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callous taoboy

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9. What the hell does this Klinghoffer want? Help me here.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2014, 08:47 AM

May 2014

I watched this episode, brilliant as always, and I thought Tyson did fine by acknowledging Faraday's faith. But what the hell do the hard-core religious folks want? This is a science show, not a biography of scientists' lives. When Faraday began having memory issues, for example, was Tyson expected to go off on some tangent about Faraday asking god to spare him his great mind? Would that have appeased the likes of Klinghoffer? Does Klinghoffer attribute Faraday's discoveries to divine intervention? Seriously, these folks don't get this series just as much as they don't seem to grasp scientific endeavor. I believe this run of Cosmos is one of the best science shows to ever be produced.

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I get a kick out of the fact that they want creationism taught in the schools. JoePhilly May 2014 #2

I couldn't help but wonder if they believed Ilsa May 2014 #15

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I remember reader a short story once about in the future when space travel was possible. hobbit709 May 2014 #4

NDT and Cosmos are great Gothmog May 2014 #5

Klinghoffer lacks the capacity to understand Faraday. Orrex May 2014 #7

understated and well put. nt xchrom May 2014 #8

What the hell does this Klinghoffer want? Help me here. callous taoboy May 2014 #9

Fundies all want total control. Total obedience. FiveGoodMen May 2014 #11

I certainly hope no one tells us that Tyson's being needlessly confrontational... LanternWaste May 2014 #12

The thing is, NDT stopped after saying good things TCJ70 May 2014 #13

mmmmm, what biography of Faraday is this based on? MisterP May 2014 #14

Faraday belonged to a tiny, splinter Protestant sect with very rigid rules ... eppur_se_muova May 2014 #16