As Twitchy told you, noted astrophysicist/blowhard decided that what America really needed today was him ruining the new “Star Wars” movie by picking apart its problematic science.

This was one of his self-satisfied tweets:

In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, BB-8, a smooth rolling metal spherical ball, would have skidded uncontrollably on sand. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015

“Star Wars” is great and everything, but its greatness is nothing compared to his. He’s a Real Scientist™. And he definitely knows what he’s talking about.

Except when he doesn’t:

@neiltyson @starwars BB-8 is a real robot created by the SW set engineers, no? Why didn't it skid uncontrollably on set? — Donlad (@Superdonaldo) December 21, 2015

Let’s ask “Star Wars”:

@Superdonaldo @neiltyson BB-8 is very much a real robot with puppeteers. There were a few that did different scenes: https://t.co/WRN5DEIUJ7 — Star Wars (@starwars) December 21, 2015

D’oh!

Um. Except BB-8 is a real robot who really rolled around in the sand. https://t.co/8peeYCIxQE https://t.co/EoxnH3SdSH — Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 21, 2015

There’s a lesson to be learned here:

@baldingschemer Never assume something Tyson says is clever — Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 21, 2015

Yup.

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