Astrophysicist and Star Talk host Neil deGrasse Tyson is well known for critiquing the science we see on the big screen. And he doesn’t care if you agree with him.
From Interstellar to Back to the Future II, Tyson has cast a critical eye on the way technology and space are portrayed in Hollywood. Among his most famous critiques is his searing take on Gravity.
Mysteries of #Gravity: How Hubble (350mi up) ISS (230mi up) & a Chinese Space Station are all in sight lines of one another.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 6, 2013
Mysteries of #Gravity: Nearly all satellites orbit Earth west to east yet all satellite debris portrayed orbited east to west
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 6, 2013
Tyson’s approach has elicited a whole galaxy of Twitter hate — mainly from moviegoers who feel he is “ruining” their cinematic experience.
Quick. Someone tell @neiltyson what science fiction means.
— faisal sultan (@friskygeek) October 6, 2013
But Tyson doesn’t care if you like his tweets. In a new video for National Geographic, he fired back at a choice few of his haters.
One Twitter skeptic, for example, insisted that “no one watches science fiction for the science.”
Tyson’s response? “I wouldn’t say no one watches science fiction movies for the science,” he said. “I would say @JoshFromSchool [the Tweeter in question] doesn’t watch science fiction movies for the science.”
“But if you do … you can get ideas about how to invent tomorrow.”
Watch the rest of Tyson’s stellar clap-backs below.
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