“Come Monday…” is a
weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites,
movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may
tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured
that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy
Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is
subject to change, however. In fact, I
would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a
while. For rants promote change, and
change can be good—right? Therefore,
since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the
parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
At
8:00 PM (Central) you can embark upon a journey full of incredible wonders
right from your own living room (or wherever you may have a television or an
internet-connected devise). For that is
when a new episode of [Cosmos] is broadcast on FOX.
Be
assured that it truly is a feast for the eye.
For it displays CGI technology at its very best—even when viewed on a
smart phone small screen. In fact,
viewing the series at an IMAX theater might require a warning about the
possibility of sensory overload.
I
say all of this is in spite of the dialog from [Neil deGrasse Tyson], which I
find rather tedious (at best). For he
often delights in chunking stones at creationists for their blind faith in
primitive beliefs while speaking in terms of absolute truth about what
scientific studies have not proven to be absolutely true…yet(?).
No,
I am not here to chunk stones right back at the devout atheists in the
scientific community. For some of the
things they make claims about may very well prove to be true before it is all
over with, but those days appear to still be a long way off.
Alas,
it is actually quite sad that Tyson’s chutzpah is so celebrated by so many in
and out of the scientific community. For
he reminds me of [Jerry Farwell] and [Pat Robertson] when he does not hold back
on the deadly radiation and killer meteorites in his sermons on the absolute
truth to evolution.
Yes,
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a televangelist of the worst sort. For he claims that the [theory of evolution] is now a proven fact when no scientist has ever observed a fish evolving
into a bird—let alone an amoeba swimming in a pool of primeval ooze eventually
evolving into a human being.
Reverend
Tyson is also full of balderdash when it comes to the universe in general. For he never gives any indication of the
absolute truth of the matter truly being that the distances given between celestial bodies (among a great number of other things) are mere speculation.
Granted,
what he speaks of with such great confidence may be based upon some pretty good
educated guesses, but they are still just guesses. For the calculations are based upon
assumptions, with thousands upon thousands of variables notwithstanding.
Hey,
all I am looking for is for Reverend Tyson to be as ethical in his
presentations as the author(s) of the Wikipedia article on the [Andromeda Galaxy]. For in the very first line, it
is stated that the Andromeda Galaxy is APPROXIMATELY 2.5 million light-years
away. Whereas, I cannot recall Reverend
Tyson making even the slightest bit of a hedge about anything he wants to
believe is absolutely true.
What
I consider to be a good example of the good reverend’s balderdash can be heard in
the opening lines to the second Cosmos episode.
Now, he may have not written it, but he certainly delivers the
declaration without any hesitation in his voice.
“We were born into a
mystery. One that has haunted us for at
least as long as we have been human. We
awakened on this tiny world beneath a blanket of stars, like an abandoned baby left on a doorstep
without a note to explain where we came from, who we are, how our universe came
to be, and with no idea how to end our cosmic isolation. We’ve had to figure it all out for ourselves.”
Of
course, it can be argued that I am guilty of doing the same thing much of the
time—perhaps even more outrageously. For
I have not been shy about claiming to receive my information from none other
than the Lord God Almighty Himself, but I also frequently admit that I may very
well be certifiably insane.
In
any event, I highly recommend giving Cosmos your rapt attention. You can watch earlier episodes on its [site],
and if you fail to let out an audible ooh and awe within the first minute or
so, seek medical attention immediately.
For there just might be something seriously wrong with you.
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