Neil deGrasse Tyson "Cosmos". First impression:

[PopeyesPappy]

For those who didn't see it last night, DeGrasse Tyson asserts that religion and belief in God or Gods stems from people seeing patterns of phenomena that they can't explain any other way, and that we bridge knowledge gaps out of some inherent need. He said it only slightly more gently than that.

He also said inserting god where we don't know the answer has kept us from expanding our knowledge. Big kudos from me for that.

[wolf39us]

Torrents my friend

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[Gawdzilla Sama]

Torrents my friend

kickass.to

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Be sure to bag it up first.

[Hydra009]

Hm, I was trying to watch the first episode but the mirror linked to in this thread was broken and I can't find any others on youtube. Anyone have an active link for it? :(

Yes, but can't post.  Torrid Orrenteh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVF9lZ-i_ss

[Plu]

Torrents sound like a fairly bad idea to do from my work computer. I was hoping to run it on the background while I work.

[wolf39us]

Torrents sound like a fairly bad idea to do from my work computer. I was hoping to run it on the background while I work.

oh...  Yes that is a bad idea then.

Hmm I can probably host it for you lol

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[Sargon The Grape]

Gotta remember to watch it tonight. Forgot to set my reminder yesterday. -.-

[SGOS]

Gotta remember to watch it tonight. Forgot to set my reminder yesterday. -.-

Just watched episode 3.  Most informative one so far for me.  Lot's of stuff I didn't know.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Just watched episode 3.  Most informative one so far for me.  Lot's of stuff I didn't know.

About the only thing I did know was the comet was named for Halley, not because he discovered it, but because he predicted it. Orbital mechanics was his bitch.

[stromboli]

Probably beating the drum for Tyson, but he really has hit the right notes so far. He has explained human behavior and why we have religion, and why it is obsolete. And he has shown the scientific process as well, with Giordano Bruno and how the Principia Mathematica came to be. He has also shown what a brilliant man Halley was. Yeah, I get to watch each episode twice. I will no doubt buy this when it comes out on DVD and give it as a gift to my grand kids.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I will no doubt buy this when it comes out on DVD and give it as a gift to my grand kids.

Don't let them watch it until 2061. That's freak 'em out.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/comedy-central-offers-creationists-answers-genesis-weekly-time-slot-present-scientific-facts

[Sargon The Grape]

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/comedy-central-offers-creationists-answers-genesis-weekly-time-slot-present-scientific-facts

I don't see why they would refuse. Comedy Central is exactly the kind of place where Creationism should be aired!

[Plu]

Aw man, I was hoping comedy central would actually host that show. I'd watch it for sure.

I wonder what would happen if they actually made it and aired it. It's not like there's much the creationists can do if the show actually represents their normal 'arguments' and 'evidence'.

[SGOS]

Last night, I watched an episode of Stargate Atlantis, where they travel back to Earth for a conference of the brightest scientific minds of our time.  Neil Degrasse Tyson and Bill Nye both appear in the episode, and in more than simple cameo roles.  They each have appropriate lines, and Bill Nye becomes actively involved in preventing the fabric of space time from being ripped apart, and thereby helps save the universe.  LOL