I think it’s fair to say that guy has brought a little ray of sunshine into the lives of most people that have watched that, which since it was on the BBC and now the internet means several millions of people worldwide.

@19 Scott W.

The Beeb puts that Dark Knight music on absolutely everything these days, so they are getting their monies worth out of it.

This past year I recently achieved a personal life goal; I published a book. Though I have no delusions that it will make the NY Times Best Sellers list, I still achieved something that will bring happiness and joy to my family, friends, and myself. What kind of happiness does what this person did bring to other people?

Srsly, I’ve seen this footage before, but it never ceases to amaze me. I mean damn – sure, lava on a gently sloping surface may move slowly, but what about a lake of the stuff behind a natural dam that suddenly breaks?

We are all going to die. What is the most noteworthy goal of our time here? To live to be 100? To achieve amazing results? We all make our choices. There’s nothing “ridiculous” about that scientist’s choice, in my view.

Some may praise this action as reaching for your dreams. So this guy can now claim to be the first, and for time being, only person to stand at the top of the lake’s edge and look at the lava. Does this really impress you? It impresses me in a different way. I am amazed that people with Phd’s are still capable of ridiculous choices.