Rapper B.o.B thinks the joke’s been on us for hundreds of years—claiming the Earth is flat in a series of tweets to his 2 million followers on Monday. Without paying any homage to the concept of gravity, the Georgia native who dropped out of high school to pursue a record deal, fills us in on a stale conspiracy he thinks is reality.
https://twitter.com/bobatl/status/691411463051804676
His physics lesson goes on through more than 25 tweets over a span of 20 hours. Trending on Twitter and Facebook, the Grammy-nominated artist garnered a lot of reaction, including a few words from renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
@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
@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
The rapper also posted a couple YouTube videos that showcase conspiracy theories surrounding the the Zionists, Freemasons, and NASA. Twitter, as usual, took the humorous route in dragging the rap star.
Careful B.O.B… It's a slippery slope that starts from pretending airplanes in the night sky are shooting stars https://t.co/Dq4AsxdFwD
— Troy Osinoff 🕺 (@yo) January 25, 2016
Bob questioning physics because his tape didn't make a wave when it dropped.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) January 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/ALLCAPS_/status/691436397677432832
Moral of the story? Stay away from conspiracy videos on YouTube and definitely don’t use them as evidence in your argument with a world-renowned astrophysicist.
Screengrab via B.o.B/YouTube