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Agree, not all but way too many. Cosmo's is the kind of show that can move that needle. I know it will never change where scientists are as respected or people aspire to as say a wall street banker and his money but we don't need the majority. Just one or two in each classroom to consider science as a worthy career.
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I watched the two first episodes and was sadly disappointed. Dumbed way down. They might make a difference on first graders I suppose but I was guessing they were intended for audiences at a higher level.
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I protest loudly in those situations as well. A good current example is climate change. The government rarely does anything in the interest of science. Only in the profit of science.
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It's an impossible scenario to satisfy the majority. You want to reach a generation of kids and turn them onto science. You need to make it interesting for adults. It is a science show that's attempting to educate non-scientists on science. If you do too much of a deep dive into the scientific weeds, you will lose the non scientists and the kids.
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You thought a show where NDT was floating on a ship of the imagination was intended for a higher level of thinking audience? This show is intended to create an interest in kids. That is how it is going to make a difference.
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I don't think science should be looked at as infallible or constant. Not in the slightest. Science is ever changing. And that's not a bad thing at all as long as it's almost always changing for the better. Improving. Change is fine as long as it's in the proper direction. The laws of nature need continuous challenge and reevaluation.
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Yeah I realize that now but I didn't watch the first Cosmos with Sagan and NOVA with Tyson is done at a higher level which is what I know of him. I'll still watch though.
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If you turn on your popup blocker and don't install anything no matter what the popup windows say, you'll find all the original COSMOS episodes here: http://www.primewire.ag/watch-96001-Cosmos Again, don't install anything.
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They are slowly building up. I think they are directly targeting the demographic that has been fed creationism and religion, and they want to replace it with the ability to understand how to view the universe critically.
I think its a great start, in the way that they can build to a crescendo and then really start laying down the science. Also, who knew Fox would air something like this. Maybe the world does have a sparkle of a chance at not being a total cesspool. |
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