Neil deGrasse Tyson "Cosmos". First impression:

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Moriarty

March 10, 2014, 12:35:44 AM
It seems to be the ultimate guide to atheism. One of the very first lines was "Question everything." and they have been subtly unkind to religion in this first episode. (Rightfully IMO)

Anyone else see it? Thoughts? Am I just seeing what I think I want to see or is the criticism of religion in the show in regards to science real?
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Moralnihilist

#1
March 10, 2014, 12:55:31 AM
Watching it now, loving it.
Science doesn't give a damn about religions, because "damns" are not measurable units and therefore have no place in research. As soon as it's possible to detect damns, we'll quantize perdition and number all the levels of hell. Until then, science doesn't care.

stromboli

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March 10, 2014, 01:23:29 AM
The bit on Giordano Bruno was pretty much on point.  But in his timeline of the universe, he mentioned the births of Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, so he isn't totally staying away from it.

hillbillyatheist

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March 10, 2014, 01:27:53 AM
they have to play it right.
if they go on and just say "look you stupid morons, religion is bullshit, get the fuck past it already" people will just tune them out and nothing gets accomplished.
this gentle way is likely to open up people to science and maybe get people started on the right path.
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Poison Tree

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March 10, 2014, 02:25:09 AM
It was ok, but not as good as the original--but that may just be because the information was knew to me when I watched the original and now (so far) it has been stuff I already knew.
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Shiranu

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March 10, 2014, 02:46:41 AM
I enjoyed all of it.

Vague enough? :P
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AllPurposeAtheist

#6
March 10, 2014, 02:58:33 AM
Quote from: "Shiranu"I enjoyed all of it.

Vague enough? :P
I'll top that with more vague..I took a nap.
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March 10, 2014, 04:03:08 AM
Quote from: "stromboli"The bit on Giordano Bruno was pretty much on point.  But in his timeline of the universe, he mentioned the births of Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, so he isn't totally staying away from it.

They have to give it some sort of human chronological context, that wasn't a volcano or tsunami  killing many people like saying when Mt.Vesuvius erupted.

Gawdzilla Sama

#8
March 10, 2014, 05:39:23 AM
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Plu

#9
March 10, 2014, 05:40:28 AM
I hope that typo was intentional...

Gawdzilla Sama

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March 10, 2014, 05:42:36 AM
Quote from: "Plu"I hope that typo was intentional...
No idea, not mine, just saw it elsewhere.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
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josephpalazzo

#11
March 10, 2014, 11:58:37 AM
I thought it was sci-fi, but then I saw in the credits the name Brannon Braga... no wonder.

stromboli

#12
March 10, 2014, 12:07:12 PM
On National Geographic they have been running the original with the new version. I think Sagan did as good or better. Nonetheless, it is good to have it on- Degrasse Tyson injecting stuff like how much evidence there is for the Big Bang and so forth, in an insistent yet nonthreatening way. No question the man has his shit together.

Moriarty

#13
March 10, 2014, 02:33:54 PM
Quote from: "Poison Tree"It was ok, but not as good as the original--but that may just be because the information was knew to me when I watched the original and now (so far) it has been stuff I already knew.

Pretty much the same for me. The only thing new in it for me was the personal story he shared about his meeting Carl Sagan. Which I did think was kind of cool.
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PickelledEggs

#14
March 10, 2014, 02:37:15 PM
I didn't get to see it yet, but my friend shared a youtube link of the full episode that I hope to be able to watch today.


For anyone else that missed it like me, (or if you want to watch it again) here is the youtube video.
[youtube:2elxzjbh]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFKOcWbHuKU[/youtube:2elxzjbh]
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