Neil deGrasse Tyson shatters Thanos' logic for killing off half the universe in 'Avengers: Infinity War'

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Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a strong argument against Thanos' bold choice in 'Infinity War.'

Thanos thought he was thinking with a sound mind when wiping out half of the universe's inhabitants in Avengers: Infinity War, but astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson begs to differ.

"Sure, Thanos is singularly evil. But I bet he flunked Astro 101," Tyson tweeted Wednesday."He wants to kill half of all living things to save the other half—due to limited resources. But the universe has vastly more resources than can possibly be consumed by civilizations that have access to space."

— Neil deGrasse Tyson April 24, 2019 If you wield the power to snap your finger and end half of all life in the universe — to preserve resources for those who remain — then you surely have the power to snap your finger and double the resources instead.@Avengers, I checked the math on that one.

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