Twitchy regular Neil deGrasse Tyson is at it again, this time fact-checking “roses are red, violets are blue” poems:
If rhymes were accurate:
“Roses are red, violets are…violet.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 17, 2017
Sigh:
I regret to inform you that Stoned Science Man is at it again. https://t.co/ghQykSkmCD— N. Bourbaki (@d08890) December 18, 2017
For starters, Tyson isn’t accurate. You know, science:
Actually, we subjectively experience color and names of colors based on the light that the flower petals reflect and absorb. Also, not all roses are red. https://t.co/frYf5Ke0Sn— Feliz Navi-JJ (@J_Dot_J) December 18, 2017
You imbecile, you moron. So many roses are not red. This is the dumbest tweet yet. https://t.co/dqufJRqXLK— 🎄🕊💀GaBrrrrrielle💀🕊🎄 (@peachcrush4loko) December 18, 2017
ACTUALLY, not all roses are red and blueberries are not truly blue. You've been deGrassed, fool! https://t.co/pwJlIV1bQD— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 18, 2017
In your "correction" the quatrain no longer rhymes nor scans. Also viola sororia is known as the "common blue violet" by horticulturalists. https://t.co/wStvP7k4GT— Strahan Cadell (@Sartor1836) December 18, 2017
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