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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I feel like telling somebody you are going to do something and then doing something else maybe invalidates the contract.

    Like, good faith and what not.

    Maybe I'm wrong.

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    People read contracts?

  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    well, even if it is illegal, actually enforcing that is a whole 'nother piece.

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I can believe that people might rather hope an after-school special just doesn't get much play rather than take the people to court for breach of contract.

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    neill degrasse tyson to appear in hollow-earth documentary!

  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    I feel like telling somebody you are going to do something and then doing something else maybe invalidates the contract.

    Like, good faith and what not.

    Maybe I'm wrong.

    You can write it into a contract that you reserve the right to knowingly misrepresent them and their statements, and if they sign it, they would have an extremely hard (or at least extremely expensive) time winning a legal battle.

    I don't know why anyone would sign a contract like that, but if you do, it's pretty much your ass.

    sarukunturtleant
  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Bill Nye, Mechanical Engineer and popularizer of science is hear to tell us all about the crystal skulls and how they couldn't possibly be made with human tools.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    a5ehren wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Didn't we settle this geocentrism bullshit like..400 years ago?

    Did I fall through a portal into some bizarro earth? Did I die and go to hell?

    There's a study out there that claims 25% of Americans still believe in geocentrism.

    No idea how valid it is, though.
    25% of people surveyed which is still depressingly high but not an indicator of the country as a whole.


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  • KingofMadCowsKingofMadCows Registered User regular
    Europe isn't doing that much better

    http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdf

    scroll down to page 41.

  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    a5ehren wrote: »
    Buttcleft wrote: »
    Didn't we settle this geocentrism bullshit like..400 years ago?

    Did I fall through a portal into some bizarro earth? Did I die and go to hell?

    There's a study out there that claims 25% of Americans still believe in geocentrism.

    No idea how valid it is, though.
    25% of people surveyed which is still depressingly high but not an indicator of the country as a whole.


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    What a scoop!

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  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    Europe isn't doing that much better

    http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdf

    scroll down to page 41.

    I don't even want to think about how bad the results would be if that survey was done in America.

  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151985862292466&id=7122967465

    So that's a bit better.

    Like I said: this bullshit is Expelled all over again.

    JayKaos
  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    I just noticed there's a Neil Degrasse show I hadn't heard of on Netflix, The Inexplicable Universe with Neil.

    Only 6 episodes, but fun so far

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  • a5ehrena5ehren AtlantaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2014
    edit: slow

    a5ehren on
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    Europe isn't doing that much better

    http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdf

    scroll down to page 41.

    Holy shit, #9.

    #pipe
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited April 2014
    sarukun wrote: »
    Europe isn't doing that much better

    http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_224_report_en.pdf

    scroll down to page 41.

    Holy shit, #9.

    Its why we have so many drug resistant strains today.

    Cause in the mid/late 90s there was a mad rush to go to the doctor for antibiotics every time you got a virus like the flu.

    And the doctors, not wanting to deal with you and your stupidity, just blindly wrote billions of prescriptions because what harm could it do.

    Well, it did a lot of harm and we're having to deal with it today.

    Buttcleft on
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I don't even remember when I learned that antibiotics don't work on viruses.

    I've known it for so long, I have no memory of learning it.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Oh jeez oh man I still haven't watched the latest episode
    My science shame knows no bounds

  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Why don't they just make the whole plane out of tardigrades?

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  • KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    edited April 2014
    Motherfuck forgot this was on tonight. Dammit.

    Krieghund on
  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    Goldballs's stomach?

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Krieghund wrote: »
    Motherfuck forgot this was on tonight. Dammit.

    With the power of the internet it's always on
    Whenever you want to watch it

  • KrieghundKrieghund Registered User regular
    Oh, I know. I just like watching it in 60 inches of HD splendor.

    SorceEvilCake
  • SirToastySirToasty Registered User regular
    Crap I have to wait until tomorrow to watch this episode. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    ghost scientist was hella checking Neil out

    FortyTwoEvilCake
  • halkunhalkun Registered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    ghost scientist was hella checking Neil out

    I know, right? The way Niel was looking back I cold just feel the tension in the room.

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    edited April 2014
    Man, great episode tonight.

    Tyson has such a way of speaking, whether written for him or just off the cuff, and he's very good at explaining things.

    One of my favorite talks is with him and Stephen Colbert (out of character) at the Kimberly Academy. It's so awesome because not only do they cover a wide range of awesome topics, but also because of Tysons poetic quotes all through the talks. This is one of my favorite things to watch and I can watch it over and over and over again.

    (Skip the first 6 minutes of introduction if you want to get right to the talk)
    http://youtu.be/YXh9RQCvxmg

    HallowedFaith on
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    Shadowen
  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Aquaman get out of cosmos.


    The idea of John Dimaggio using that voice to talk about Atoms is fantastic.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    TWIN ENGINES of SCIENCE and IMAGINATION

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Aquaman get out of cosmos.


    The idea of John Dimaggio using that voice to talk about Atoms is fantastic.

    I think you mean it's OUTRAGEOUS

    Joolander
  • N1tSt4lkerN1tSt4lker Registered User regular
    Man, great episode tonight.

    Tyson has such a way of speaking, whether written for him or just off the cuff, and he's very good at explaining things.

    One of my favorite talks is with him and Stephen Colbert (out of character) at the Kimberly Academy. It's so awesome because not only do they cover a wide range of awesome topics, but also because of Tysons poetic quotes all through the talks. This is one of my favorite things to watch and I can watch it over and over and over again.

    (Skip the first 6 minutes of introduction if you want to get right to the talk)
    http://youtu.be/YXh9RQCvxmg

    So very true. Also, he's one of a very few people (another being Fred Rogers) who could actually get me, without a second thought, to breathe in with him when he said, "Let's all take a breath." It's just so obvious that he really enjoys talking to, engaging, and interacting with his audience.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Aquaman get out of cosmos.


    The idea of John Dimaggio using that voice to talk about Atoms is fantastic.

    I think you mean it's OUTRAGEOUS
    Ill reserve that for a youtube edit that uses BatB footage

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  • LadaiLadai Registered User regular
    When the new series started I was kinda down on the opening theme, mostly because I was comparing it to the original. But now, six episodes in, I have to say it's really grown on me.

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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries is available on Netflix, and I am watching it now. It's also great, and I highly suggest it if you like Cosmos. It's less flashy but... it's Tyson talking about the Universe for a few hours so... ya know, awesome. ;)

    I'm making video games. DesignBy.Cloud
    EvilCakeDoobh
  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    Finally watched last week's episode. Those shots of Tyson in the Tamioka facility are absolutely stunning

  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    Man, tonight's episode was a double whammy. While introducing basic scientific concepts, it was definitely focused on sending a different message, and they do it in a way that is easy to grasp and reasonable to a general audience.

    I see what they are doing with this show, and I like it.

    I'm making video games. DesignBy.Cloud
    Mild ConfusionEvilCakeSirToasty
  • N1tSt4lkerN1tSt4lker Registered User regular
    I loved this episode. Definitely the best one so far at achieving multiple teaching goals with one major story of scientific inquiry.

    doomybear
  • doomybeardoomybear Hi People Registered User regular
    It's nice to see the show discuss a much more recent scientific figure, too.

    what a happy day it is
  • ShadowenShadowen Snores in the morning LoserdomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2014
    I have a really bad feeling the last episode could easily have been about fracking.

    Except with no happy ending.

    Shadowen on
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