I want to go visit the Halls of Exinction so bad
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
http://vimeo.com/56160700
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vwGWK.jpeg
― caek, Thursday, 3 April 2014 19:03 (ten years ago) link
That is an awesome shirt. Damn, dude was ripped!
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
He never mentioned he was a hot young dude when he met Carl Sagan }:-)
― xelab, Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
The Sagan meeting happened when he was 17 or so. I'd bet that photo is from a few years later.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
NGT was a competitive dancer in his college days which may account for that buff as hell physique
― art, Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
WS so many times holy shit
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 April 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
how many times do you ppl have to be told that this is not appropriate
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Thursday, 3 April 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
drill datass tyson
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
How televised science should be done:
Neil Shubin's Your Inner Fish
― Congratulations! And my condolences. (Sanpaku), Thursday, 10 April 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
not presenting this as truth but
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlSHAv-CYAAPjuK.jpg
― dan m, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, Isaac Newton, you're a shitbird.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
this guy needs to make a slow jamz album
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
The recent episode was cool, when they went inside the dew drop and he talked about that tiny species that can survive the vacuum of space. That's pretty mindblowing.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 18 April 2014 05:10 (ten years ago) link
https://24.media.tumblr.com/daa16a1cd6ff64cc5983a1e3a5df868c/tumblr_n3btn4J6RW1r0jlbgo1_400.gifHe looks like he's receiving the best head ever.
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
hahaha
― balls, Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
that is hilarious!
― xelab, Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
When I was watching that live, I was like "um, this scene is making me uncomfortable" for some reason. Now I know the reason.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
it's an imagination ship
― xelab, Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
his actorliness kind of gets in the way of this show sometimes, for me.
― akm, Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/k9ucmnk.gif
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 28 April 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
a+
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 April 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Last night was a treat, I thought.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
The Cannon and Payne story was great.
― xelab, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
i didn't know millipedes used to be the size of alligators. cool.
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 04:41 (ten years ago) link
One of my favorite things about NdT is how reliably in your face he is about "we are being stupid to still burn fossils for energy when there's a huge star with all the energy we will ever need!" Thought he nailed it particularly well towards the ending of last week's installment.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
I haven't been impressed generally with this series so far -- I prefer nature docs to astronomy/physics/engineering/tech programs -- but the one a couple weeks ago about how there would be no trace of life (much less civilization) left after the Solar expansion thing was really chilling and mind-spinning.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 9 May 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
how there would be no trace of life (much less civilization) left after the Solar expansion <-- this is like the #1 thing that has plagued my mind since I was a kid
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Friday, 9 May 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
I do love that after the sun expands and kills the inner planets, it shrinks back down to dim little luminous ball the size of the earth for eternity...like a little old man.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 May 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
this is like the #1 thing that has plagued my mind since I was a kid
you are alvie singer
― stadow shevens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 May 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
http://theweek.com/article/index/261042/why-neil-degrasse-tyson-is-a-philistine
― caek, Friday, 9 May 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
don't find the argument compelling, agree 100% with the conclusion
Curtis White's _The Science Delusion_ from last is all about this, the weird borderline-ascetic scraping away of anything not hard sciencey, and putting physics at the top of everything, since physics came out WWII as the victor. White makes the point that the vast majority of science giants until the mid-century had a richer background(and a bit of philosophy mixed in), like Bacon, Descartes, Newton, Spinoza, etc.
It's a book with great points, although White's style is a bit too pointedly cranky at times
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
Don't forget Bertrand Russell! Lived through WW2 too!
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Friday, 9 May 2014 20:18 (ten years ago) link
did the original Cosmos feature as many tellings of mythological tales as this one does?
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Monday, 19 May 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
I thought the episode from two weeks ago was the finale, and aside from some eye-rolling utopian daydreaming, it would've made for a very strong ending.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
i'm behind and just watched the one from a few weeks ago about plate tectonics and pangaea and mass extinctions and the like. i thought it was the best one of the series so far as it cleverly and simply presenting information that can be confusing in the wrong hands. the fact that it had the fewest animated sequences didn't hurt either
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
man this show really delivered imo. Newfound respect for NDT. I got kinda teary at the inclusion of Sagan's "pale blue dot" monologue in the finale. Is there gonna be season 2?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
No, this was it -- and yeah, thought it ended on just the right note. Also, I like how in the original series it was essentially just the final episode that was the 'downer,' for lack of a better term, while here that feeling was woven through the series but not emphasized at the end.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
For people wanting further science/cosmology type tv, there is an excellent old Martin Rees series called What We Still Don't Know. Rees makes intelligent tv that wouldn't alienate older kids or non-academic types, he makes complex concepts like dark matter/dark energy interesting and with very tidy but minimal visual effects and non of that irritating, doe-eyed "isn't it amaaazzing!" Brian Cox type shit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqArGW6k5gc
― xelab, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
martin rees is the best
his book 'our cosmic habitat' is my default astronomy/cosmology book recommendation
― caek, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
I got kinda teary at the inclusion of Sagan's "pale blue dot" monologue in the finale. Is there gonna be season 2?― Οὖτις, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:31 AM
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:31 AM
I think I got something in my eye during that too.
Oh, NDT is touring early next year: http://www.neildegrassetysonlive.com/
― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:44 (nine years ago) link
jesus
― caek, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
what a nob
But you're the opening act!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
It's not like NdT hasn't already been doing live engagements for years and years. This is just the first time more than a few thousand people might be interested.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/475811925880610817
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 June 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link