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It was mentioned how the Pink Floyd album titled "The Dark Side of the Moon" had a lasting impact on the public's perception of the moon, causing many to believe that the far side of the moon is always in darkness. Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed his efforts to correct this misconception over the past 50 years.
If people hated the album, my job would have been way easier because no one would have been brainwashed by it.
— Episode: Things You Thought You Knew – The Dark S...
Episode: Things You Thought You Knew – The Dark Side of the...
It was mentioned how the Pink Floyd album titled "The Dark Side of the Moon" had a lasting impact on the public's perception of the moon, causing many to believe that the far side of the moon is always in darkness. Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed his efforts to correct this misconception over the past 50 years.
If people hated the album, my job would have been way easier because no one would have been brainwashed by it.
And so I've been spending 50 years, this is the 50th year anniversary, 2023 is the 50th year anniversary of the release of that album.
See, now what you should have done is just, you know, you should have took Pink Floyd out the same way you took out Pluto.
And you listen and it says at the end, there is no dark side of the moon.
So I said, okay, problem solved. People just listened to the song. However, there's a sentence that follows it.