Posted on 12/27/2021 8:55:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
There's a new Grinch among us this holiday season -- it's Neil deGrasse Tyson, whose party-pooping amounts to debunking the existence of Santa Claus ... with cold, hard physics.
The famed astrophysicist went on a tear in the days leading up to Christmas this year, tweeting out fact after fact after fact ... all of which were intended to clear up the reality -- namely, that there's no way in hell Old Saint Nick could deliver presents on Christmas Eve.
First, NDT tackled the North Pole and what every little kid imagines his workshop/village might look like based on storybooks. According to Neil, that's all rubbish ... due to basic geography.
He writes, "Since the Northern Arctic is just ocean, Santa’s North Pole workshop has only ever existed on a floating sheet of ice. Images that portray Santa’s workshop with pine trees and snow-capped hills on the horizon are geographically underinformed."
Here's another not-so-fun fact for all the boy and girls who were waiting on Papa Noel this year -- the guy apparently wouldn't be able to deliver gifts to all of them in one night, because he'd be going so damn fast ... he'd literally burn up and die. Reindeer, too.
As Neil delicately puts it, "For Santa to deliver gifts to all world's Christians in one night requires hypersonic speeds through Earth’s lower atmosphere, vaporizing his reindeer & sleigh. Just sayin’.
And, one more for the all-inclusive crowd ... which has to do with gender, and the assumed sexes of Santa's flying motors. It would seem that whoever came up with the Christmas mythology way back when didn't take into account the differences between male and female reindeer.
Neil explains, "Santa doesn’t know Zoology: Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in the late fall, well-before Christmas." He adds, "So Santa’s reindeer, which all sport antlers, are therefore all female, which means Rudolf has been misgendered."
As you might imagine, his harsh read on the holiday got a ton of pushback online ... with folks telling him to kick rocks and that he deserved a lump of coal for keeping it too real.
A little Journey seems appropriate here ... don't stop believing, kids. Unless, of course, you want to -- in which case, join the club. 💔
An atheist opines
He hasn’t done a relevant thing I can think of. He is a step above Bill Nye the science guy. Basically he’s a actor, and was hired and boosted by another fraud, Carl Sagan, because of his race.
Wow what a keen and spot on revelation. Who forgot to inform the good scientist of this fact until now. He must be heartbroken.
The guy an ass and Clearly scientifically illiterate on evolution of traits
The subspecies of reindeer that evolved the the ability to fly also evolved to retain there antlers in both gender
As studies of reindeer flight show the antlers act as an aerodynamic surface that isused in directional control much like an aircrafts aileron/rudder/elevators would be
In fact Rudolph famous red (light) nose is now also believed to and newly evolved features for flight acting as an aircraft running light for flight on dark foggy nights
NdGT deserves to be publicly reviled and denounced for his waffling / deliberate misdirection / callous disregard for good-faith discussion on various "woke" subjects.
Attacking him for this cr*p distracts from the real issues.
Regards,
Why is this communist negro held in such high regard by so many? He’s boring, predictable and completely unoriginal.
This dickhead never ceases his moronic self-serving babble...
He does have a PhD in asshole physics...
He is, therefore, an Assholephysicist...
He is a Professor Proton wanabe.
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It’s well known Santa uses elven magic to travel around the globe in a time bubble to allow him to complete his task in what appears to us as a single evening. Additionally, he also is able to morph his body size to fit thru chimneys or to create chimneys if one is not available.
Portal magics are also nothing new for elves therefore the actual location of his workshop cannot easily be determined (tho many suspect Scandinavia).
Just a low-IQ token. I have no idea why people listen to him, whether science related or no.
Neil Degrasse Tyson is more media personality than scientist much like Bill Nye the Engineering Guy. The road to Tyson’s PhD is curious, Harvard College (BA) Bachelor of Arts University of Texas at Austin (MA) Master of Arts Columbia University (MPhil, PhD) Masters of Philosophy awarded to graduate students after completing several years of original research, but before the defence of a dissertation, and can serve as provisional enrollment for a Phd.
Interesting. My general rule on those on TV is simple. If you are doing TV, then you are not doing science, medicine, engineering, stock trading, etc.
Has this guy got Reindeer mixed up with Whitetails and Mule Deer? I know the Bucks shed their antlers yearly, but the Does have none to shed.
Our backyard Bambis have been all does; one buck approached but never came beyond the tree line.
Scientists Who Are Actually Really Stupid:
#1, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson made the decision a long time ago to be a sort of media cheerleader for science instead of an actual scientist, and although he isn’t a great communicator, it was the right decision because he was unlikely ever to trouble the Nobel committee. Also, he is stupid and his politics are dumb....
He got into Princeton, and from there to administrative jobs at NYC’s Hayden Planetarium.
I’m sure affirmative action had nothing to do with it.
He’s accomplished nothing in science.
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