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Carl Sagan Sings
gijoel writes "Someone with too much time on their hands and access to Auto-Tune has taken clips from Carl Sagan's Cosmos series to make this fantastic song. Watch for the Stephen Hawking cameo."
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Should this not be posted under idle?
It was worth watching.
Don't thank God, thank a doctor!
It is perhaps unquestionably true that there is nothing more pathetic than the inheritors of the estate of great personages who choose to enrich their own endowments than carry on the work from which it came.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Yeah, but Carl Sagan is dead, so there aren't many other ways to make it seem like he's singing. If anything, this is the most appropriate use of autotune technology I've seen to date: Making the dead come back to life in a new way.
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I'm sure Carl would approve
Authority questions you. Return the favor.
That you've noticed. If your pitch correction is noticeable, you're doing it wrong. Unless you think the effect is cool - in which case you're a retard.
Buckle your ROFL belt, we're in for some LOLs.
I could listen to those two all day. That song just overflows with profoundness.
perhaps unquestionably?
It's nice, but the music track is too loud compared to the voice.
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I'm certainly one of them (thanked him for Cosmos in my PhD thesis specifically).
And I agree with you about Demon-Haunted World. I think that should be required reading for all high school students.
He inspired a generation to be interested in science. How many actual scientists today can trace their choice of career back to Cosmos?
Oh, and read Demon-Haunted World.
Read all his stuff. Pale Blue Dot is great for instance. His short essays were brilliant. Pity he was an arrogant man and so harsh on Sci-Fi though (especially Startrek) but that too is a lesson - don't idolize people.
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Why do these guys think that the "colonists" won't end up just like us in due time? Because they'll all be peaceful, collective "space hippies"?
That's like saying that because everyone is going to die, the human race no longer exists. The colonies might evolve into worlds and countries with their own conflicts, and may destroy themselves. But the point is that it probably won't happen to all colonies all at once. Raze a planet, but the human species still lives on. The current problem is that all of our eggs are in the same basket, and that's bad. No need to get nihilistic about it.
Unless you think the effect is cool - in which case you're a retard.
This is where art and profession differentiate. And why they need each other.
Opinion != fact
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Those guys are smart. Those guys never said the universe needs or wants us to survive. That's the ramblings of some moron posting things on the internet, rather than a top physicist.
Why do *we* want to survive? Probably because most of us (other then the aforementioned moron) still have the desire to survive, procreate, and pass on our genes to a future generation. That's been hard-wired in most life on the planet for quite some time now.
Lot's of negative comments here. I can only assume that they're posted by the younger generation.
To me though, that had the privilege to watch the original "Cosmos" series in my early teens, this video brings back found memories of a man that inspired me and planted the seed of curiosity in me.
I like this video. Not for the music or technical achievement, but for it's spirit.
Opinion != fact
Sadly, a vast majority of people, when faced with this argument, will reply (as Sheldon Cooper's mother did when discussing creationism) "..and that is your opinion!". Sad state of affairs indeed!
That you've noticed. If your pitch correction is noticeable, you're doing it wrong. Unless you think the effect is cool - in which case you're a retard.
I could say the same about synthesizers: "If your synthesizer is noticeably different from a real instrument, you're doing it wrong. Unless you think synthesizer effects are cool - in which case you're a retard." Artists have always looked for new ways to create sounds. The repurposing of autotune is no different from the creation of synthesizers, or any other new instrument. Why is someone "retarded" for thinking that the use of autotune as a new musical tool is cool?
I mean, it annoys me too, but your point of view is really condescending. Let musicians play. Autotune is just a set of algorithms; there's no reason why it can't be used in a way that the original programmers didn't anticipate. And anyway, Stevie Wonder and Peter Frampton both used vocoders for a similar effect. Are they "retarded"?
Ah, the classic "I'll change what I said; maybe people won't notice that I said something different TWO POSTS ABOVE" technique. No, you didn't say that the (non)musicians were retarded. You said that anyone who thinks the effect is cool is retarded. This covers ANYONE who likes the effect, not just stupid RIAA brands. I am a musician. I am just as offended by modern pop music, if not more, than you are. But don't be silly and make blanket statements about ANYONE who likes the effect. I'll ask again: Do you think Stevie Wonder and Peter Frampton are retards? Or musicians?