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Science TV Series Cosmos to Reboot

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I'll be skipping it, but it seems like a good idea (Score: 3, Insightful)

by danieldvorkin@pipedot.org on 2014-03-08 18:01 (#B5)

The cult of personality around Tyson irritates the hell out of me, just as the cult of personality are Sagan did then. Both of them deserve a lot of credit both for their science and their popularization of science; I just wish it were possible for people to do this without developing the kind of aura that causes people to treat everything they say, no matter how banal, as oracular wisdom. But this is a personal objection, and for those who don't share it, I hope the show is informative and entertaining.

Re: I'll be skipping it, but it seems like a good idea (Score: 2, Funny)

by hex@pipedot.org on 2014-03-10 21:52 (#DV)

Nothing wrong with personality if it keeps people's interest. Over in the UK we have Prof. Brian Cox, one of the few people to hold a full professorship in physics at a world top 50 university and also had a number 1 pop chart hit. He gets some criticism for his presentation style, but it popularizes a subject usually unpopular with the masses, so it's hard to complain. Plus he looks cute :)

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