Neil deGrasse Tyson Destroys Conspiracy Theorist with Logic

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[neildegrassetyson]

Wow.  Sorry to arrive so late. The universe has been keeping me quite busy lately. A vibrant thread this has been.  From my casual statistics, reviewing hundreds of postings in this thread, it looks like about five in 100 embrace a flat earth.  About 25 in 100 wanted to hear more from the alien conspiracy theorist and thought I was rude to him and simply talked too much.  Another 20 in 100 saw and agreed with what I was trying to accomplish in the conversation. Another 30 in 100 felt strongly that my arguments were flawed. And the rest are sure that I'm a stupid, over-rated dick.

To those who like UFOs:  Videos and eyewitness testimonies of lights and other sky phenomena you cannot explain is not synonymous with evidence that we are being visited by space aliens. Videos of actual aliens will go a long way to convince a trained skeptic of visitation claims -- something a billion people in world now have the power to produce. Even better, the delivery of an actual alien. You don't need my views one way or another to make this happen, so what I say should not concern you in the slightest.

To the Flat Earthers:  That you exist in modern times is evidence of two things (1) the failure of the American education system, and (2)  we live in a country that protects freedom of speech.

To those who felt I didn't let the guy talk:  If he was in a segment before my arrival I did not know this in advance.  And I thought I did let the guy talk. He would present an example, and I would reply to it, in turn.  I didn't want to reply to more than one example at a time so what looked like interruptions were simply efforts to parcel his inquiries into subjects.  Intrigued to learn that this annoyed so many people.  Next time I'll perform an experiment and let the other person say everything they want before I reply, and see what people's reactions are to that. 

Impressed that in this thread several hundred responses posted before Nazis were mentioned. That's progress relative to the early days of the Internet.


Respectfully Submitted,
Neil deGrasse Tyson,  New York City

[firepitch]

Aliens must really suck if they travel so far just to crash...

[AlfordCTaylor]

Niel: Meteors are found on Earth

Conspiracy theorists: Oh

[everyoneswireddifferent]

Professional magicians can levitate themselves and objects.They can also teleport and make things disappear I know this for a fact because I saw it.

[evroxdz]

i agree with neil but damn let the other dude talk. Every time the alien conspiracy guy opens his mouth, neil puts his hand on his arm and starts shouting over him. I want to hear what his shitty alien stories are

[TheInflammator]

I love this guy, he makes things super easy to understand. None of that flashy talk. Provide real evidence with verifiable data, not some stories or phony videos or pictures. Just because you can't prove something, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist but until you do, noone with a half brain will take you seriously.

[chuckprillaman]

Kids, you too can get your PhD and waste hours and hours arguing with dim wits.

[antiquarian]

also why would an alien come from thousands of lightyears away just to put a small meteorite in some random person and just leave.

[tedl]

Got my daily Neil DeGrasse fix, I can sleep well tonight!

[Zampther]

I brought Neil a alien, he just called the cops and yelled at me for kidnapping a Mexican.

[jamescrud]

11:58

Tyson: "I'm not going to stop from capturing an alien. Go right ahead"
Roberts: "You don't have those kinds of tools"

Lol.

[Zannnnah]

Alien abductions only seem to happen in America.

[AntonioMartinez-evix]

I love watching Neil flame people 🔥🔥🔥😂

[KingIsulgard]

Oh that story doesn't convince you yet?
Well have you heard about another story...

[aaroncates]

"You're just trusting the words of other people" Just as the same as they do with you Neil.

[vinanoir]

because THERE WAS A MOVIE WITH SHAQ CALLED KAZAAM...AND HE WAS A GENIE..not some crazy other theory...its just basic confusion

[gnagyusa]

Exactly.
_Without evidence, a sack of claims is worth the sack._
-lnpilot

[Zayodigy]

It’s sad to see the arrogance and ignorance of close minded people

[juanbonami]

I applaud Neil for staying humble throughout this setting 👏

[neonjoe]

I believe in UFOs.

Seriously, I do.

Many times in my life, I've seen something that's flying, and I've been unable to identify it.

Sometimes, though, I'm able to keep watching the thing, and eventually figure out what it is.