Neil Degrasse Tyson reflects on what prompted him to record a 17-minute video detailing the shortcomings of Terrence Howard ’s lengthy math and physics treatise in a new interview with Shannon Sharpe . Appearing on the Club Shay Shay podcast , as seen below, Tyson, naturally, was asked about the much-discussed 2024 moment, which saw him offering a thorough response to his then-recent mention by Howard in a Joe Rogan interview. At the time, Howard had likened Tyson’s notes on his treatise to an “attack,” while Tyson viewed his criticism as merely being a sign of respect and in line with how any such paper would be treated by his peers. “He sends me this 30-page document titled ‘1 x 1 = 2,’ where he says all of math is wrong,” Tyson said of Howard, with whom he was first connected thanks, in part, to a Star Talk interview idea from his mother. At the time, however, Tyson wasn’t aware that Howard wanted the focus to be on his treatise, and not on the usual topics one might expect in a celebrity interview.…