8 Times The Big Bang Theory Failed At Science

5. An Astrophysicist Doesn't Know What "Astro" Means

One of the oldest tropes in sitcom history is the "two friends working together" episode and TBBT has used that many times with various combinations of characters. In one such episode Raj finds himself working for Sheldon (not with him, FOR him) in order to stay in the country. During an inevitable argument Raj points out that since they are discussing space, Sheldon should listen to him because he is an astrophysicist and "astro" means space. Exacerbated Sheldon simply replies "Astro means star". To be fair, space would have been most people's first guess too, but then most people aren't astrophysicists. How Raj managed to devote his career to and earn a doctorate in a very specific area of physics without learning (or at least stumbling across) the definition of its name is a mystery doomed to go unanswered forever. And it can't be because of the language barrier, because unless confronted by women during the first six seasons, he has never struggled in the language department. Hell in the very same conversation, Sheldon reminds Raj that English is in fact his native language.
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