The "Cosmos" episode, "When Knowledge Conquered Fear," is basically about two things: comets and 17th-century scientists. Comets are really cool and not at all portents for doom. The scientists were often decidedly less cool, but they did figure out many things pertinent to comets.
Baby stealing and flaming skulls
You might be excused if the beginning of this "Cosmos" episode confused you slightly. It begins with some poor baby left alone in a basket to look at the stars. While the baby is probably going, "Um, dude. Where's my mom? Why don't I get more than this blanket?," Neil deGrasse Tyson waxes poetic about pattern recognition and curiosity.
After stealing the baby (briefly), Tyson points out that people have always liked to make star pictures (aka, constellations) in order to add regularity to their lives. Unfortunately, comets causes problems with this. That's why people were scared of them.
And, considering...
Baby stealing and flaming skulls
You might be excused if the beginning of this "Cosmos" episode confused you slightly. It begins with some poor baby left alone in a basket to look at the stars. While the baby is probably going, "Um, dude. Where's my mom? Why don't I get more than this blanket?," Neil deGrasse Tyson waxes poetic about pattern recognition and curiosity.
After stealing the baby (briefly), Tyson points out that people have always liked to make star pictures (aka, constellations) in order to add regularity to their lives. Unfortunately, comets causes problems with this. That's why people were scared of them.
And, considering...
- 3/24/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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