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All of these are awesome and make me want to do more science. And you can get A Glorious Dawn on vinyl!
http://symphonyofscience.com/downloads.h…
http://symphonyofscience.com/downloads.h…
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I love all four of the videos this guy has made so far, and I have them all on my MP3 player. Thanks so much for posting this, and helping to spread the science! Whee!
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Ok, shit like this totally makes me tear up a bit. I guess this is what the faithful call a religious experience.
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@11 I had a similarly life-affirming moment watching this. Richard Feynman always does that to me.
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Holy shit, a Mudede post that doesn't make me want to stab someone.
The end is EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH.
The end is EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH.
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I love this. First time I heard it, it turned me around on auto-tune. Made me realize it was just a musical tool like any other.
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Oh, no wait, that's not the one I heard before. THIS is what I heard before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELj…
I like 'em both, but I think I like "Glorious Dawn" better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELj…
I like 'em both, but I think I like "Glorious Dawn" better.
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Thank you, Mudede. I guess I like you now. I just watched all the Symphony of Science videos two times each.
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It's stuff like this that makes me realize how important it is to defeat the war-mongering republicans.
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@8: So you found these vids a long time ago and have moved on to other things. Good for you. Please, go back to them and stop acting the troll, while the rest of us enjoy them.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is so much fun to watch. There was a time in my life where I did nothing else if Nova Science Now was on. I wouldn't miss it. I hafta admit, this also made me tear up a bit too. I added this as a favorite on YouTube, so I have a nice uplifting counterpoint to Thunderf00t's tirades.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is so much fun to watch. There was a time in my life where I did nothing else if Nova Science Now was on. I wouldn't miss it. I hafta admit, this also made me tear up a bit too. I added this as a favorite on YouTube, so I have a nice uplifting counterpoint to Thunderf00t's tirades.
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@21, after that, we can defeat the war-mongering Democrats. Or should we do that first? So much to do...
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I have to say, although I appreciate the point of these videos, they're just terrible to listen to. Maybe the person making them doesn't know how to use auto-tune well enough, or maybe Sagan's voice just doesn't auto-tune as well as Katie Couric's, but I can't stand them. The sound is so grating and doesn't match up with what's being said.
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I've been doing Science for 20 years.
It's hard. It's fucking hard.
It's often deeply depressing in the midst of the struggle.
Why do I bother? What does it matter? Who really gives a shit?
This is why. It's beautiful. It's a knowledge somewhere within that when touched can make us tear up. It's insight of connections, wanting to share insight with the purposefully blind.
Thanks be to the science communicators!
For the recurring insight:
Oh yeah, THAT'S why I do this...
It's hard. It's fucking hard.
It's often deeply depressing in the midst of the struggle.
Why do I bother? What does it matter? Who really gives a shit?
This is why. It's beautiful. It's a knowledge somewhere within that when touched can make us tear up. It's insight of connections, wanting to share insight with the purposefully blind.
Thanks be to the science communicators!
For the recurring insight:
Oh yeah, THAT'S why I do this...
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These should't work. The music is a bit cheesy, and many of us are growing weary of the proliferation of auto-tune.
But, they do work. They just do.
This is what Sagan et. al were on to…making science beautiful, mysterious, awe-inspiring.
What religion does and science has yet to do well is to integrate art. We are moved by art, and if we can find a way to marry art and science in the way that religion marries art to itself, we can make real progress.
This is a step in the right direction.
But, they do work. They just do.
This is what Sagan et. al were on to…making science beautiful, mysterious, awe-inspiring.
What religion does and science has yet to do well is to integrate art. We are moved by art, and if we can find a way to marry art and science in the way that religion marries art to itself, we can make real progress.
This is a step in the right direction.
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When you try to explain to someone that there are atoms in your body that used to be in stars, they think you're speaking metaphysically. The tough part is convincing them that you mean it literally!
Joni meant it when she said, "We are stardust, we are golden"
Joni meant it when she said, "We are stardust, we are golden"
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The message is great but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! someone STOP with the auto-tune already!!!! This makes science NOT cool and really cheesy.
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