Carl Sagan's Cosmos

aeroripperaeroripper Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
edited August 2010 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">seen it?</div>I recently watched the entire series streaming on netflix, anybody else seen it? Makes me wish I had more teachers like him back in my science classes in school.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7n71pm0K04" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7n71pm0K04</a>

It essentially talks about how the universe was created, and how we're all the result of star stuff that has evolved to conciousness and is trying to understand itself through science. Pretty deep stuff but interesting and explained in normal english.
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  • PaniggPanigg Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58212Members
    Who hasnt?

    Most of the stuff is pretty outdated tho, so only watch it for his awesome style of teaching and his calming voice. ^^
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Love this one!

    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->We're made of starstuff, we are a way for the cosmos to get to know itself...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
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  • tankefugltankefugl One Script To Rule Them All... Trondheim, Norway Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8641Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    It is a remarkable piece of science teaching, and although it's outdated it's not -that- outdated. Most of what is covered is still relevant, and much of it is quite timeless.

    I still read parts of the book every now and then.
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  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1795999:date=Aug 23 2010, 11:59 PM:name=Panigg)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Panigg @ Aug 23 2010, 11:59 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1795999"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Most of the stuff is pretty outdated tho,<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    A lot of it is still surprisingly relevant, and Sagan makes some pretty astute predictions. If anyone is looking to watch it, there's also an updated version, where an older Sagan discusses what he got right and wrong.
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited August 2010
    I originally saw all of this when I was about 12/13 years old but I haven't re-watched it since. Maybe I should get down to it. Most of his books are amazing too.

    Oh, and in case you haven't seen this ode to Cosmos:

    <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center>
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited August 2010
    <!--quoteo(post=1796047:date=Aug 24 2010, 12:31 PM:name=puzl)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (puzl @ Aug 24 2010, 12:31 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1796047"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • aeroripperaeroripper Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Looks like they got it on hulu now as well:

    <a href="http://www.hulu.com/cosmos" target="_blank">http://www.hulu.com/cosmos</a>
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  • VonDoomVonDoom Knee deep in the latency Join Date: 2009-10-08 Member: 68989Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I watched the whole series last summer.

    I can see why his way of storytelling reached the common man. Not only does he explain about how the universe works, but he brings a sense of perspective to it all, and includes a lot of fascinating stories behind the discoveries, about pioneering individuals, early and contemporary technology and about societies past and present and their relationship with astronomy.
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  • TesseractTesseract Join Date: 2007-06-21 Member: 61328Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1796041:date=Aug 24 2010, 09:50 AM:name=Insane)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Insane @ Aug 24 2010, 09:50 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1796041"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->A lot of it is still surprisingly relevant, and Sagan makes some pretty astute predictions. If anyone is looking to watch it, there's also an updated version, where an older Sagan discusses what he got right and wrong.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Ooh I didn't know about the updated version - I'll have to check that out.


    For anyone who ever wondered about my name, Carl Sagan actually does a good explanation of what a tesseract is. Well worth watching if you ask a particularly biased community member. >_>
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  • PaniggPanigg Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58212Members
    I love his fourth dimension bit. I watched it like 50 times at least. ^^
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  • tankefugltankefugl One Script To Rule Them All... Trondheim, Norway Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8641Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1796047:date=Aug 24 2010, 12:31 PM:name=puzl)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (puzl @ Aug 24 2010, 12:31 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1796047"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I originally saw all of this when I was about 12/13 years old but I haven't re-watched it since. Maybe I should get down to it. Most of his books are amazing too.

    Oh, and in case you haven't seen this ode to Cosmos:

    <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    And this is simply brilliant ;D
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