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.
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.
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' ?
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.
unwatchable.....my first hint should have been zer0 opening for Tyson....
here is a post I posted elsewhere on the topic. What I learned from watching Cosmos
I learned that Seth MacFarlane produced a lemon
I learned that starting the show with the POSOTUS made me want to turn it off immediately.
I learned that 400 years is not enough time to forgive the now scientifically up to date Catholic Church...but lets bash the Church anyway....
and I learned that Neil Degrasse Tyson who I usually like to listen to on other TV science programs was told by the producers (I assume the aforementioned Seth MacFarlane ) to get emotional and hammy and ruin the show for everyone. (critics wont criticize, because Tyson is a gentleman of color and like the POSOTUS he is above criticism)
BTW, the photography and space shots were pretty and I may give it one more chance....
[1. Venus Was Not Caused By Global Warming
Tyson assures us right away that we are to “question everything” so we have to ask why he thinks Venus is the way it is due to the greenhouse effect — which is another way of saying global warming. Venus is almost 900 degrees Fahrenheit and the clouds are sulfuric acid. Even the most aggressive climate change models and their 20-foot ocean rises don’t predict that for Earth, no matter how many Chevy Volts we don’t buy. ]
Venus is hot because it lack plate techtonics so it resurfaces itself every 100 million years or so as there is no outlet for the core heat in the planet until it all belches forth. Also this action causes a LOT of outgassing which is WHY it has such a dense atmosphere over 100X as much pressure as earth.
Also the Sulfur Dioxide clouds in the upper atmosphere actually Reflect somewhere upwards of 90% of the light and heat FROM the sun...
If Venus had an atmosphere that was our pressure and still had the same percentage of CO2 in it’s atmosphere and had a dead core... IT would most certainly be FROZEN!!!!
3. There Is No Sound In Space
There can be as space is not actually “empty” there are atoms here and there... sound propagation is very slow and drops off very sharply though....
Nice pictures and mostly speculation and theory, not enought facts for me to watch.
#6 We have NINE planets and not 8 and then some!
Mickey
FOX is just as far left as the rest of them