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[Joel Was Right]

I hope we find intelligent life in our solar system (or beyond) in my lifetime. I could not care about microscopic life.

 

[TheMan]

Kind of odd that he expects a cure for cancer in 5-10 years.

Not happening.

 

[2San]

I highly doubt we'll acquire tech to live forever in our lifetime as well(Unless replicating your brain as AI counts).

I'd rather see Ethics taught is all. 'Recognizing Bullshit' is the kind of stock, hokey answer I'd expect from Michio Kaku. Should have answered 'Critical Thinking'.

Don't most BSc have ethics in their curriculum? Learned a lot from that class. It's sad to see students to wave it off as another "bullshit course."

 

[e_i]

Cool. I've been thinking about the whole photons move in time thing. Nice to have a answer.

 

[KingGondo]

Actually, I think a Logic class is closer to what he's describing.

It's amazing how many people fall for blatant logical fallacies propagated by politicians and other charlatans.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Man. Fuck this.

Since time slows relative to the speed of light, does this mean that photons are essentially not moving through time at all?

yes. Precisely. Which means ----- are you seated?

Photons have no ticking time at all, which means, as far as they are concerned, they are absorbed the instant they are emitted, even if the distance traveled is across the universe itself.

 

[CueTheMusic]

Photons have no ticking time at all, which means, as far as they are concerned, they are absorbed the instant they are emitted, even if the distance traveled is across the universe itself.

My brain understands this, but at the same time explodes....

 

[J Tourettes]

Great thread, interested in the new Cosmos.

 

[Orayn]

My brain understands this, but at the same time explodes....

It starts to click if you look into the math behind it: There's a "gamma factor" tells you how much time dilation an object experiences based on how fast it's moving. At lightspeed, time doesn't pass at all.

 

[Kyaw]

You guys should watch this:

Poetry of Science with Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrass Tyson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RExQFZzHXQ

 

[marrec]

Actually, I think a Logic class is closer to what he's describing.

It's amazing how many people fall for blatant logical fallacies propagated by politicians and other charlatans.

A Critical Thinking class would encompass logic, of course. Most Philosophy 101 courses have a large course of Logic as well.

And ya, I was using 'on the nose' to mean a little forced in it's delivery. Not fake, but not entirely genuine either.

 

[aku:jiki]

This guy is always awesome, but I think he's trying too hard to be funny here. Like why does one guy asking about feasible civilian space travel in our lifetime get a flat no, but the other guy gets a yes with a joke?

 

[PantherLotus]

Awesome read, and for someone who wants to know more about space I present to you his 12 lectures, each about 30 minutes long:

On Being Round

On Being Rarefied

On Being Dense

Death by Black Hole

Ends of the World

Coming Attractions

Onward to the Edge

The Big Bang

Greatest Story Ever Told

Forged in the Stars

Search for Planets

The Search for Life

whythankyou, effing subscribe.d

 

[speedpop]

Kind of odd that he expects a cure for cancer in 5-10 years.

Not happening.

The difference between an astrophysicist and a microbiologist. Though I imagine that he may be right in terms of a cure for cancer since a lot of money has been thrown at it over the past several decades, but who knows when or if that "cure for all cancer" will occur.

 

[The Lamonster]

man. I love this guy

 

[PantherLotus]

I'm a huge fan of NDGT and have to say those videos are INCREDIBLY boring. He's learned a lot between then and now. You can see it when he lets himself get completely goofy in those TED interviews, the panel discussions, and those science channel shows in which he's featured. In these, he's clearly green, palms sweaty, rocking back and forth on his heels, and not quite sure what to do with his cadence.

Great to see that he's grown.

On another note, I think Dr. Brian Cox should have had a shot at Cosmos, even though he's already done more or less the same thing with Wonders...; Tyson should just have his own weekly show where he blows our minds, talks about a topic, then rants about why we're all gonna die and America needs to get its shit together. I would love that. Cox has a little more of that orgasmic euphoria I want out of Cosmos, though.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

It's so odd. I love this guy. He says plenty of things contrary to my opinion on religion and I think "That's his opinion, he's still awesome" but when Richard Dawkins says something I'm like "Proper knob-head championing against religion"

Think I'm going to buy a few books of his. Love to know more about space and his wit always kills me.

(I still bought Greatest Show on Earth)

 

[YYZ]

Awesome read, and for someone who wants to know more about space I present to you his 12 lectures, each about 30 minutes long:

On Being Round

On Being Rarefied

On Being Dense

Death by Black Hole

Ends of the World

Coming Attractions

Onward to the Edge

The Big Bang

Greatest Story Ever Told

Forged in the Stars

Search for Planets

The Search for Life

I'm really glad you posted these. Thank you. I've seen some videos of him, but never heard of these lectures. I just went through the first one and I'm excited to go through the rest and some of that guy's youtube channel as well.

 

[natural_dancer]

This was amazing.

For any of you that really liked this interview, I would highly recommend his podcast "StarTalk Radio". It's not just Neil, he brings on another few scientists/colleagues, and they talk about pop culture from a science standpoint. He makes it totally accessible, even if you don't have a science background. Most of the time they have a celebrity interview as well.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

This was amazing.

For any of you that really liked this interview, I would highly recommend his podcast "StarTalk Radio". It's not just Neil, he brings on another few scientists/colleagues, and they talk about pop culture from a science standpoint. He makes it totally accessible, even if you don't have a science background. Most of the time they have a celebrity interview as well.

Just recently listened to the Morgan Freeman one. Freeman is ... well he's not that bright. But I still enjoyed it nonetheless. NDGT's recent interview on Nerdist podcast was incredible.