Neil DeGrasse Tyson blames poor education and the school system for flat-Earthers.
There are a significant number of people whom believe that the Earth is in fact flat, and not spherical as science dictates. Tyson calls them flat-Earthers and believes that they are a product of poor education, the Huffington Post reported.
Tyson compares the logic and understanding of the minority with that of a young child that thinks people on TV are aware of their presence. The astrophysicist said that a child would think that the people on TV would know them, for the child, in his own perspective, is the center of his own universe.
As the world seemed flat to ancient civilizations, science has progressed to teach us that Earth is indeed spherical and not a plane. Most had regarded this as a fact by now, but it is apparent that some are harder to convince otherwise.
The notion of a flat Earth recently gained its notoriety when rapper B.o.B. took to twitter earlier this year to say that the Earth is flat, and he has the information to back the claim. Tyson has responded to the tweet to extinguish the claim, but it seems that it wasn't as effective.
A growing number of supporters have since voiced out the rapper's claims, and are adamant that a spherical Earth is fictional.
Regardless of what seemingly started the issue, Tyson blames poor education for a large number of flat-Earthers.
The astrophysicist said that he doesn't mind some people don't know certain things, but added that if one mixed ignorance and the power to influence a large group of people, this is when it becomes "dangerous," Tyson said in an interview.
Tyson cites that the educational system is flawed for it allows for people to graduate into adulthood even without knowing what is the difference between what is true and what is not true about the world, CNET reported.
