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computer parts posted:At worst, it means that scientific literacy is not changing. Which disproves the original point anyway.
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It should also be noted that Tyson seems far more "spiritual" than most scientists of his calibur. His description of his awakening to the world of physics, seeing the stars for the first time in their entirety, is as religious as it comes. He literally has said on multiple occassions that he felt the universe was calling him to study it. That's a fairly spiritual statement, in my humble opinion. I think it lends a lot of character to him.
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BottledBodhisvata posted:It should also be noted that Tyson seems far more "spiritual" than most scientists of his calibur. His description of his awakening to the world of physics, seeing the stars for the first time in their entirety, is as religious as it comes. He literally has said on multiple occassions that he felt the universe was calling him to study it. That's a fairly spiritual statement, in my humble opinion. I think it lends a lot of character to him. This is almost entirely what Sagan did, and Tyson was his student. "The cosmos calls to us" and all that. Yeah he's doing a good job now, good show.
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Yeah, I'm loving his usage of spiritual words like prophesy and revelation to define the wonder of scientific prediction and discovery. It seems to be really geared towards the religious(and in a way to the stubbornly anti-religious) in a very positive way rather than derisive, showing that faith can either inspire or it can enforce ignorance and fear. Plus the episode talking of things in terms of ghosts, the show is just so incredibly human.
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Yaos posted:For those of you wanting to learn more about the universe Netflix has The Inexplicable Universe up. It's setup like a lecture but there's pretty pictures. I've watched the first three and liked them even though I've seen NDT talk about some of the concepts prior. The explanation of protons, neutrons, electrons, quarks, neutrinos and when they were discovered/theorized was more straightforward and concise than I've heard before. The other funny part is where he goes over how ET intelligence may regard homo sapiens as complete idiots unworthy of any time and that Earth may just be a terrarium for the amusement of superior intelligence.
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It might not even be entirely a matter of intelligence, there's millions of species on the planet and we're able to barely understand the communication or replicate it to most of them. We could be getting shouted at by alien species right now and not even know it because it's like screaming at your fish to do your math homework from another room.
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Well that's sort of the aliens problem then, because they really should know that we can't listen to them.
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Just fyi The Inexplicable Universe with Neil deGrasse Tyson is on Netflix if you need more Tyson.
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Now I'm pondering "Why is a solid so solid" all over again.
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Kammat posted:Now I'm pondering "Why is a solid so solid" all over again. magnets
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I call my two fists Science and Imagination.
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The smallest goon!
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Kammat posted:Now I'm pondering "Why is a solid so solid" all over again. 
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Planet of the Tardigrades. Coming Summer 2015!
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The Planet of the Tardigrades sounds like a Dr Who serial.
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Water bears own
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Kammat posted:Planet of the Tardigrades. Coming Summer 2015! Next SyFy Original, right there
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Photosynthesis is some liberal conspiracy
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euphronius posted:Photosynthesis is some liberal conspiracy Whoa now Neil, corporate espionage is a super serious crime.
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I'd always suspected the insides of plants were full of gears
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That animation was more confusing than helpful.
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Hmm, flowers show up then cold blooded dinosaurs go extinct?
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William T. Hornaday posted:That animation was more confusing than helpful. Yea agreed. All I got was plants are like Apple sweat shops
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That's a rather suggestive orchid.
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Madagascar is a pretty bitchin place.
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So when I smell poop . . . . ..?
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Lilacs are bitch flowers Neil.
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Show us your stank breath at a molecular level
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The bond angles of those water molecules are all wrong what the gently caress Neil
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Atomic reincarnation? Enough of your blasphemy, Neil.
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What's this democracy stuff Neil? I'm not buying into your propaganda
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Athenian society/democracy was pretty lovely Neil
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achillesforever6 posted:Athenian society/democracy was pretty lovely Neil Also, not quite like Democracy as we understand it now. The Roman Republic had a bigger impact on what is our current political system.
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Okay now they're just pandering to the kids watching this show stoned
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Hazo posted:Okay now they're just pandering to the kids watching this show stoned Finally 
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Dammit. This episode is starting to tempt me about trying for a physics degree again.
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