Last night on Twitter, Atlanta-based rapper B.o.B. launched into an extended diatribe on Twitter about how the earth is flat, not round. He tries his hardest to debunk the earth’s roundness by claiming that NASA is the gatekeepers of the poles, which are where the earth ends.
His evidence? The fact that you can’t see the earth’s curvature, even when standing high on a hill looking towards a city:
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— B.o.B +1 404-236-6129 (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
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You get it. The Earth is flat just like the days of Christopher Columbus and NASA is the “gatekeepers of the ends of the earth” with all their fancy-pants scientific theories about the earth’s curvature.
Meanwhile, world renown astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is OWNING B.o.b by refuting all his claims with — you know — science.
@bobatl Earth's curve indeed blocks 150 (not 170) ft of Manhattan. But most buildings in midtown are waaay taller than that.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
@bobatl Polaris is gone by 1.5 deg S. Latitude. You’ve never been south of Earth’s Equator, or if so, you've never looked up.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
@bobatl Flat Earth is a problem only when people in charge think that way. No law stops you from regressively basking in it.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
@bobatl Duude — to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016
It’s cool, Bro. Keeping smokin’ whatever you want cause Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t give a fuck what you believe.
@bobatl Flat Earth is a problem only when people in charge think that way. No law stops you from regressively basking in it.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 25, 2016