File[A Glorious Dawn.swf] - (5.71 MB)
[_] [?] Carl Sagan feat Stephen Hawking Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)14:35 No.1089590
I almost cried
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)14:40 No.1089593
our image of the universe today is full of strange-sounding ideas...
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)14:42 No.1089594
hmm, shit video quality. look for it on youtube.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)14:44 No.1089595
Lawl! Concept of the number 1
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:20 No.1089608
>>1089595
but really, the level of complexity our randomly-evolved bodies had to reach to conceive of
anything other than basic instinct is pretty stunning... by numbers, the vast majority of living
things on earth don't even have nervous systems.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:23 No.1089611
/r/ better quality
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:24 No.1089612
>>1089611
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:46 No.1089620
I saw this on the Spoony Experiment.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:47 No.1089623
the movie Contact was a horrible disrespect to this great man. I never read the novel - was it
any better?
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:50 No.1089624
>>1089620
ha! that's where OP found it, too. funny story: I was replaying FF4 today and decided to try and
find out what the fuck "YOU SPOONY BARD" actually meant. this orgasm was on the front page of
whatever the fuck the spoony experiment is, and I immediately knew that /f/ had to have it.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)15:52 No.1089627
god I can't wait for the future I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FUTURE HNNNNGGGGG
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)16:09 No.1089641
>>1089608
>our randomly-evolved bodies
Nothing random about natural selection.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)16:16 No.1089647
This man is not just a scientist, he's a POET.
They should have sent him.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)16:37 No.1089665
>>1089641
almost everything is random about natural selection. the conception of the first self-replicating
molecule on earth was likely a random event. the major driving forces of evolution are random DNA
mutations and random recombination events.
it's true that natural selection isn't random, but the forces that drive it are.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)16:58 No.1089675
>>1089665
If evolution is based on something that generates rich resources of randomness and a filter that
systematically eradicates the rubbish and keeps the stuff that works, that means it's an
injustice to insult evolution by calling it random. If there is enough randomness to filter,
elaborate structures arise almost inevitably.
And the randomness may drive evolution, but not natural selection. The dangers inherent in the
world drive natural selection.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)17:04 No.1089679
>>1089675
well, we agree on all the important points. the rest is just semantics, which are boring and
stupid.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)17:52 No.1089704
>>1089675
You're arguing semantics, and you're wrong according to the broadly accepted definition of what
is "random."
Evolution consists of countless iterations of trial and error. As a theory, it requires no
external guiding force to explain it, but it is still a system with clearly defined rules and
thereby not "random."
Random would be parts of animals coalescing out of stellar hydrogen by mere chance. Evolution is
not random.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)18:34 No.1089737
>>1089704
I'm arguing both semantics and substance. Both are important.
Other than that, the point you're making is also mine. Evolution cannot reasonably be accused of
any kind of randomness.
>>1089679
We disagree on one important point. Semantics = serious business.
"The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.
The brain has it's own language for testing the structure and consistency of the world."
If we are to understand anything, semantics is indispensable. Semantics is the only field of
science that helps us understand how the words we use can bias the ways we think.
Sloppy semantics can render whole dissertations worthless.
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)18:39 No.1089739
autotuned carl sagan sounds like kermit the frog
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)20:00 No.1089777
autotune/vocorder can make anything into musical vocals
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)20:19 No.1089791
Better quality, btw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
>> [_] Anonymous 10/10/09(Sat)21:26 No.1089840
>>1089590
i cried
