Originally Posted By: TheFallibleFiend

We can see the entire Cosmos series at Hulu for free (at least for now): http://www.hulu.com/search?query=cosmos&st=1



I get a popup saying that it will only stream to IP addresses in the USA. cry

Originally Posted By: TheFallibleFiend


"... science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness."



That's the most profound thing I've read in some time. He was definitely onto something. Anyone here follow the new "hot word" forums at Dictionary.com? They are a complete mess of the ignorant, the demented, and the religiously brainwashed. Every single topic gets hijacked into an "Only Jesus can save you! (unless you're gay)" sort of thing. I think we are already far advanced in "sliding...back into superstition and darkness".