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Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Anyone catch the scene in the first cosmos when he is describing how small our earth is? It goes Earth>Solar System>Milky Way Galaxy>Local Galaxy>Virgo Supercluster>observable universe>multiverse(??)
Most people on the site probably not interested. They get all their education from shitty rap music. I love this show it's fantastic.. Not quite as good as the original in spirit, but it's certainly amazing.
Haven't watched yet because college. To anyone with any astro/cosmology knowledge or a love for good space documentaries: Is it too dumbed down? in the last 3 years or so these docus have been getting pretty dumb. I have faith in this one however.
ZimmermanHaven't watched yet because college. To anyone with any astro/cosmology knowledge or a love for good space documentaries: Is it too dumbed down? in the last 3 years or so these docus have been getting pretty dumb. I have faith in this one however.
It's dumbed down enough for the average dumbass American to watch and enjoy, and still subtly smart enough for those who are well educated in such stuff to praise all day long.
ZimmermanHaven't watched yet because college. To anyone with any astro/cosmology knowledge or a love for good space documentaries: Is it too dumbed down? in the last 3 years or so these docus have been getting pretty dumb. I have faith in this one however.
Not too bad, but still pretty basic. Through the Wormhole is better IMO, but still certainly watchable.
He said that some people within the scientific community believe it held a contributing factor.
...I mean, when you're entire water supply and life are surrounded by lead, you're going to do some stupid shit. Caligula might have been halfway sane if Lead wasn't as present in the Roman environment.
DingoSeanHe said that some people within the scientific community believe it held a contributing factor.
...I mean, when you're entire water supply and life are surrounded by lead, you're going to do some stupid shit. Caligula might have been halfway sane if Lead wasn't as present in the Roman environment.
Caligula wasn't even close to the fall of rome
The romans knew of lead poisoning, and avoided it as much as possible. They had been using lead things since the empire's inception - it wouldn't have been a significant factor nearly 500 years later. Plus, the constant flow of water in roman pipes and the fact it was hard water (mineral coating on the pipes) staved off a lot of lead.
Anyway, i didn't want to start anything. Most historians scoff at the notion that lead was a contributing factor - there were much bigger things at play. I just wanted to point out that I thought it was funny NDT mentioned it.
it does seem really repetitive and bland, like they are using lead edge science and briefly going over it (educating the general public as my friend put it) but they arent explaining how any of it works, just telling you that that is what it is, then they tell you some other weird thing, and together it seems more believable?
DingoSeanDude, come on.. have you SEEN that movie? Dude was super fucked up on some Lead for SURE...
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Am I missing something? Caligula ruled in like 40 AD... it's irrelevant if he was fucked up on lead or not... he didn't lead to the fall of Rome, at least directly. Maybe I'm autistic and I don't get a joke but yeah
But seriously I cant be the only person who feels like this show is geared towards elementary school kids? It just feels so dumbed down to me.
It's not dumbed down, it's a show that's aimed towards the everyday audience in hopes that people will become more involved with science and the world/universe around them.
If they put a show out there that was pure, raw science, and only the people studying or have degrees in the fields would understand, no one would follow it.
Same concept was even applied to Carl Sagans Cosmos. Read the intro, all he wants is for everyone to understand and appreciate the universe around us, in a way people will listen.
I think it's brilliant, so happy it's happening.
The world needs to be more involved in the science community.
rudagerIt's not dumbed down, it's a show that's aimed towards the everyday audience in hopes that people will become more involved with science and the world/universe around them.
If they put a show out there that was pure, raw science, and only the people studying or have degrees in the fields would understand, no one would follow it.
Same concept was even applied to Carl Sagans Cosmos. Read the intro, all he wants is for everyone to understand and appreciate the universe around us, in a way people will listen.
I think it's brilliant, so happy it's happening.
The world needs to be more involved in the science community.
This.
Its main point is to try and get kids into the sciences, which unfortunately America has been lacking in as of the past couple decades. The cartoons, the amazing animation, etc are all aimed at trying to set a hook into the imagination of people with little exposure to this part of science, especially young kids.
It's "dumbed down" because the very nature of this information is incredibly confusing and if you want some advanced lecture on this shit go to a lecture hall
But seriously I cant be the only person who feels like this show is geared towards elementary school kids? It just feels so dumbed down to me.
Bill Nye's show was geared towards elementary school kids... This one is targeting a slightly more balanced age group.
Even so, I'd watch the fuck out of any of Bill Nye's old stuff. It's that practical, surface-skimming knowledge that really gets people interested in this stuff anyway. Nobody want's to have had years of math under their belt in order to watch a show..
It has to be dumbed down to some extent, otherwise it would be very confusing to the general population. Nobody would watch.
Two episodes ago when they had the thing about lead, and the guy was dong mass spec, they had the cartoon guy say he was sorry that he had to vaporize his sample, and that ionizing isn't as bad as it sounds. That's accurate, in that you need to do those things to do mass spec. And the general public doesn't know what mass spec is, I don't think anyway. So they didn't totally remove everything.
