Wanna Feel sorry for a Scientist?

At least I assume the guy is a scientist. This is a clip from Iraqi TV apparently "debating" whether or not the earth is flat. There's some religious nutbag spouting "koranic science" (whatever the fuck that is) stating shit like the earth is flat and the sun is twice as big as the moon. I felt sorry for the science guy as it seemed to me he had to be veeery careful NOT to say anything which might be considered 'offensive' of Islam while at the same time insisting that the nutbag was wrong. Man, the world is a crazy place....