Which statement best explains how neil degrasse tyson’s “death by black hole” and billy collins’s “man listening to disc” present differing views about the universe?

a. collins ponders the idea that a person can overcome all obstacles as long as there is music spilling from a headset, while tyson establishes the idea that human beings are at the mercy of a violent universe.
b. since tyson is a scientist, he poses the idea that the universe can be understood through science, while collins, a poet, argues that art or music holds the key to understanding the world.
c. collins’s poem puts forth the idea that humans can become the center of the universe, while tyson reveals that humans are insignificantly small and weak in comparison to a black hole.
d. tyson’s essay reveals that humanity is powerless when it comes to the larger forces of the universe, while collins’s poem argues that humanity is the center of the universe, and thus its master.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.