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Mar 17, 2014 02:15
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I like that he said life was basically dogs and bears and 'everything else'. That's a badass view of the natural world.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:16
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"Every cell is a little universe" is something Sagan said isn't it?
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Mar 17, 2014 02:16
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This is like watching some nightmarish future with nanomachines mutating things into who knows what
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Mar 17, 2014 02:16
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Sash! posted:This is like watching some nightmarish future with nanomachines mutating things into who knows what Neil just played the Metal Gear Solid series.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:17
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Tatum Girlparts posted:I like that he said life was basically dogs and bears and 'everything else'. That's a badass view of the natural world. Clearly, "is it a bear" and "is it a dog" are all you need to know to survive in this world.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:17
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It is pretty transparent that he lead in with artificial selection, right? That felt pretty expressly shaped for the segment of the population that tends to... disagree with this view of existence.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:17
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Oh god our entire universe could be part of a DNA structure for something on a whole different level.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:18
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I laughed at that salmon crashing into the side of that bear's face.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:18
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A lot of poo poo has happened in 6000 years
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Mar 17, 2014 02:19
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404GoonNotFound posted:Clearly, "is it a bear" and "is it a dog" are all you need to know to survive in this world. It's all I need to get by.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:19
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These polar bears aren't as cute as the Coca~Cola bears. 
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Mar 17, 2014 02:19
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Robnoxious posted:These polar bears aren't as cute as the Coca~Cola bears. Disagree.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:19
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Disagree. Seals taste nothing like Coke.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:21
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So is that Oklahoma Fox affiliate just not going to show this episode? Also Fox News tomorrow morning is going to be glorious.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:21
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:It is pretty transparent that he lead in with artificial selection, right? That felt pretty expressly shaped for the segment of the population that tends to... disagree with this view of existence. I think it was a great example on how we can change life and transition into how nature does the exact same thing over more time.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:21
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:It is pretty transparent that he lead in with artificial selection, right? That felt pretty expressly shaped for the segment of the population that tends to... disagree with this view of existence. Leading in with artificial selection is the way to do it, going all the way back to Darwin. In the Origin of Species, Darwin spends the first quarter of the book dealing with the ways humans have shaped animals and plants. It's an extremely effective way to ease people into the idea that life can change over time by using examples they are likely familiar with and can be explicitly observed as having happened.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:21
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Wow, sounds like they're going to take creation head-on.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:21
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jisforjosh posted:So is that Oklahoma Fox affiliate just not going to show this episode? Also Fox News tomorrow morning is going to be glorious. Did anything happen on Fox News after the first episode?
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Mar 17, 2014 02:22
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I also really like that they then jumped right into the DNA and mutation and built back up from there. It's a luxury Darwin didn't have - the ability to explain the specifics mechanics of how it happens.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:22
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This is exactly what I was hoping this would be, no 'argumentative' (gently caress I hate that it's an 'argument') tone that the crazies can latch on to as that uppity science man insultin real murican values, just objectively stating the facts of things and if you get mad at that you have to get mad at the science and not shift things into a tone argument.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:23
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Sash! posted:This is like watching some nightmarish future with nanomachines mutating things into who knows what Even simple bits of cellular machinery look crazy. Those poor cdesign proponentsists never stood a chance.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:23
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Polar bear evolution is cool and all, but I really want to see some wooly mammoths.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:23
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So, how much of this is being edited out in
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Mar 17, 2014 02:23
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jisforjosh posted:So is that Oklahoma Fox affiliate just not going to show this episode? Also Fox News tomorrow morning is going to be glorious.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:23
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Wake_N_Bake posted:Wow, sounds like they're going to take creation head-on. It's goin down! Fake edit: Wait trees? No way gently caress that!!
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Mar 17, 2014 02:24
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404GoonNotFound posted:So, how much of this is being edited out in Kentucky? Just one long loop of an angry man going "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
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Mar 17, 2014 02:24
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"But what about our kinship with the trees? How does that make you feel?" Uh, I dunno Neil, like you're high as gently caress?
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Mar 17, 2014 02:24
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Did that chimp just fling poo at Dr. Tyson?
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Mar 17, 2014 02:24
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ahahaha people are going to flip a poo poo over this HE SAYS WE'RE RELATED TO TREES, WHAT A MORON
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Mar 17, 2014 02:24
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I am not a mushroom! 
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Mar 17, 2014 02:25
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Myst Hat posted:I am not a mushroom! I do like him throwing shark in, that's pretty badass.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:25
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Is the audio in 5.1 on the HD version? I'm trying to watch on a hotel room TV and it sounds like it's a 5.1 not being mixed down to stereo correctly; Tyson is hard to hear, but everything else is very loud.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:25
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Myst Hat posted:I am not a mushroom! You are a meat popsicle.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:26
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Konjuro posted:Is the audio in 5.1 on the HD version? I'm trying to watch on a hotel room TV and it sounds like it's a 5.1 not being mixed down to stereo correctly; Tyson is hard to hear, but everything else is very loud.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:26
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Guh. The fact that he isn't Carl Sagan is a major problem for this series. He lacks the charisma, credentials, and intrinsic skill at PR that Sagan excelled at. I can't imagine anyone who isn't already convinced to find this interesting at all. The bros and broettes of the world won't give a poo poo. It's a shame Sagan is dead, he would be perfect for this sudden, unlikely mainstream surge in science.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:27
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how do we know there's that many living things if we can't see any of them?
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Mar 17, 2014 02:27
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And just imagine the amount of life that we'll never know because they didn't leave fossils  Hell think of the life in the oceans that we don't know because we only know about 1% of the ocean.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:28
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Tatum Girlparts posted:This is exactly what I was hoping this would be, no 'argumentative' (gently caress I hate that it's an 'argument') tone that the crazies can latch on to as that uppity science man insultin real murican values, just objectively stating the facts of things and if you get mad at that you have to get mad at the science and not shift things into a tone argument. Tyson's style has always been more "science works", rather than taking on the opposition directly. EDIT: spoke too soon. But this is gonna be neat. I love those leafy insects. So weird.
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Mar 17, 2014 02:28
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Aaaand there's the D-bomb. So long, flyover states!
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Mar 17, 2014 02:28
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