Cosmos with Neil De Grasse Tyson Premieres Tonight

[Clueless Morgan]

The poster who claimed the show was about making people excited by science is wrong because it is obvious there is a second motive.

As the originator of the post that got Heywood into a tizzy, I suggest he read it again. I've provided it below so he has no excuse for not rereading it with the relevant sentence bolded:

For contextual reference beyond this post, it's post #104 on page 11 of this thread.

The entire point of Cosmos is not to educate people that are already geeks of science. Just like the original series its intent is to introduce people into how exciting and wonderful science is.

It's going for converts. It's not an advanced class for the already converted.

I agree. I think the show is more about getting people excited about science and interested in learning more rather than educating people who already know quite a bit about science.

I think it'll be more of an overview show, touching on some areas more in depth (like the evolution of the eye) as examples of the broader topic under discussion. I also get the feeling their trying to cover a lot of ground - talking about not only how the sciences affect us here on Earth, but also tying it to the exploration of the universe and what possibilities that field holds for research of other stellar and planetary objects.

Heywood's post replying to me is as follows:
Post #111 on page 12.

The show has obvious anti-religion undertones so there is more on the agenda then trying to get people excited by science.

Now let's revisit Heywood's post claiming that I was wrong, wrong, WRONG!! when I said what I said:

The poster who claimed the show was about making people excited by science is wrong because it is obvious there is a second motive.

NEVER in my original post did I imply that what I said was the only purpose for the show. Scroll up in this post and reread it, Heywood. Then go back and read the handful of posts before mine to get an idea about what we were talking about.

The conversation taking place in thread at the time I made that post was about the content of the show being very introductory and rather simplistic and how some posters seemed disappointed that there was "not really any advanced science going on" (See Napoléon's post, #100 on page 10, he goes on to concede that the show seems aimed at families and children).

What I said was that I thought that the point of the show was more about getting people excited about science than teaching already scientifically literate people about science.

So, Heywood, when exactly did I say that my post represented the only purpose of the show as you claim I do?


And theists accuse atheists of reading shit out of context... Fuckin'-A