This is debunked here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23o92d/on_cosmos_neil_degrassetyson_said_some_historians/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHisto

This is debunked here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23o92d/on_cosmos_neil_degrassetyson_said_some_historians/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/23o92d/on_cos...