Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Number 13

Neil deGrasse Tyson lectured at the University of Texas at Arlington, as part of their Maverick Speakers series. In this clip, he talks about the irrationality of triskadekaphobia.

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• neil degrasse tyson
• texas
• arlington
• thirteen
• triskadekaphobia

[FrostyTheSnowball]

This guy is a scientific comedian. A factual funny man. 

[infintiyward]

But what these building designers dont relize is that pretending the 13th floor is the 14th just infuriates it, increasing the magnitude of evil emitted from the number!

[AMilitantAgnostic]

@TheDigitalStone I think it's kind of a fun thing - some people take it somewhat seriously but the vast majority of us respond to it like a game.

[TheDigitalStone]

@AMilitantAgnostic Well, i live in the Netherlands and i've never seen the number 13 missing around here. But i'm sure there are buildings like that, since there is so much reference to it. I think it's awkward though :P

[AMilitantAgnostic]

@TheDigitalStone It's common

[davydekemp]

@TheDigitalStone It's true.. In Hong Kong i stayed in a hotel, no floor nr 13...

[TheAngeltoDemon]

That's the thing though, the 14 is just a label, too funny though, i've seen this in many many elevators.

[TheDigitalStone]

@bigninja27 Unreal man. I didn't know.

[bigninja27]

@TheDigitalStone There are many real buildings that omit the number 13.

[TheDigitalStone]

Wait, is there really a building with the 13th floor missing, or is it just a joke?

I hope it's a joke.

[capellamidlight]

@TheNarcMan "If you jump out of a window on the 14th floor hoping to kill yourself, you will die earlier."

[TheNarcMan]

"I stayed at a hotel recently. C'mon man!!! People on the 14th floor??? You know what floor you're really on!!!" -Mitch Hedberg