3 scientists school flat Earthers on the evidence | Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Michelle Thaller

3 scientists school flat Earthers on the evidence
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Despite centuries of evidence proving otherwise, there is an alarming number of people around the world who genuinely believe that the earth is flat. Bill Nye The Science Guy, NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller, and Neil deGrasse Tyson strongly disagree.

From simple experiments like standing at a seashore or looking through a telescope at other planets, to reading about navigation or viewing photos of Earth taken from space, the scientists share several ways that flat Earthers can see the truth for themselves.

Tyson explains why this trend doesn't qualify as a scientific debate and why it is actually dangerous for people to believe and, even worse, pass on these objectively false ideas.
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NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON:

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson".
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BILL NYE:

Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been doing most of his life.

In Seattle Nye began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Nye then quit his day engineering day job and made the transition to a night job as a comedy writer and performer on Seattle’s home-grown ensemble comedy show “Almost Live.” This is where “Bill Nye the Science Guy®” was born. The show appeared before Saturday Night Live and later on Comedy Central, originating at KING-TV, Seattle’s NBC affiliate.

Nye is the host of three currently-running television series. “The 100 Greatest Discoveries” airs on the Science Channel. “The Eyes of Nye” airs on PBS stations across the country.
Bill’s latest project is hosting a show on Planet Green called “Stuff Happens.” It’s about environmentally responsible choices that consumers can make as they go about their day and their shopping. Also, you’ll see Nye in his good-natured rivalry with his neighbor Ed Begley. They compete to see who can save the most energy and produce the smallest carbon footprint. Nye has 4,000 watts of solar power and a solar-boosted hot water system. There’s also the low water use garden and underground watering system. It’s fun for him; he’s an engineer with an energy conservation hobby.
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MICHELLE THALLER:

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TRANSCRIPT:

BILL NYE: Is the earth flat or round? It's round, okay. Now, let's see. How do we go about proving that?

MICHELLE THALLER: That's a hard thing for me to even start talking about because there are so many proofs that the earth is round it's difficult...

[craigfowler]

I debated a flat earther once. He stormed offf saying he’d walk to the edge of the Earth to prove me wrong. He’ll come round - eventually.

[Turandot]

The only thing flat Earthers have to fear is sphere itself.

[I.M.SofaKingdom]

I know a flat earther. I told him there wasnt a lot of people that think the earth is flat, but their numbers are growing daily. Now they can be found all over the globe. He was like, "That's because people are catching on to the truth." He strutted off, totally missing the joke.😂

[DoFliesCallUsWalks]

If the earth was actually flat, flat earthers would say it was a globe.

[grassmonkey_yt]

1990: teaching kids basic science
2020: teaching adults basic science

[joshnobles]

I used to ask myself "why bother arguing with these idiots?". Then I realized "shit, these people get to vote, someone has to be responsible for teaching them something"

[williamwilson]

I was a flat Earther for five years…then I turned six and went to first grade.

[neocrimsoncloud]

Bill Nye is barely containing his rage at the sheer stupidity of flat earthers.

[IlKuramalI]

"The Flat Earth Society has members around the globe."

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[Silk_synthesis_]

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[poulthomas]

It's not about the evidence. It's about feeling 'special'.

[chalkix_nz]

Seeing as the earth is comprised of 70% uncarbonated water, it's flat...

[dang]

Bill Nye sounds so unbelievably disappointed that this even needs to be a video

[Xaiquyn]

Arguing with a smart person is hard, but arguing with a dumb person is impossible

[iamperfectlight]

I have a friend who believes the earth was flat. I was shocked he did. When talking about it he said "i think its more about not trusting the governement" to which I said "ok, fair, but why believe something so idiotic and easily disproven it distracts from something that does have some merit?"

[mwwhatup]

One simple thing that I have observed that no one points out is that if you look at a "sunrise" and before the sunrise. You will see that before the "sunrise" the waves in the ocean do not have shadows. The waves are only visible after the sun has show itself about halfway. Another thing you can see is that the birds will be lit from underneath before the sun "rises". And so are the airplanes and the moon

[lemongarage]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that” - George Carlin

[drkushajagadeesh]

"I've been to London. Other people have been to London. It's a real place."

This is where humanity's at right now. 😅

[christschinwon]

My biggest issue. I live in the UK where we have about 1 hour of twilight sunrise/sunset all year. As I started travelling to places of a more southern latitude, I noticed that hour I was used to became shorter. When the sun sets on the equator it just goes black immediately. Widest part of the planet so stands to reason. The flat earth model must be extremely sophisticated to take that into account!

[aussie]

As a science teacher this and the other science conspiracies always come up. It is always a good opportunity to reinforce evidence based inquiry, to develop kids into informed adults.