‘Don’t Talk If You Didn’t Live In The Middle Ages’: Person Doesn’t Believe In Science, Gets Perfectly Shut Down
Astronomy—it’s not rocket science. Well, it kind of is, though, but it’s not some obscure branch of magic. The combined power of math, physics, and science seems to be eluding some people on the internet and blowing minds left and right, however.
When CNN shared an article about Jupiter and Saturn coming ‘closer together’ than they’ve been since the Middle Ages, one Twitter user seemed skeptical and claimed there was no proof.
That’s when American actress, comedian, and writer Azie Dungey stepped in. She explained how planetary orbits were and how math can help us make predictions about celestial bodies very accurately. Check out the interaction between them below, dear Pandas.
CNN’s article about the spectacle that we can expect to see on December 21 made actress Azie Dungey step in and teach a Twitter user how math and orbits work
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Dungey, a comedy veteran, played the lead role in the web series ‘Ask a Slave’ and is writing a follow-up book. She wrote the script for ‘Ask A Slave’ after moving to Los Angeles in 2013. The series, where she played George and Martha Washington’s housemaid Lizzie Mae, got over 2 million views. Dungey is also a writer for Netflix’s ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.’
Spreading the good word about math and helping educate the ignorant in the ways of physics is awesome (and some of us like seeing a good putdown on social media once in a while). But for me personally, the highlight was the sciency news! We’ve got something else to look forward to in December, not just Christmas!
According to CNN, on the night of December 21 (that’s the Winter Solstice), Jupiter and Saturn will look like a double planet from Earth because of how close they’ll appear in the night sky.
“Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to one another,” Patrick Hartigan, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, told CNN.
Hartigan pointed out that you have to go all the way back to “just before dawn” on March 4, 1226 to see “a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky.”
If you live in London, New York, or elsewhere along those latitudes, you can try spotting the conjunction spectacle just after sunset. A pair of binoculars or a telescope can really help you out, but they’re not absolutely necessary, so don’t be sad if you don’t have the gear at home.
I don’t know about you, dear Pandas, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the sky on December 21. I just hope it’ll be a clear evening and those pesky clouds won’t ruin the show. The next conjunction won’t happen until March 15, 2080 while the one after that will occur in 2400, after all. I plan to make it to the 2080 astronomical show, at least, though.
Twitter users had some fun gently poking fun at the skeptic
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Here’s what some other internet users had to say about the back-and-forth between the skeptic and the actress
I'm sure he is a flat-earther, anti-vaxxer who believes in fairies (no hate to fairies though, I like them too!)
"...you really have no idea we're there orbit was then..."
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+1000 internets to Azie Dungey for educating an ignorant internet troll!! I'd never heard of her before this but now she has a 5-star rating in my book!
ignorant internet troll ...or curious young mind. 1000+ internets to Paul for having courage to ask and willingness to engage. I learned a lot on how orbits are calculated as a result of his curiosity.
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But seeing the atrocious college debt from the other post. Who knows maybe this person don't have proper education due to financial reasons. :(
Willing to be corrected here, but isn't US *high school* education generally free? So the proper education is down to standards, not cost, because I'm almost certain this level of mathematics isn't college level.
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WHile we didn't cover orbital equations in my high school... It was mentioned that we've had a clue about astronomy for millennia, and that observations across societies are consistent, and that we can indeed use math to calcluate or approximate to a close degree. Hope in humanity continuing to decline here....
He comes off as a troll to me. A lot of them try to be smart asses and in reality come off as dumb.
I mean ...How do we know that dinosaurs were real if there are no pictures from that time? lol :))))
How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?
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So the “if I can’t see it, it’s not real crowd” isn’t only denying science, they’re also denying history? I guess, since there’s no one left who experienced WWI, it didn’t happen either. And 100 years from now THEY themselves won’t be real to their own grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Uh-huh.
I bet that person believes in some god though!
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Some of the loudest braying morons are people who flunked math and science. Sigh.
It's basically the same premise kids have when they close their eyes, thinking you can't see them.
Haha he never did the old math problem with trains moving at different speeds and distances. 😂
Paul is genuinely inquiring so that he can know, @AzieDee explained very well. That’s what the internet is for, y’all need to stop being mean to Paul. 😢
wow that lady was really smart! it was great how she put him down!😆
I went to a stargazer app and it showed that jupiter was right on top of saturn
"It's all made by the US" Bitch, the math could've been written by the Maori and it would still work. The Polynesian Wayfinders had been using the stars as a map for centuries.
This guy is making a lot of sense right now. I'm not really sure my butt really exists. I've never actually seen it directly. Think about it. How do you know your butt exists?
“One person was a dumbass, here’s how everyone reacted to it!” I wonder if it’s bad that we highlight these people so much.
I'm sure he is a flat-earther, anti-vaxxer who believes in fairies (no hate to fairies though, I like them too!)
"...you really have no idea we're there orbit was then..."
Load More Replies... +1000 internets to Azie Dungey for educating an ignorant internet troll!! I'd never heard of her before this but now she has a 5-star rating in my book!
ignorant internet troll ...or curious young mind. 1000+ internets to Paul for having courage to ask and willingness to engage. I learned a lot on how orbits are calculated as a result of his curiosity.
Load More Replies... But seeing the atrocious college debt from the other post. Who knows maybe this person don't have proper education due to financial reasons. :(
Willing to be corrected here, but isn't US *high school* education generally free? So the proper education is down to standards, not cost, because I'm almost certain this level of mathematics isn't college level.
Load More Replies... WHile we didn't cover orbital equations in my high school... It was mentioned that we've had a clue about astronomy for millennia, and that observations across societies are consistent, and that we can indeed use math to calcluate or approximate to a close degree. Hope in humanity continuing to decline here....
He comes off as a troll to me. A lot of them try to be smart asses and in reality come off as dumb.
I mean ...How do we know that dinosaurs were real if there are no pictures from that time? lol :))))
How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?
Load More Replies... So the “if I can’t see it, it’s not real crowd” isn’t only denying science, they’re also denying history? I guess, since there’s no one left who experienced WWI, it didn’t happen either. And 100 years from now THEY themselves won’t be real to their own grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Uh-huh.
I bet that person believes in some god though!
Load More Replies... Some of the loudest braying morons are people who flunked math and science. Sigh.
It's basically the same premise kids have when they close their eyes, thinking you can't see them.
Haha he never did the old math problem with trains moving at different speeds and distances. 😂
Paul is genuinely inquiring so that he can know, @AzieDee explained very well. That’s what the internet is for, y’all need to stop being mean to Paul. 😢
wow that lady was really smart! it was great how she put him down!😆
I went to a stargazer app and it showed that jupiter was right on top of saturn
"It's all made by the US" Bitch, the math could've been written by the Maori and it would still work. The Polynesian Wayfinders had been using the stars as a map for centuries.
This guy is making a lot of sense right now. I'm not really sure my butt really exists. I've never actually seen it directly. Think about it. How do you know your butt exists?
“One person was a dumbass, here’s how everyone reacted to it!” I wonder if it’s bad that we highlight these people so much.
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