Posted on 03/14/2014 10:51:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Would anyone have ever had any reason to think up the multiverse nonsense in the first place but for to get around the fact that the anthropic principle points unmistakably to a transcendent, intelligent, Creator. The universe was specifically and meticulously designed for life, there's no way around it.
to sagan - intelligence and wisdom are different things.
I started watching this, even when Omama introduced it and at first the effects and animation were worth watching. From there is was downhill and seemed to be aniti-church, politically correct with lame cartoons and stopped watching half way through.
It's funny..I've heard that Sagan was found of sitting in bars with an audience of young acolytes he could pontificate to for hours on end.
Yeah, I watched it as well. I thought it was ok, but some of it seemed trippy. It was hard to tell where the science began and the conjecture/theories/magic ends.
I was also put off by the Bruno segment because they did it as a cartoon. Seriously? In a science show? Must be that MacFarlane touch.
Whether he was or not is immaterial to Tyson. It was merely a way to bash the Catholic church as being the monolithic, hateful, close-minded brutes the Left believes them to be.
put it this way: man’s intelligence gives us zero tolerance, global warming, gay marriage, women in combat, and the belief we’re safer if only cops and criminals have guns.
wisdom shows us that none of the above are good, true, or work.
and you can quote me but credit me. :-)
bingo
“Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”
I did watch the program and enjoyed it. I also think some of the “points” Campbell makes are strained. My guess is that most people know there is no sound in space, but adding sound to add interest to the animation doesn’t bother me. I also know that most of the pictures I’m looking at during show are not real, but should I call the producers to task because they are not “real” pictures? I also don’t mind speculation, as long as it is stated as such and, contrary to the writer’s statement, the discussion of the Multiverse was stated as speculation. At some point in the past someone “speculated” that the earth was round, not flat, and that the earth was not at the center of the universe. Speculation can cause us to think and, unlike Campbell, I don’t find that a bad thing. He should try it.
Could this be leftist code for 'people aren't buying our global warming crap any more' ?
I’ve always thought Tyson was way over hyped.
I remember hearing a German scientist state the obvious; “if there is no Multiverse, there is a God’.
Watched a little bit of the show. Missed Obozo at the beginning, but that would have made me turn it off sooner. After 5 minutes, I was convinced the show wouldn’t last. Boring!!!!
#5 is a ridiculous criticism, and really takes away from the first 4, even if they are valid. The one year scale is simply used to help our brains deal with the vastness of “billions of years”, and put it into a perspective that we can comprehend.
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