Originally Posted By TomSawyer The new COSMOS starts on Sunday. There's a great article in the NY Times about it. I hope lots of people watch it and begin to understand scientific method. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/science/space/a-successor-to-sagan-reboots-cosmos.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=SC_AST_20140304&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1388552400000&bicmet=1420088400000&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03...000&_r=0</a>
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Why post this here? Global climate change. Vaccinations. Evolution. Genetically modified foods. Understanding how scientists reach their conclusions and how scientific theories become the dominant models to explain natural phenomena is essential to dealing with the problems that we as a species are facing. Understanding that science is a tool rather than a philosophy, may alleviate some of the irrational fear that it is some monolithic enterprise ever in opposition to religion. Scientists don't look to evolution to prove that God doesn't exist, but to understand the natural processes that affect life. If you haven't been following science and you watch the show, you're going to have your mind blown by how much we know.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I'm certainly interested I say this as someone who believes faith and science can co-exist
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Of course they can co-exist. God created science in the first place.
Originally Posted By utahjosh The ads certainly look interesting, but it's hard to tell what topics it will be exploring
Originally Posted By Tikiduck "The ads certainly look interesting, but it's hard to tell what topics it will be exploring." Deep stuff.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Science and humanity. The latest research, where we are, and how we got here.
Originally Posted By ecdc Just showed my kids one of the trailers to get them on board. It worked. This'll be required family viewing the next three months.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Anyone watch last night? I thought it was really well done. And as a person of faith I thought it actually supplemented and enhanced my faith.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Though I did read the story of Giordano Bruno wasn't completely accurate. He wasn't executed because of his beliefs about the universe, but more because he didn't believe about the Father,Son and Holy Spirit.
Originally Posted By ecdc Oh that's interesting. If you have a link, I'd like to read it. I did think that section was the weakest part of the episode. Didn't quite capture me the way the rest of it did.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-big-problem-with-the-cosmos-premiere-2014-3">http://www.businessinsider.com...e-2014-3</a>
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf I watched it with my science teacher wife and 13 year-old son (who reads Stephen Hawking for fun). He took issue with a couple of statements regarding the big bang - apparently they weren't entirely accurate. But overall we thought the show was good and look forward to the rest of the season.
