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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited April 2012 in Ten Forward
We need more minds like his...I met him once, very smart.

not to mention Mind Blowing

Good stuff :cool:
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I lasted 10 sec and fell asleep :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Indeed.

    However, the obvious conclusion would be to change ourselves into a species with that extra 1%.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    do i have to watch that video in order to find out whats that post all about?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    besides, its only like what 12 minutes? Isnt the server due to go down soon anyway? i'm sure there was a update coming this way.

    I cannot put into words, what the good Dr says so eloquently in the video. basically it touches on the orgins of all life in the universe, and what that means in the scale of humans in the grand order of things.

    The video itself explains much for those who would not have normally perceived the concept.

    Granted i didnt want to watch all of it either in the begining, but when I paid attention to what he says...i had to watch it 3 times for it to sink in as far as relevance and what those 12 minutes mean in the explaination of a universe so grand.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I <3 me some NDGT.
    You guys should listen to his podcast if you don't already. Fascinating stuff.
    I want to give him all of my money so he can go to Mars.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    I freaking LOATHE DeGrasse and I LOVE him in the same breath. There is only one reason I hate him, Pluto, but the ideas he has and the Sagan-esgue talent he has to romanticize and simplify more than out weighs the only reason I resent him.

    You know he got a tour of an ivy league campus, (Harvard or Cornell I can't remember), from Sagan, and now does the same for promising astronomy students still today.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    jkstocbr wrote:
    I lasted 10 sec and fell asleep :p

    congratulations

    interesting video
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Ah, Sagan, DeGrasse, even Bill Nye.... Carrying on Sagan's tradition of making science accessible and conveying a boundless sense of wonder of the immensity and beauty of the structure of the universe.

    It's like every phrase he uttered in Cosmos has some poetry to it. ("The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves we will, one day, venture to the stars.")

    Look for the Symphony of Science, it's awesome stuff if you can deal with autotune. And I am not to proud to admit that "A Glorious Dawn" brings a tear to my eye every time.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    V-Mink wrote:
    Ah, Sagan, DeGrasse, even Bill Nye.... Carrying on Sagan's tradition of making science accessible and conveying a boundless sense of wonder of the immensity and beauty of the structure of the universe.

    It's like every phrase he uttered in Cosmos has some poetry to it. ("The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves we will, one day, venture to the stars.")

    Look for the Symphony of Science, it's awesome stuff if you can deal with autotune. And I am not to proud to admit that "A Glorious Dawn" brings a tear to my eye every time.

    As a child I remember my Mom watching In Search Of and I became enamored with the documentary format. Later my Dad watched Cosmos and I fell in love with documentaries. To my then nine year old mind Sagan was beyond illumination. Without Cosmos I do not think I would have the same hunger to learn.

    It is good to see deGrasse carry that torch forward.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    The man is awesome. I listened to his interview explaining why he decided Pluto is no longer a planet, and I agree with him based on that interview.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    V-Mink wrote:
    Look for the Symphony of Science, it's awesome stuff if you can deal with autotune. And I am not to proud to admit that "A Glorious Dawn" brings a tear to my eye every time.

    Thank god! I'm not the only one!

    When I first listened to Symphony of Science, I had the same feeling that I hadn't experienced since I first started watching Star Trek TNG as a kid. You know... the feeling of wonder and amazement, the anticipation of not only wanting to go out into the stars, but seeing it as a very real possibility in your lifetime?

    Funny how things go...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2012
    Hey, at least I didn't declassify Pluto from planet status. Way to make all the little kids cry, Neil. That make you feel like a big man?"

    -- Rodney McKay arguing with Neil deGrasse Tyson (and Bill Nye) in an episode of Stargate Atlantis

    :D
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