Melatonin

[Michael Jackson]

It feels good to be thought of as a person, not as a personality

When I create my music

I feel like an instrument of nature

I wonder what delight nature must feel when we open our hearts

And express our God-given talents

The sound of approval rolls across the universe

And the whole world abounds in magic

Wonder fills our hearts for what we have glimpsed for an instant:

The playfulness of life

And that’s why I love children

And learn so much from being around them

I realize that many of our world’s problems today

From thе inner-city crime to large-scalе wars and terrorism

And our overcrowded prisons

Are a result of the fact that children have had their childhoods stolen from them

The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a child’s heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world

I really believe that

I love you too

But what we need to learn from children isn't childish

Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life

Which is ever present and only asks to be lived

They know the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognized within our own hearts

Today i would like to thank all the children of the world

Including the sick and deprived, I am so sensitive to your pain

I also-

[Neil deGrasse Tyson]

So I lose sleep wondering, today

Is there some previous chapter

Ripped from the universe itself

We don't know what we don't know

And this leaves me awake at night -

I lose sleep over that

Oh, alright, listen B.o.B once and for all

The Earth looks flat because

1) you're not far enough away at your size

2) you're size isn't large enough, relative to Earth, to notice any curvature at all

It's a fundamental fact of calculus and non-euclidean geometry

Small sections of large curved surfaces will always look flat to little creatures that crawl upon them

But this- But this whole thing

Its just a symptom of a larger problem

There's a growing anti-intellectual strain in this country that may

That may be the beginning of the end of our informed democracy

Of course in a free society, you can, and should, think whatever you want

If you want to think the world is flat, go right ahead

But, if you think the world is flat, and you have influence over others

As would

Successful rappers

Or even presidential candidates

Then being wrong becomes being harmful to the health

The wealth, and the security of our citizens

Discovery and exploration got us out of the caves

And each generation benefits from what previous generations have learned

Isaac Newton, my man, said

"If I have seen farther than others, it's by standing on the shoulders of giants"

[Amen!]

Can I get an Amen?

Woo!

So that's right B.o.B

When you stand on the shoulders of those who came before

You might just see far enough to realize

The Earth isn't [fucking] flat

And by the way...this is called gravity

[mic drop]