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Origins Mini-Series Airs Tonight

Posted by michael on from the hole-in-the-middle-of-it-all dept.

SeaDour writes "The much-anticipated NOVA mini-series Origins begins tonight on PBS (check local listings for time). Hosted by Neil de Grasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, the ambitious show plans to journey all the way to the Big Bang and back again, "blending astrophysics, geology, chemistry, biology and even paleontology to knit together insights about the structure of the universe, the creation of planets and the foundations of life itself." MSNBC has an interesting write-up on the show that's been four years in the making."

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  1. Should be a good night of television by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...structure of the universe, the creation of planets and the foundations of life itself..."

    My ultra religious in-laws visiting me this week are in for a little torture tonight :)

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    1. Re:Should be a good night of television by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny
      Why do you assume that just because someone is religious they do not believe in evolution?

      He probably knows his in-laws better than you do.

    2. Re:Should be a good night of television by FlimFlamboyant · · Score: 2, Funny

      Using a system that is directly analagous to biological evolution, computers are directed to discover solutions to problems. Wanna know the SCARY thing? It works like crazy. Here's a quote:

      Where did the computers come from? Oops. Get back to me when a computer constructs itself from a chunk of silicon.

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    3. Re:Should be a good night of television by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just missed like the first half of the show reading these posts...thanks a lot you bastards :)

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  2. 3...2...1...Aaaand... by spin2cool · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cue rabid fundamentalists... NOW!

    1. Re:3...2...1...Aaaand... by tool462 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The earth IS 6000 years old. It has just been 6000 for a few billion years now. Just like my grandma has been 25 for the past 50 years. ;-)

  3. I hope this is good! by Banner · · Score: 2, Funny

    There hasn't been a good NOVA series on in a while, especially not on Cosmology. I have my hopes up for this one...

  4. That's all very interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...But will they solve the riddle of why two socks go into the dryer and only one comes out?

  5. Re:Cosmos? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny
    sounds like it was lifted straight off of the Cosmos description

    Maybe they will have an introduction by an anamatronic Carl Sagan.
    Don't groan, both meat sack Sagan and robo Sagan are made of 'star stuff'.

  6. Space, the Infinite Universe by Cyno01 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It's a simple question, if the moon were made of ribs ... would ya eat it? ...I know I would."

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    "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  7. Re:another point of view by sonicattack · · Score: 5, Funny

    And, of course, for those who are interested in yet more alternative views, and more "fascinating information", here are some other nice links, as helpful as the above one:

    http://www.flat-earth.org/

    www.timecube.com

  8. I recommend: by eBayDoug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recording this show and watching it during each Presidential debate. You will become an astrophysicisist, and well the new President will be, ahhh....., well....., new.

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  9. Re:Cosmos? by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Ship of the Imagination is now boarding for destination "My chances of ever getting laid"!

  10. Re:Balance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually only a bad thing for humans. The cockroaches will be rejoicing.

  11. spoiler: how the mini-series ends... by donutz · · Score: 5, Funny

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    spoiler warning! do not read below. If you do, you'll be disappointed that you already know how the show will end before you've even seen it. Well now that we're able to get past the lameness filter, here's the answer (scroll down...)
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    Answer: 42

  12. Re:Ha ha ha, you see, because by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Funny
    I'm a catholic, and I have no problem rectifying evolution and the big bang with creationism. Something had to set those events into motion neh?
    So, you mean to say that the Big Bang was god's fart?
  13. Re:"creation of the planets"? by Steven.Brady · · Score: 2, Funny
    Doesn't that imply a Creator?

    Oh, you're talking about the formation of the planets!
    Ahhh... but doesn't that imply a formationator of the planets?

    Oh, you're talking about the congealment of the planets!
  14. Similar PBS Series Rebutted by superyooser · · Score: 2, Funny

    In 2001, PBS/Nova produced a seven-episode series called Evolution. It was thoroughly rebutted, but much of the same kind of atheist propaganda will be disseminated again through this latest re-education campaign of The People's Broadcasting System.

  15. Re:Cosmos? by ArsSineArtificio · · Score: 2, Funny
    Okay, I'll be really easy on this one: Name the son of a U.S. president who became himself president of the USA less than 40 years after his father was kicked-out of the presidency.

    *pushes buzzer* John Quincy Adams!

    Do I win a tin foil hat too?

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