This video made me laugh harder than anything I’ve seen in a long time. Okay, except for some Louis CK videos. But for a non-comedian (allegedly)… this is hard to beat.
This video made me laugh harder than anything I've seen in a long time. Okay, except for some Louis CK videos. But for a non-comedian (allegedly)... this is hard to beat. Not that the humor is entirely intentional by the speaker.
I had previously seen the original video - of Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about Isaac Newton - but someone took this talking-head video by Big Think and turned it into comedy gold with one simple alteration: they slowed it down.
Tyson also tweeted that his "geek daughter calculated that my slow motion interview is what the original looks like moving at 85% the speed of light" (due to relativistic time dilation).
See how much fun we can have with science?
Here's the original, normal speed, not-nearly-as-humorous video by Big Think:
And here's Neil playing the video for a crowd at one of his talks in Toronto:
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Brian Malow
Truth-like statements about Brian Malow:
Brian Malow is Earth's Premier Science Comedian (self-proclaimed).
He has performed for the NSF, AAAS, NIST, JPL, ACS, AGU and many other acronyms.
His Neil Armstrong routine was once heard aboard an orbiting Space Shuttle (STS-44).
He served as consultant on a NASA educational outreach project.
He gives training workshops and presentations to help scientists be better public speakers.
His media appearances include "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow, and he has been featured in Nature, Chemical & Engineering News, the New York Times, Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle. Recently, he co-hosted "Hacking the Planet" and "The Truth About Twisters" on The Weather Channel.
