I keep trying to convince myself that there aren't really people that stupid, but...

What? No... That's not right.

Guys, it's a joke from 4chan

There is more distance between the core of an atom and it's electrons than there is between the sun and the earth. Am I doing it right?

I'm going to go ahead and say Neil Degrasse Tyson never said that.

They might be trolling you

Another one:

I sat here for about a minute thinking, "wait, what?? No."

I think that's the point. The "well informed" part is supposed to have a sarcastic tone, but there's no special font for sarcasm.