Photo via The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Photo via The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

In case you missed The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart’s guest was Neil deGrasse Tyson.

And sure, he’s everywhere these days promoting his new StarTalk TV show on the Nat Geo channel, but this conversation is something that geeks will want to tune into.

On the table for discussion were such important topics as life on Mars, why Bill Gates is the “patron saint of nerds,” and who’s more awesome, Superman or Batman.

Watch below as Tyson hails our time as the “rise of the geeks”:

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