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Jan 26, 2016 - 5:55 PM
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Solium
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On Monday evening (Jan. 25), Grammy-nominated rapper B.o.B. called out famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in a new song proclaiming that — satellite photos, circumnavigation of the globe and all other evidence be damned — the Earth is flat.
"Neil Tyson need to loosen up his vest. They're probably writing the man one hell of a check," B.o.B. raps on the track, which is called "Flatline." [?Photos: Amazing Images of Earth from Space]
The title apparently refers to the shape of the horizon, as seen by B.o.B. Throughout Sunday (Jan. 24) and Monday, the rapper, whose real name is Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., tweeted a number of photos that show a flat horizon, claiming such images are evidence of a flat Earth.
"Once you go flat, you never go back," B.o.B. tweeted Monday, via his @bobatl account.
"I'm going up against the greatest liars in history ... you've been tremendously deceived," he said in another tweet Monday. Then: "No I'm not crazy, Yes I'm feeling fine, no I'm not doing anything stronger than weed, am I doing this to promote my music .. No..."
Source:
http://www.space.com/31743-flat-earth-rap-battle-tyson-bob.html
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There was an episode of The View a couple of years ago where Sherri Shepherd could not say if the Earth was round or flat and insisted she was too busy of a woman to know or care about the difference.
What is it with people not bothering to know the difference, or actively not understanding something obviously and fundamentally true?
Without humans knowing that the Earth is round (and all of the accumulated science that came after), that asshole wouldn't even be able to tweet to Tyson declaring how much of an idiot he is.
We are doomed as a species. I say truly doomed.
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Maybe he meant "phat."
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This is my thought. Who could possibly believe the world is flat? That's to dumb even for the dumb. So it must be a publicity stunt to get his name out there and sell more music. But I don't see how this particular stunt helps sell more rap music. Perhaps if he got into a Twitter war with Trump instead of Tyson he have better results... 
