Neil Tyson Demonstrates Absurdity of "Flat Earth"
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Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on the subject of our spherical world, and this time he has not only science but history on his side. You can learn even more at https://brilliant.org/StarTalk/.
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Hosts
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice
Director
Dave Wiskus
Writers
PJ Scott-Blankenship, Josh Silverman
Animation Director
Bård Edlund
Animators
David Powell, Josh Sherrington
Sound Designer
Jay Pellizzi
Producers
Amanda McLoughlin, Brilliant.org, Ben Ratner
StarTalk Radio
Executive Producers
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Helen Matsos
Producers
Laura Berland, Jeffrey Lee Simons, Lindsey Walker
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About StarTalk:
Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up!
#FlatEarth #neildegrassetyson #StarTalk
0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - How Physics Conspires To Make Things Round
1:31 - The History Of Flat Earth
2:05 - Evidence For The Spherical Earth
4:05 - Eratosthenes's Experiment
5:40 - How We Can Observe The Spherical Earth Ourselves
6:41 - What The Rise Of Flat Earthers Means
7:15 - Sponsored by Brilliant
8:10 - Closing Notes
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Hosts
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice
Director
Dave Wiskus
Writers
PJ Scott-Blankenship, Josh Silverman
Animation Director
Bård Edlund
Animators
David Powell, Josh Sherrington
Sound Designer
Jay Pellizzi
Producers
Amanda McLoughlin, Brilliant.org, Ben Ratner
StarTalk Radio
Executive Producers
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Helen Matsos
Producers
Laura Berland, Jeffrey Lee Simons, Lindsey Walker
***********************************
About StarTalk:
Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up!
#FlatEarth #neildegrassetyson #StarTalk
0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - How Physics Conspires To Make Things Round
1:31 - The History Of Flat Earth
2:05 - Evidence For The Spherical Earth
4:05 - Eratosthenes's Experiment
5:40 - How We Can Observe The Spherical Earth Ourselves
6:41 - What The Rise Of Flat Earthers Means
7:15 - Sponsored by Brilliant
8:10 - Closing Notes
@arealmench
If the Earth was truly flat then the flat earthers would become round earthers.
20K likes
@inphaseshelf8256
This is like a Harvard math professor explaining why 1+1 doesn’t equal 3 to a bunch of adults.
9.6K likes
@MRtodd-8287
The only thing flat earthers fear is sphere itself.
13K likes
@eurooceania5562
I used to think that the earth is flat for 2 years, then I turned three.
359 likes
@MrAlexanderLang
Don't touch flat earthers, i want a future where these people exist, compared to them i look like a genius.
5.9K likes
@Bobert27
Police: sorry sir this parking is only for the handicapped
Guy: the earth is flat
Police: oh my bad sorry sir
13K likes
@johnnywilliams6217
Oh behalf of the majority of mankind I'm so sorry you had to make this video. Your time and expertise are much more needed in real science.
87 likes
@hunter_tao
Crazy how they will say "do your own research" by which they 100% unironically mean "go watch youtube"
61 likes
@davekerryvane3015
The Greeks had a huge advantage- they didn’t have Facebook
4K likes
@Tallenn
If the earth was flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.
2.5K likes
@crazybrit-nasafan
As Einstein was quoted as saying.
"two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not too sure about the universe"
2.6K likes
@lifeoftalise4390
Video ended at 0:14 lowkey 😂 funniest astrophysicist
158 likes
@vls3771
A flat earther dies and meets God he asks God " the earth is flat right? No.. says God its a globe like all the other planets"
Wow says flat earther this conspiracy goes deeper than i thought".
162 likes
@TerryUniGeezerPeterson
“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled”
-- Mark Twain
2.3K likes
@markonjavro4214
Anyone else looking for flat earther's comments
1.6K likes
@Tommieboy2009
If the intro would be enough then this would be a real short episode.
7 likes
@Spazzsticks
Flat earthers be like: dont believe anything they tell you, be a skeptic
Also flat earthers: instantly believes anything they read on facebook.
3.3K likes
@bionicfighter7816
if the earth was flat, the solar system would be
O o o _ o O o ◦
2.4K likes
@evenbet9603
I explained to my overweight roommate why he is round: the universe favors spheres.
604 likes
@PatchedBandit
243K likes 14K dislikes is a revealing ratio of human intelligence.
9 likes