Neil deGrasse Tyson Drops the Mic on Flat Earth Truther B.o.B.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Drops the Mic on Flat Earth Truther B.o.B.

by Matt Wilstein at the Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/28/neil-degrasse-tyson-drops-the-mic-on-flat-earth-truther-b-o-b.html

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Removing his tan sport coat to reveal a tight black T-shirt, Tyson picked up a mic and said into the camera, “Listen B.o.B, once and for all. The Earth looks flat because, one, you’re not far enough away, at your size. Two, your size isn’t large enough relative to Earth to notice any curvature at all. It’s a fundamental fact of calculus and non-Euclidean geometry—small sections of large curved surfaces will always look flat to little creatures that crawl upon it.


“There’s a growing anti-intellectual strain in this country, and it may be the beginning of the end of our informed democracy,” Tyson continued. He said B.o.B. is free to think the world is flat, but since his position as a successful rapper, like being a presidential candidate, means he has “influence over others,” therefore, “being wrong becomes being harmful to the health, the wealth, and the security of our citizenry.”


Quoting “my man” Isaac Newton, Tyson said, “‘If I have seen farther than others, it’s by standing on the shoulders of giants.’ So that’s right B.o.B, when you stand on the shoulders of those who came before, you might just see far enough to realize the Earth isn’t fucking flat.”

With that, he dropped the mic, saying, “By the way, this is called gravity.”


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[PatrickforO]

1. Gotta like Neil.

How can anyone think the earth is flat in the face of the MASSIVE weight of scientific evidence?

[Maedhros]

3. First, you convince yourself that scientists have an evil agenda.

1. Convince everyone the earth is round.
2. ???
3. Profit!

[peabody]

4. You would be surprised.

I didn't think people can believe that the earth is flat in this day and age, but I went out to YouTube and there are tons of videos trying to convince you that the world is flat. And a lot of the comments are pretty supportive of a flat Earth. The stupidity is no longer funny; it's now scary.

[hifiguy]

9. And it's almost exclusively from Americans, I will bet.

The Chinese/Koreans/Indians/French/Germans must laugh themselves into pants-wetting fits of uncontrolled hilarity seeing shit like this.

"We're worried about competing with THOSE cretins????? "

[Islandurp]

7. Easy

Claim anyone who goes against what you believe is Illuminati. Got one of these guys at work, and it's very annoying.

[joeybee12]

2. Great ending with the mic...knr

[valerief]

5. That's was great. Loved the mic drop. nt

[annabanana]

6. . . . damn

I KNEW I liked him

[hifiguy]

8. Bravo, Professor,

Jeebus Haploid Keerist in combat boots, if we could transform this country's natural reserves of superstitious imbecility and general stupidity into clean energy we'd have enough for 100,000 years and warp drive by next year at this time. Mother of Dog.

[Takket]

10. what is B.o.B?

[applegrove]

14. He's a rapper. I think.

[PersonNumber503602]

19. I just read the last few months of B.o.B's twitter, and he doesn't sound mentally well

I thought this was all just a troll for attention. Similar to how Azealia Banks uses her twitter account (I find her amusing), but this guy seems to 100% believe every single conspiracy theory, and he thinks he's being targeted. I have had two friends over the past few years who had mental breaks, and they both went down that same path. I dunno, the stuff he's saying and the way he says it sounds very similar. I hope that's not case for him, but I won't be surprised if his behavior gets weirder.

[Takket]

11. I'll believe the earth is flat...

as soon as someone posts a video of themselves falling off the edge.

[hifiguy]

12. Since this is not Terry Pratchett's Discworld,

it's gonna be a LOOOONG wait.

[11 Bravo]

13. Now THAT was a beautiful thing!

[Des Moines De Mon]

15. That was great!

Turns out, Larry Wilmore has a pretty good show.

[applegrove]

16. Yes. Great actors/pundits on the show too.

[PersonNumber503602]

17. I usually agree with NdGT, but this one thing I think he's wrong about.

The earth is flat, and B.o.B is 100%.


There are hundreds of videos on youtube that prove the the earth is flat. Why would something be allowed on the internet if it's not true? I mean, come on. And what does calculus and geometry have to do with anything? And why are we just supposed to accept what some math book says? So just because some non-enchilada geometry book says something is true, that makes it true? How about I write my own geometry book that says the earth is flat? Would that make it true?

just kidding.

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18. It is SO WORTH IT to spend the four minutes required to watch this clip!!

[Wounded Bear]

20. He has so much fun doing shit like this...

NdGT is the man.

[flying rabbit]

21. Oh snap!

[Initech]

22. That was epic. Dr Tyson owned BOB.

[Mendocino]

23. Neil de Grasse Tyson

has a degree in physics from Harvard, a master in both Astrophysics Philosophy and Astrophysics from the University of Texas, and a PHD from Columbia in Astrophysics. I'll go with Tyson.

[awoke_in_2003]

24. And not afraid...

to say "fuck"