Photo:Getty; Warner Bros.
Getty; Warner Bros.
Neil deGrasse Tysonhas a newBarbie-centric scientific theory.
AfterBarbiemade its highly-anticipated debut in theaters last month, the astrophysicist, 64, took it upon himself to figure out where Barbie Land may be.
“InBarbiethe Movie, the Moon’s orientation places Barbie World between 20 & 40 degrees North Latitude on Earth,” he explained in a recentFacebook post. “Trees further constrain latitude between 20 & 30 degrees. The Sun & Moon rose & set over the ocean. So if it’s in the United States, then Barbie World lands somewhere in the Florida Keys.”
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Tyson shared his theory alongside a photo from the film and received an array of reactions. “I read this in your voice, hearing the same excitement you had narratingCosmos. It was pure pleasure. Thank you,” one social media user wrote. Another fan of Tyson commented, “I love it when people nerd out. This is the best!!”
While he shared in aseparate Facebook postthat he is “not a special expert” onthe iconic Mattel doll, he offered a “two-minute riff” on Barbie’s effect on the socialization of young girls.
“Why did I have dolls as a kid that were soldiers? Wasn’t I being socialized to go to war? To kill people I’ve never met before? I played with toy guns, for goodness sake,” he said. “That’s how I am. Where was the outrage at the time over that?”
Tyson similarly offered his ownscientific view on another famous filmwith the 2019 release ofFrozen 2.
“Not that anybody asked, but if Elsa fromFrozenhas a Human-sized Head then she has Horse-sized Eyeballs — occupying 4x the normal volume within her cranium,” heshared on Twitter,now known as X.
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source: people.com
