by Jesse Galef
As you have probably realized by now, I have a deep appreciation for the majesty of the universe and great admiration for those who can express and communicate it well. I grew up watching Bill Nye instead of Carl Sagan, but they can both make me smile and inspire a sense of wonder. Plus, it’s a great crime-fighting technique (XKCD):
“They laugh now, but within 10 years the city’s entire criminal class will have quit to work on space research.”
Last month Daniel posted the wonderful video of Carl Sagan clips autotuned to make the song “A Glorious Dawn”. I wanted to share a similar video also made by John Boswell, this time including Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bill Nye:
Is there any better way to start a week?
Matt: I find it very interesting that there are so many people out there with such sad lives as to sit... 
Tyrrlin: Wow… I’d like to buy apostrophes for most of those commenters. Apparently belief in a... 
Mathurine: I’m not so sure that they wouldn’t have. The father in the case is... 
JonJon: I agree. 
Siberia: That’s a question I always ask myself, though in other contexts, would I still be me if I’d... 
Mark Mukasa: I love the Paine pun. xD Awesome article. 
mikespeir: Amen, and amen. 
nomad: “Which is really unexpected and fascinating, when you think about it.” And don’t forget... 
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Normally I am ambivalent towards the whole autotune thing, but this made me smile! Thanks for a good start to the week.
It’s not the start of my “week”, because I’m not a “Monday-Friday”er, but thanks for the Monday morning treat. ;)
I think this one has also been posted here previously, but it’s always worth another airing :-)
Proud to say that I posted this on the forums.
Glad to see it get some “front page” air time, though.
Bill Nye was my friend’s uncle. We were all jealous in 4th grade.
I like this kind of use of autotune, I just don’t like it when it’s being used to make a song in place of singing and talent.
We need more of these, a wonderfull way to promote science.
hooray!