If you asked most people to name any modern-day scientists, they would mention Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye the Science Guy. We think of them as the two of the smartest people alive. Maybe we were wrong.
The astrophysicist decided to challenge his friend to the Reflex Challenge to see who had better reflexes. The answer is the Pluto demoter. But he had an advantage; he and his brother used to play Slap Jack all the time. So, Bill and Neil decided to try to see who is better at that one. The answer was the same.
Watching these great minds do childhood challenges made me, for the first time, realize that deGrasse Tyson did have the same science teachers as me in junior high school because those are the smartest things I could ever do in science class.
If you can’t get enough of these two, you can watch their Star Talk episode here.
