe ppl will listen 🙏