Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe "May Be Very High"

That's right, but of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. And that, as opposed to picturing an intelligent designer in more traditional terms or (as ID theorists prefer) simply leaving open the question of identifying the designer, makes the hypothesis compatible with science? It seems so.

Tyson spoke in the context of a debate on the question, "Is the Universe a Simulation?":

[A]strophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who...