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Excerpt from an interview that Stephen Colbert did with Neil deGrasse Tyson. The rest of their conversation is hilarious as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jXazEYi3P8
malawianelephant
What would you do for a Klondike bar? Make Earth a dwarf planet.
thedudeone101
I always upvote Colbert
Kimozabi
Since Tyson talks about "since it was discovered" this was Colbert asking his question in the wrong way.
ionlystalkpeopleonimgur
I love what Colbert says after this, when Neil shows just how big it got with his fingers. "It's cold out there, Neil. What'd you expect?"
HelloYesThislsDog
Title: Pluto is the 6th "rock"! There is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Dwayne Johnson, Mars, and then a bunch of gas planet.
SirAwesomeTheEightyNinth
Well, 7th counting the dwarf in the asteroid belt.
ThatUserNameHasAllReadyBeenChosen
Plutowend
degenerator
Neil, you may be scientist-smart, but Stephen is smart-ass smart.
lbergstrom97
Depending on your definition of "rock" from the sun, Pluto is most definitely not the ninth one
Cela84
Never free ball in science.
candyman106
IN YOUR FACE TYSON!! PLUTO FOR LIFE!
TVDinner6969
FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!
MWisBest
PLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTOOOO
newsguycraigevans
thk5013
http://imgur.com/Qu76vul
candyman106
I love Rick and Morty but that episode got me mad.
CheckOutMyFutonGirl
☐ Not Chekt ☑ CHEKT
cptgrif
☐ Not Chekt ☐ CHEKT ☑ TYRANNOSAURUS CHECKT
ImHugeInJapan
Fact rekt
1stLtObvious
But are we absolutely sure there's no Mass Relay there?
DarthFutuza
We don't want to find it if there is, that means the Reapers will target us in a few years.
1stLtObvious
I'll be dead by then. I'd be more afraid of the First Contact War.
KBillysSuperSoundsOfThe70s
It's funny, but we estimated it's size from incredibly far away and were ONLY off by 30km. That's nothing. I can see why Neil said it.
YouHadMeAtHell
Neil works in a cubicle?
areyoutheregoditsamemario
relevant - https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1a/84/86/1a848677d7bcde65d177d36f8c0bfdf0.jpg
msdwyer
Loved this
InboxMeYourGermanShepherds
YOU ARE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!
OmegasParadox
That is perfect.
liekifucrievytim
Damn. Well, we've all thought it at one point or another, I'm sure
nihilityfarce
i mean he's kinda carl sagan
astamurti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcJ0YIqnD50
nihilityfarce
I bet you're fun at parties.
yohoyohoitsapirateslifeforme
jesus christ that was too fucking perfect hahahaha
PlutoIsSoAPlanet
Something about that guy on the right really speaks to me.
PsychicOctopus
Commenting to have for latwr
thecollegedropout
this is money
UrsaUrsa
three money
InboxMeYourNudibranchs
shit's cash
NQMT
Not as relevant but still a bit relevant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me3-r5rsUSI
herzatz
This is episode is so meta.
XZorbys
I actually laughed out loud
maliciousGman
Commenting for archival purposes.
jediprincess
you can't see me, but i am flipping him off, too
SarcasticComment
wait... did imgur finally turn on Black Science Man?. A few years ago it was, "Pluto is not a planet. Accept science you ignorant fuckers."
TheLurkIsReal
I'm doing this as hard as I can.
mozeeon
You really did make the girlies wann' scream...
ahernandez
Oh I can see you?
Conchubhar
I dunno, can you?
SirSkellingtonBonerLord
we all can.
senshu
Big surprise, as he free-ball's pretty much everything.
Skawomplious
So nice to see Tyson get chumped. That dude is getting annoying.
weebairns
Did Neil actually say that Jupiter orbited Earth, and not correct himself or have Stephen correct him?
aceoaces
Tyson is more like the Public Relations representative for science.
peepinginyourshower
In an extremely focused, narrow area
peepinginyourshower
He's an educator. He is a talented scientist but isn't omniscient. People tend to forget that scientists have a large amount of knowledge
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peepinginyourshower
He has a PHd from Columbia and has multiple publications. He is definitely a talented scientist
brusselsprouts
In my experience, scientists tend to forget that they are not omniscient.
AssKickerson
In your experience?
dhaskjdhawyajhdbsdbgwakjhbdnmcckclkklkl
aka, reading imgur comments.
robotzombies
I think he's a little bit of an ass. Am I alone in that?
theysaidtherewouldbecats
The fact that he stated he had knowledge when he didn't know is making me side with that
brkthruksp
Way less of one than Michio Kaku though. He's probably the best spokesman that wants to be a spokesman among scientists.
semedori
Do I gotta be that guy? Okay: Pluto isn't a planet because it can't clear it's orbital path of junk, unlike all the other actual planets.
Gethmetal
http://xkcd.com/473/
PlutoIsSoAPlanet
It's not junk! Those are its friends.
RobotCosmonaut
Yep. I totally agree with it's classification. It just makes sense. Scientist's decisions trump your nostalgia.
DarthFutuza
I'm fine with that, dwarf planets are still cool.
Tehbeefertehbeefer
Plus if Pluto is a planet, so're all of the other rocks Imgur hasn't heard of that are about the same size, like Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.
Kenj9
And its moon doesn't even orbit it, they just orbit a center of gravity.
MWisBest
It's my understanding that as more objects like Pluto were found they kinda had 2 choices: redefine 'planet' to drop it, or add more planets
armeggedonCounselor
Can we confirm or deny that Charon is actually a moon, and not an ancient space artifact?
PuppyGotPeopleToBarkAtAndThingsToSniff
It's a Caldari freighter
apolloin
I see your Eve reference. Take my upvote at a reasonable market price.
Dropitlikeitswhat
I thought Charon was an evil space organization that sold ancient weapons. (reference)
muddywaterloo
Neither
dogneely
NO it is definitely a mass relay
vincentvegasbook
Maybe
Kaylin
As an ancient space artifact orbiting Pluto, I can confirm I'm actually a moon. Go away.
armeggedonCounselor
Technically, you and Pluto are both orbiting a point in space between you. Oh, and you're tidally locked to each other.
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Darkcl4w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycenter "Hello, yes, this is Barycentre, how may I help you with your external centre of gravity?"
DickMercenary
Aah yes "ancient space artifact" we have dismissed that claim.
Rifneno
Ahh yes, "satisfactory endings and spinoffs that follow the lore". We have dismissed the hell out of that claim.
yehaaa6
I just wonder why people are still using a Mako 200 years after ME3. some speculation is that ME4 will be more wild-west themed.
DickMercenary
Ah yes "Fire Mac Walters" we have dismissed that claim as well.
Rifneno
IKR? It could be worse I suppose. They could've transfered Gaider to ME. *shudder*
Supanini
I thought it was Ozzie's wife
IronAngel2k3
Its a mass relay coated in ice. YES IT IS SHUT UP
DarthFutuza
Damnit...that means the Reapers are coming and we still haven't even figured out how to stop fighting amongst ourselves.
Assbandit
It's cool bruh, synthetic ending, Reapers are our fraaaaaands.
gobbo
Some of us? Some of us?
AwkwardBiblophile
Bitch I took the deny ending and liked it.
Rifneno
http://pre00.deviantart.net/2abf/th/pre/f/2014/064/d/b/db8e24332a33f9dd95fb0e5b654faeae-d5pxvyx.jpg My favorite synthesis mockery.
yehaaa6
I always wondered about what happened to the Reaper ground troops in Synthesis.
kenpokid4
... But... EDI...
Assbandit
What about her....? She's absolutely fine in the synthetic ending. She's actually better than fine, and narrates that ending If I recall.
wlfman
just to be clear, if I recall correctly the Mass Relay was either orbiting or stationary beyond the orbit of Pluto and Charon in the game
wlfman
it wasn't actually Charon
Rifneno
Yes, it was actually Charon. http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Charon_Relay
wlfman
blocked, I'll have to check it later
BenShambrook
I don't know, can you repeat the question?
BaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaNaBATMAN
Most of the relevant scientists refer to them as the Pluto-Charon system because they orbit the same space, Charon doesn't orbit Pluto.
Darkcl4w
technically it does, but the centre of orbit is external. If a squirrel runs around a tree, and so does the hunter, the hunter also runs 1/2
Darkcl4w
around the squirrel 2/2
scootersarebadass
Do does Charon chase Pluto?
Darkcl4w
do does
Kenj9
That is what I was going to say, but I didn't think anyone in these comments would understand or care lol.
TastyTastyScience
No celestial body ever orbits another one. They both always orbit a shared center of mass.
Spearka
nope
SirSage
Fact chekt
IthinkIfoundmyberries
Fact rekt
Fleecemaster
He didn't check himself before he rekt himself.
raginXasian
Fakt rekt
hahagreatmeme
Haha great meme
leftyshuckles
Chekt rekt mix
theDogter
Double upvote.
iwonderwhatthemaxusernamecharacterlimitis
SirSage
I will always laugh at this and every different variation of it.
itsprobablysarcastic
Tang
DirtyA
except that it's not actually bigger than we thought, it was within the range of measurements we had previously identified.
djn3811
Fact reckt
RaidRover
Fakt Rekt
wankerr
my tongue hurts
CaptainMcFloaty
He didn't so he fact rekt himself
porkbeast3000
Coz Stephen Colbert is bad for his health
Ericht
Fact shrekt
AwwYissDeezNuts
B)
WhiteWolfSix
In fairness, 20-30 km is pretty insignificant on the scale NDT was referring to. He's talking a much much larger change than that.
CaptainMcFloaty
As far as Colbert was concerned, wrong was wrong
Kenj9
To be fair, he was talking about when Pluto was once thought to be earth size.
jaybird85
Free-balling encyclopedic knowledge has plummeted since we got fucking google on out phones... I seem so much less clever than I did before
Fleecemaster
I know that feel...
BunToaster
And whatever you DO know, people just assume you googled it anyway...
jaybird85
Not really, people just assume I'm pulling stuff out of my ass, which is true like 37% of the time...
Eclaircissement
Colbert looks so young, I just assumed this from when he was a Daily Show correspondent some 10-15 yrs ago.
docblock
The photo of Pluto is from, like, two days ago.
PhilMickelson
He's kinda doing this Tom Cruise/Phil Mickelson thing when he ages. It's strange.
Eclaircissement
He was a riddled old sea captain on Twitter for a while there. Now he's a spritely young intern hoping to gain the eye of the boss.
Dominian
I think he lost some weight, which makes him look a lot more like he used to. He's quite skinny.
KillingTheJoke1
Check this out: http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/stephen-colbert-cut-up-and-bloody-but-looking-good
leavinit
The Colbert one was good, but the Trevor Noah afterwards arguably was better.
KillingTheJoke1
Sorry, but the Trevor one was flat. I mean, not funny at all. Contrast that to the banter of Jerry and Larry
WhereAreYourElegantBalloons
Wow... Was that the period of his life where he was telling Matt Damon it wasn't his fault?
Eclaircissement
I'd been meaning to check out the new season. TY
graehall
Damn i tried to find this series a week ago, but all I found were disappointing trailers pointing to the same trailers.I LOVE @KILLINGTHEJOK
KillingTheJoke1
Killingthejok is another guy who advocates killing jocks
Freakingdoomguy
I thought it was bill nye
roaringstar4
The beard had grey in it, also the lighting makes it harder to see the grey on the side of his head.
ThiccBone
The people at CBS have some amazing makeup artists. I meam, Dave letterman only looked 60, when in reality, we all know he is 234 years.
ToksanAlpha
You're not @Misleadinginformation so it checks out
otebear
I went to school with his kids. Saw him at events (last year, actually). He looks so much older in person.
kmikl
234 *Earth years.
ThiccBone
So you do know the secret....
kmikl
So you do *know the secret too? Did we just become best friends?
ThiccBone
I think we did!
SingleNiceFedoraWearingClassyGuycautiondonotfriendzone
His hair is much longer
TheHappyHermit
apparently playing a conservative character on TV ages a person 10-15 years.
Marzhattan
That amount of hair
instantbeetle
Gives me hope that with hair dye and makeup, I can still score a hot young thing in 20 years when I have money.
Devdog91
Dude this is like the oldest looking Colbert I've ever seen lol.
greenroom628
god, i miss seeing colbert on tv every day.
HustonVogle
and now i'm gonna cry...
qussow
*cou-hairdye-gh*
iamireland
I can clearly see he's grey at the temples, I have no idea what either of you are talking about.
mungothemenacing
I tried to sound this out, thinking it was some French word. I am not a smart man.
ChimeraOfFury
Nah, he just lost the hobo beard he was growing.
euphorick
Queue crazy History channel Aliens guy ✋ facelifts✋
IdiotPatrol
Fact rekt
DoesAnyoneElseRealizeHowCrazyLongImgurNamesAre
Came down here just to up vote this lone comment.
LoneDirewolf
I can't wait for Black Science Man to drop one of his sassy "I know it all" tweets about Pluto. We get it man, you're smart
jinky74
+1 Black Science Man, always makes me giggle
Mylastusernameoffendedpeoplefeelingsmatter
I find the fact that he gets all this pub by being black ironic. Beneficial racism, like people are surprised a black guy can be a scientist
CryloRen
I just like the sound of his voice, I used to watch Cosmos on Netflix to fall asleep.
LordChappers
I've seen so much NGT on here, but I've never seen a video of him chatting. He does not sound the way I thought he would.
timteamtebow
Salty.
smashpro1
He's already dropped a bunch of them.
Daloofus
I am finding that the imgur community is a worse issue than NDT being smug. So many of you are jumping on the bandwagon to dislike him.
whade
Some of us see this as opportunities to learn stuff...
alabamafutbol
I hate when people pass stuff they aren't sure about as absolute truth, bc they need to feel smart & important
Fenriswaffles
Considering those ~30km are half within the margin of error we had before the flyby and that its a miniscule change, this is hardly an issue
StabbyMcMurder
I dot that, not to feel right but because I'm too lazy to fact check, and I know they're the same.
LtCmmdrData
But he'll admit when he's wrong and is willing to learn. More than can be said for most people.
theysaidtherewouldbecats
Kind of easy to admit you're wrong if you were just undoubtedly proven wrong.
alabamafutbol
rofl he just got fact smacked in the face, what choice did he have?
orphiccharm
"dogmatic"
alabamafutbol
right but more to my point is when they *know* that they aren't sure, yet proceed as absolute- dogmatic tends to insinuate self-assuredness
orphiccharm
ah my bad. now it's on the tip of my tongue, too
ListenHereYouLittleShit
Because people unfamiliar with the science needs something to anchor into. Reality is always more complex than popular media & he knows it.
alabamafutbol
"pluto is 20-30 km larger than previously thought"- that's too complex for media to get, so he tries to explain it by saying it's smaller?
ListenHereYouLittleShit
No. But a lot of the concepts he talks about generally are. Besides, that's new hot off the press info. Can't hold it against him so soon.
WishingICouldPutAnApostropheInMyUsername
That has always been my sense of Neil Tyson, ever since I first saw him on TV without knowing who he was.
alabamafutbol
ditto. not a fan.
FavoritesAreMostlyOttersAndAss
Holy shit snacks. I literally thought I was the only person who isn't a fan of his.
StarrryNight
As far as he knew it was the truth. He was corrected, and now will go forward and use this new truth. That's how science works.
alabamafutbol
you know in your heart when you aren't sure of something. A scientist of his caliber certainly should. He wasnt' sure, yet proceeded anyway.
StarrryNight
I think it's fair to assume that he didn't think Pluto had gained any weight since last he checked.
aFadingMemory
It's a favorite past time of the ignorant.
wheresana
Watched it. Came back loving the fact that we have a name for people that live on Jupiter.
Dominian
2/2: Fun Fact: The transition from jovial planets to stars is fluent. Look up Y or T class main sequence brown dwarves.
davepermen
that's part of the storyline of 2001 (or it was in 2010, wasn't it?)
Dominian
2001 Space Odysee? I've only seen that film as a young teen. Time to rewatch all the Kubrick Films :D
Gambino1234
What is it?!
howcanmirrorsbereal
Stupiter, girls go to Jupiter to get more stupiter.
Heresanirrelevantanimalgif
Umm excuse me, but not all you boys are going to college to get more knowledge, if you know what im saying.
YourNarrator
But we do get to have candy bars, once we go to Mars
wheresana
Jovian. I had to google it for the correct spelling and found out it actually means the adjectival form of the god and planet, Jupiter.
mandakat
Jove is also another name for the Roman god Jupiter, which is why sometimes you'll hear the interjection, "By Jove!"
moterola4
Chiming in to share cool stuff: The Latin root is Iov- (pronounced "yow", as in "yo" with a w on the end), hence "Jove", "Jovian". (1)
ProfessorBlackHole
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moterola4
An earlier form was Ieu- (u and v are interchangeable); put this together with the word pater "father" and you get Ieupater. (2)
moterola4
After some sound changes, this became Iūpiter (long u), and then Iuppiter (swap long u for double p), the Classical Latin form. (3)
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
I hope its Jew for Jewpiter.
baconbabyjesus
Jupiter is more bigger than Earth
JohnBlevins
Neat fact: Things from earth are technically called Terran.
Dominian
"iovial" is latin for "of Jupiter" - in Astronomy we now call large gas planets jovial planets. Neptune, Saturn and Your Anus are all jovial
docblock
Jovian is just the name for anything Jupiter related. The side of its tide-locked moons facing away from it is called the anti-Jovian side.
charlesbtrippin
Pluto gets all the attention. People don't know nor care about Ceres, Haumea, or Makemake. No love for the other dwarfs <\3
TheJzoli
Haumea is one of my favourite. It spins so fast that the planet is more of an ellipsoid than a sphere.
Kenj9
If they had the names of Disney characters they would be all the rage.
yourmomscheese
Why would they? Pluto has been around since forever. We learned about it in primary school. It's engrained in our brains
mattosity
The others used to be considered planets
charlesbtrippin
Fair point
Darkcl4w
goddammit make make
Whuskey
Ceres is my favorite of all the dwarf planets!
lgwingnut
There's literally dozens of us!
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
Eris! Don't forget Eris! It's is the most massive minor planet, even more massive than Pluto!
thornus67
Didn't the increased diameter of Pluto, due to New Horizons, push it past Eris?
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
Pluto is now listed as bigger than Eris, but not more massive.
RobotCosmonaut
More massive, but Pluto is bigger!!
CapitalizingOnTheAbsenseOfAReasonableUsernameCharacterLimit
(admittingly I think Pluto is the coolest on account of it's relationship with Charon and IT HAS A FUCKING HEART ON IT)
flyingpumpkin
Pluto used to be one of the big boys, those other guys have never been one of us.
Darkcl4w
Planet Lyfe
StillNotYouTube
This guy really has something against Pluto. What did it ever do to him?
capnkitkat
It stole his heart. Didn't you see the picture?
WorldsSmallestMegaDick
Pluto is the imperial wizard.
merus
He doesn't hate Pluto, he just really likes Ceres. Ceres: it's a planet now. It's next to Mars! It's so grateful for the opportunity.
MWisBest
It did nothing wrong, it's all of Pluto's smaller friends out there that fucked it up!
Kenj9
Killed his family.
aFadingMemory
But, he says at the end he doesnt. And nobody can lie while eating a Klondike Bar.
Himser
I say make all the Trans-Neptunian gang planets, the more the better.
TheJzoli
It'd be too confusing and there'd start to be too many planets to remember.
mrsmusica
No, that's not the attitude you want to have with education. Encourage people to learn more, to keep exploring. It's never too confusing.
dhaskjdhawyajhdbsdbgwakjhbdnmcckclkklkl
I feel like im the only one who agrees with tyson on pluto
GmRPimages
I agree with him too. People are just stubborn. "Oh I learned it in school when I was 5 and now it changed! How dare they learn new (1/?)
GmRPimages
information and update accordingly. I have to relearn one single fact? Fuck that, BRING BACK PLUTO!" Stupidest thing I've ever heard. (2/2)
mrsmusica
Frankly, I'm angry that relegating Pluto to "dwarf" status removes it from school curriculum. Leave it in! ADD THE OTHERS. It's not hard.
StarrryNight
Fuck you Zeus. Go shag a tree or something.
dhaskjdhawyajhdbsdbgwakjhbdnmcckclkklkl
cant, have plans with your mom.
StarrryNight
you win this round, zeus *squinty eyes*
dhaskjdhawyajhdbsdbgwakjhbdnmcckclkklkl
Im Zeus, i win all the rounds, im a winner.
Fenriswaffles
I do too. I find all the sentimentality and resistance to change somewhat annoying.
dhaskjdhawyajhdbsdbgwakjhbdnmcckclkklkl
very.