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Q:What is your favorite fact about the Universe? A:That is will never end. That it's on a one way trip of expansion. Something that many find to be philosophically unsettling. My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer. Priceless
Q:What is your favorite fact about the Universe? A:That is will never end. That it's on a one way trip of expansion. Something that many find to be philosophically unsettling. My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer. Priceless
That's nice and all, but most humans in the world (including the western world) don't have the luxury of being able to let themselves be unsettled daily :/
Which is, in my view, a mistake. Those who seek out challenge tend to end up with a lot more luxury than those who don't.
Anyone interested in NdGT, check out the show he hosts: Nova Science Now http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/ You can watch full episodes online, no commercial interruptions after they start. It does a good job at filling the popular science video niche, in addition to Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.
I have been looking for a good science show, but Nova scienceNOW wasn't it. Not so much the content as the absolutely juvenline format. Can someone explain how I have misunderstood and the show really is meant for kids? Because it's designed like a kid's show, complete with silly music, wacky editing, colourful demonstrations/analogies to illustrate scientific principles, and narration that sounds as if written for a…
Jim Al-Khalili (Twitter: @jimalkhalili)
Anyone interested in NdGT, check out the show he hosts: Nova Science Now http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/ You can watch full episodes online, no commercial interruptions after they start. It does a good job at filling the popular science video niche, in addition to Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.
I have been looking for a good science show, but Nova scienceNOW wasn't it. Not so much the content as the absolutely juvenline format. Can someone explain how I have misunderstood and the show really is meant for kids? Because it's designed like a kid's show, complete with silly music, wacky editing, colourful demonstrations/analogies to illustrate scientific principles, and narration that sounds as if written for a…
Conflation of genres imo, both science shows and "popular science" shows can be enjoyed independently of one another, similar to how adults may enjoy both drama and comedy. From what I've seen of Bang Goes the Theory on youtube, it appears to be a clone of MythBusters and cover much fluffier one-off engineering problems simple enough to reproduce on TV.
On the other hand, ScienceNow is more of a newsmagazine that highlights what several different researchers are currently working on, and why they are interested in that problem. Ex: natural language processing robots, growing human ears on mice for reconstructive surgery, etc.
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I have been looking for a good science show, but Nova scienceNOW wasn't it. Not so much the content as the absolutely juvenline format. Can someone explain how I have misunderstood and the show really is meant for kids? Because it's designed like a kid's show, complete with silly music, wacky editing, colourful demonstrations/analogies to illustrate scientific principles, and narration that sounds as if written for a…
> Popular science, sometimes called literature of science, is interpretation of science intended for a general audience. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science Conflation of genres imo, both science shows and "popular science" shows can be enjoyed independently of one another, similar to how adults may enjoy both drama and comedy. From what I've seen of Bang Goes the Theory on youtube, it appears to be a clone…
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I have been looking for a good science show, but Nova scienceNOW wasn't it. Not so much the content as the absolutely juvenline format. Can someone explain how I have misunderstood and the show really is meant for kids? Because it's designed like a kid's show, complete with silly music, wacky editing, colourful demonstrations/analogies to illustrate scientific principles, and narration that sounds as if written for a…
Glad to hear my programmes are well received. If you haven't seen it, you should also check out "Secret Life of Chaos" - on YouTube. Jim Al-Khalili (Twitter: @jimalkhalili)
"The Story of Electricity" and "Everything and Nothing" is also in my queue. And your University of Surrey session! You're a prolific guy! Between all the documentaries and books and radio programmes and lectures, do you find any time to do science research at all?
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Exactly. Just because I declare something doesn't mean I have to back it up with facts. I trust my gut. That's where the truth lies.
Not every turn of phrase entitles you to a link, you literal-minded buffoon.
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That's nice and all, but most humans in the world (including the western world) don't have the luxury of being able to let themselves be unsettled daily :/
Most of them could have this luxury. They pick other luxuries first. Which is, in my view, a mistake. Those who seek out challenge tend to end up with a lot more luxury than those who don't.