B.o.B, known best for his song “Airplanes” with Hayley Williams, is very much an adult. According to the Internet, his birthday is Nov. 15, 1988. That makes him 27. Despite this fact, B.o.B made a plea on Twitter this weekend the Earth is flat, a popular thought among children who haven’t had the fourth grade space lesson yet. But B.o.B. who, again, is an adult, thinks this. Do you see where we are confused?
Take a gander at B.o.B.’s Twitter rant, which began with a photo he posted of himself frolicking in the snow.
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart… where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
No matter how high in elevation you are… the horizon is always eye level … sorry cadets… I didn't wanna believe it either.
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
A lot of people are turned off by the phrase "flat earth" … but there's no way u can see all the evidence and not know… grow up
— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
The rapper seems to think the Earth must be flat because no one has tumbled off the curve like Humpty Dumpty. Other factors like gravity don’t seem to be on his mind. If we can’t physically feel a curve, then there isn’t one. In other words, every scientist who ever lived is wrong, and B.o.B. now makes astronomical law.
Twitter users noticed B.o.B’s absurdity and were quick to give him a science lesson or, at the very least, a diss.
But it was physicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson who finally shut B.o.B down with a string of science-y, shady tweets. This guy is our new hero.
@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
Who knew reaaaaading could be so academic? Praise Tyson on this one. And hopefully B.o.B. took a few seats–on this round Earth–after reading ’em.
What do you think of B.o.B.’s stab at an astronomy career? Sound off in the comments below.
