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B.o.B and Neil deGrasse Tyson battle over flat Earth theory
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 27 January 2016
After rapper B.o.B spent a day insisting that the world is flat, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson responded by pointing out where he’d got some (all) of the science wrong. And that’s quite a thing to happen, isn’t it?
But Tyson’s arguments were shot down by B.o.B himself, who quickly accused the science man and ‘Cosmos’ host of being a Mason, and claimed that the curvature of the Earth can only be seen in pictures released by NASA. And nowhere else. Because NASA is hiding the truth from us. That being the indisputable fact that the ‘planet’ is actually completely flat.
The scientist concluded his lesson by saying: “Duude – to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music”. In which case, he must love this. Because Tyson is now the subject of a B.o.B diss track:
But is that fair? Previously this was a battle of two men and their scientific knowledge. Then B.o.B brought rapping into it. And Neil deGrasse Tyson is not a rapper. But don’t worry, he has a secret weapon. It turns out that his nephew is a rapper. So this beef can stay on a level footing. Here’s ‘Flat To Fact’ by Tyson, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson:
