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!
@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.
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.
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...
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.
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"
http://symphonyofscience.com/downloads.h…
There are five now! A new one was just posted last night!
Go to symphonyofscience.com!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxRTLlCi_…
The end is EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELj…
I like 'em both, but I think I like "Glorious Dawn" better.
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.
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...
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.
Joni meant it when she said, "We are stardust, we are golden"