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Related: About this forumBest Explanation Ever! To A Fascinatingly Disturbing Thought! Dr.Neil DeGrasse Tyson
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...to a question nobody in their right mind, would ask.
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Duppers
(28,117 posts)much more intelligent than us?
That's the question "nobody in their right mind would ask"?
Is that what you're saying?
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)brush
(53,764 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)tclambert
(11,085 posts)I'm sure we would still insist on our superiority, our human "exceptionalism," and try to eat them. Of course, they would gently stop us and put us in a carefully limited habitat . . . which, now that I think about it, might look a lot like the universe we see around us, because they wouldn't want to distress us by allowing us to perceive that we are in a zoo.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)central scrutinizer
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(50,983 posts)I appreciate Dr. Neil's explanation that we are comprised of the elements formed when ancient stars exploded. And that the ratio of these elements in our bodies match the ratio of the elements found in the universe.
That is indeed spiritual. Spiritual in a different sense than understood by those that pour over physical scripture. But more beautiful than any scripture composed by the hand of man.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)so I can find later when I have time to watch.
erronis
(15,229 posts)If I were serving on the supposed panel that he is part of, I would be very annoyed at not having a chance to have a word or a counter thought.
Perhaps if the background for his speech given here would be useful.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)I'm not asking the OP to type one up, but if the original source included one, I'd generally rather read a transcript than watch a video. (Faster.)
skamaria
(329 posts)Great sermon can we get an amen!
heaven05
(18,124 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 1, 2015, 04:09 PM - Edit history (1)
about our origin and physical makeup is preachy? Maybe you know more than he. I'd be interested in listening to your "words" or "counter thought" about what he speaks of on this video. But I bet in the end he'll be much more convincing and interesting..
erronis
(15,229 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)The man is brilliant both as a scientist and as a communicator.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I love Neil DeGrasse Tyson for his passion of explanation.
Surely, it will speed up our evolution!
IHateTheGOP
(1,059 posts)tclambert
(11,085 posts)loudsue
(14,087 posts)I'm feeling the love of my universe!
diverdownjt
(702 posts)To study it is too find ourselves. To call me an Atheist is to completely underestimate
the depth of my disbelief in any deity. Religion is a scam set up by man to control other
men. The truth is out there....we must continue to seek it.
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)Anno domini Bippity-boppity-BOO!
IHateTheGOP
(1,059 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)or burn witches among other travesties.
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)I'm SO stealing that!
3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)We are golden.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)...that plays in my head.
thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)But since JM wrote it, I figured give her her due on the words quoted...
3catwoman3
(23,971 posts)I will look for it on YouTube.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)And what's the difference (to us) between anything that ignores us, and nothing at all?
--imm