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Flat-Earth Argument Results in Rap Battle (npr.org)

Posted by Soulskill on from the of-course-it-does dept.

New submitter mjjochen writes: A little something to make you smile (or cry). NPR reports on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson calling out rapper B.o.B. in a Twitter (& rap) argument over the status of the earth (are we round or flat?). Rapper B.o.B. references the usual conspiracy theories to support his case in his throwdown (music). Neil deGrasse Tyson responds (actually, his nephew does), on why B.o.B.'s points are not very well-informed (music). As Tyson puts it, "Duude — to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn't mean we all can't still like your music." Shall we start leeching the four humors from the body again to achieve balance? Hrm.

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  1. Re:The earth is flat? by Coisiche · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd expect the flat-earthers to have a stock reply for that one. Much like the believers of other ridiculous things have their toolkit of responses to use to deflect the truth.

    Having said that, I would be really interested in their explanation of how it can be noon in Hawaii at the same time as it's the middle of the night in Paris. That's got to be a good one.

  2. Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Holy shit. I think that Slashdot may have hit a new all-time low with this submission. Everything about this submission is dumb and irrelevant.

    Come on! Can't we get some relevant submissions onto the front page, rather than total shit like this submission? It's not like they don't exist. They're sitting there in the goddamn queue, while donkey shit like this submission ends up on the front page.

    Seriously, why the fuck is Slashdot reporting about a flat-earth argument of all things? Why the fuck is Slashdot reporting about a goddamn rap battle over some flat-earth argument? The people involved aren't even remotely important in any way.

    What a fucking stupid submission! It's utterly stupid in every single way!

    1. Re:Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?! by Shortguy881 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Well, not only is the story amusing, Neil Degrasse Tyson in a rap battle with B. o. B., but this is also a great introspective of the country we now live in. Well known public figures can denounce something theorized over 2000 years ago (since then proven as scientific fact) and not be dismissed as completely idiotic. We as nerds tend to like science and uphold its tenants of observable phenomena. If you can't find something interesting in this story, you are just not looking.

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      Brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
  3. Re:The earth is flat? by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, according to them the North Pole really isn't the issue. It's the South Pole that doesn't exist. Instead there's a wall of ice around Antarctica that's guarded by NASA employees to keep people from finding the truth (I'm not actually making that up, unfortunately).

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    AntiFA: An abbreviation for Anti First Amendment.
  4. Re:Diversity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well you sure typed some words on the internet