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Old 08-09-2011, 06:33 PM   #21
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A cool talk I watched a while ago. It is lengthy, but I really enjoyed it. I am not well versed in this area, but he explains things in a very simple way to understand. Highly recommended.

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Old 08-09-2011, 08:00 PM   #22
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For anyone who likes these things, I'd recommend hunting down two BBC series: "Wonders of the Universe" and "Everything and Nothing".
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:24 PM   #23
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Fantastic. I trust you guys will remind me when this actually airs.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:32 PM   #24
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Anyone catch the recent episode of StarTalk Radio yet?

Morgan Freeman was a guest, who apparently hosts a Space program called "Through the Wormhole" on the Science network in the states, no idea if it airs here in Canada.

Very good episode with a lot of good discussion as always. I'm just glad that horrible Lynn Coplitz isn't a co-host anymore. Can't stand that brutal voice of hers and her comments never help the flow of conversation.
They play it on either Discovery World HD or Oasis HD, can't rememeber which now. Both channels can be subscribed to with Shaw.
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Old 08-09-2011, 09:21 PM   #25
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It's on Discovery. It's a really good show, and hopefully this new version of Cosmos will too. I am an admirer of Neil deGrasse Tyson so I'm glad to hear he's hosting. His answering the "gay math" question was the funniest part of Real Time this week.
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Old 08-10-2011, 08:50 AM   #26
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Old 08-10-2011, 02:14 PM   #27
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Fox has confirmed the long-discussed reboot of Carl Sagan’s landmark documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage starring none other than famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

According to the LA Times, the network made their announcement on Monday at their upfront presentation. The series will start with 13 episodes, set to air sometime in 2014. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is attached as a producer.
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Old 07-21-2013, 09:13 AM   #29
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First Cosmos trailer is out:

Edit, looks like the original video was taken down. Here's a mirror:

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Old 07-23-2013, 03:20 PM   #30
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A Cosmos Reborn

By Phil Plait

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro...eil_tyson.html
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Old 07-23-2013, 04:04 PM   #31
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I can't wait for this. I bought the DVD boxset years back, dusted it off and started rewatching. Unfortunately I somehow lost the last DVD

The show is just brilliant. Love the music too. As evidenced by my signature, I'm a bigtime Carl Sagan fan.
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Old 07-23-2013, 04:15 PM   #32
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Cool. Hopefully it lives up to the original.
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Old 07-24-2013, 07:58 AM   #33
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Nothing will capture the original, you need Carl Sagan to be able to even come close to it.

I hope that this new one captures the young people who see it, and sure why not the older fox viewers, but mainly my hope is it becomes something lots of people under 20yrs old see and get inspired by.

The one part I hope it still has is the inspiration, the awe and wonder that you get from watching the original. Neil is a bit more comfortable using humor and that works great, but I want this to be a spiritual journey for science, more than anything else.

Am I the only one who has watched that video now over 10 times!
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Old 10-30-2013, 05:43 PM   #34
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Apparently Fox aired this commercial for Cosmos during the world series:

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COSMOS ‏@COSMOSonTV 23h
Save the date! #cosmos premiere date announced as March 9 on @FOXTV: http://fox.tv/1eADOlp #FOXTCA #TCA14

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The combo of @FOXTV @NatGeoChannel #Cosmos host astronomer Neil Degrasse Tyson & EP Seth McFarlane is oddly magical. The show is a stunner.


COSMOS ‏@COSMOSonTV 23h
EP Ann Druyan says although there are elements of the original series, this show is completely new. #cosmos. #FOXTCA #TCA14




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Wow Tyson tends to avoid religious discussions, wants to be an ambassador to Science without getting attacked by the right I think for being an Atheist trying to push an agenda, but this interview he said things he is not commonly known for saying, as he tends to avoid these things usually, I wonder if this is a change in plan for him.

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America’s favorite astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sat down with PBS’ Bill Moyers Friday for an extended conversation about science, religion and the universe. Addressing science teachers who want to teach creationism in the classroom, Tyson said they can worship whatever God they want as long as they “keep it out” of the classroom.

Tyson said he does not believe that faith and reason are “reconcilable” so he refuses to give credit to those who are trying to do so. “The track record is so poor,” he said, “the going forward I have essentially zero confidence that there would be fruitful things to emerge from the effort to reconcile them.” He went on to explain that as more scientific discoveries are made, the more “figurative” religious texts like the Bible become.

“Educated religious people are perfectly fine with that,” he said. “It’s the fundamentalists who want to say that the Bible is the literal truth of God and want to see the Bible as a science textbook who are knocking on the science doors of schools… Enlightened religious people are not acting that way.”

Tyson said that a “free country” means that people can believe whatever they want: “Think that there’s one God, two Gods, ten Gods, or no Gods.” But once those people start to enter the science classroom, that’s when he has a problem. “I’m not telling you what to think,” he said. “I’m just telling you in the science class, ‘You’re not doing science. This is not science. Keep it out.’”
There is a video at the link above, check it out, Bill Moyers and Tyson always a good talk.
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The whole episode, not sure if it works in Canada:
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-s...he-new-cosmos/
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Wow Tyson tends to avoid religious discussions, wants to be an ambassador to Science without getting attacked by the right I think for being an Atheist trying to push an agenda, but this interview he said things he is not commonly known for saying, as he tends to avoid these things usually, I wonder if this is a change in plan for him.
He goes further than this on skeptical and humanist podcasts.
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True, but I find when he's more on the mainstream he's very careful to be diplomatic, maybe he's realized that is not the way to go?
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