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By: Science as a genuine source of spirituality « Dale Husband's Intellectual Rants

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:54:34 +0000

[...] A quantum Symphony of Science | Bad Astronomy (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...]

By: Thespis

Thespis — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:00:53 +0000

@VinceRN: It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

By: JimB

JimB — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:18:04 +0000

Morgan Freeman also hosts “Through the Wormhole” on Science Channel. And as David mentioned in #10, he has an excellent narration voice.

By: VinceRN

VinceRN — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:48:26 +0000

Rendezvous With Rama is perfect for making into a movie, but of course Hollywood would screw it up, put in a love story and a villain.

Skepticality? You have a deep and abiding love for a web site? Pretty sure that’s not a word. (I hate smileys, but pretend I inserted one here so people know I’m kidding).

By: noen

noen — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:35:58 +0000

Shorter JustMike –> Morgan Freeman once played god in a movie – BURN HIM!

By: Thespis

Thespis — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:06:46 +0000

And Mr. Freeman tried for many years to get the movie project of Rendezvous With Rama onto the big screen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama#Film.2C_TV_or_theatrical_adaptations

@Just Mike, as an actor myself, I am worried at your thought that, just because I might play a religious figure or character on the stage, you would assume I hold the same or similar beliefs as the character I might play. I have a deep and abiding love for science and skepticality, as am certain Mr Freeman does, too.

By: MadSciKat =^..^=

MadSciKat =^..^= — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:20:33 +0000

Morgan Freeman is the AWSUMEST God since Alanis Morissette, who in turn is the AWSUMEST God since George Burns. Not counting Ceiling Cat, of course…

On second thought, Morgan Freeman is the AWSUMEST God since Ceiling Cat. Period.

By: Dr.Sid

Dr.Sid — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:03:27 +0000

What’s the problem ? God is traditional fictional character. It shows up in many myths and tales, it’s perfectly all right if actor plays one .. especially if it is a comedy.
That comedy also pretty much went against common dogmas .. I can imagine some Christians could be offended by lone fact that black man plays God.
Last but not least .. Morgan Freeman is a God !

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Roundup of Unusual Size: Suddenly, Chaz Bono. Everywhere. « Dire Critic — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:06:17 +0000

[...] Wasn’t sure whether to put this here or under music. File under both! The newest Symphony of Science mashup has been released. [...]

By: VinceRN

VinceRN — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:53:28 +0000

@ Mike #8 – The use him because he has the best narration voice on the planet. Then, of course, they autotune it so it doesn’t sound right. Also, besides playing God, he was also part of a book on tape kind of thing of the bible and you can find videos of him talking about faith and science.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:57:53 +0000

I think Phil is doing this to get back at all the people who questioned his hypothesis that telescope lasers can damage planes.

As for the video, love the message, can’t stand the way it’s being delivered.

By: David Arellano

David Arellano — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:59:30 +0000

Just Mike, it’s just a narration kind of thing. He’s good at it, so they use him.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:56:44 +0000

As Easy Reader, his love of reading was so immense that it filled him with ecstatic joy to read the ingredients on a can of soup. That such a hunger for knowledge could spill into the world of advanced physics should be no surprise.

By: Just Mike

Just Mike — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:54:11 +0000

I can’t figure how Morgan Freeman fits in with these persons of science. I like him as an actor, but didn’t he play the part of god in a couple of movies? This dichotomy as a religeous as well as a scientific authority makes me think he is just in it for for the money.

By: Utakata

Utakata — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:55:18 +0000

Plays Daft Punk’s One More Time for John Marley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8

By: John Marley

John Marley — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:03:58 +0000

Gah! Autotune! Kill it! Kill it!

By: Buffoon

Buffoon — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:55:58 +0000

I would complain about the autotune in 3..2..1 But it seems to work for these glorious basterds called melody sheep. Actually, I nominate autotune for a Nobel Prize or at least Time “Man of the Year”

By: Waznmentobe

Waznmentobe — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:51:03 +0000

Symphony of Science – the Quantum World! (A Reminder of How Stoopid You Are)…

via Now for something more easily understood by the Wazi readership… Melody Sheep……

By: VinceRN

VinceRN — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:45:51 +0000

Feynman is my favorite scientist, he always seemed to be having fun, wanted us to enjoy it as much as he did. It’s really too bad he didn’t survive into the world of blogging, he would have been the king of science blogging.

Oh, also, autotune sucks. This would have been vastly better as a spoken word piece.

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:19:05 +0000

Cue the complaints about autotune in 5…4…3…2…

By: Orlando

Orlando — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:08:08 +0000

Wonderful! Feynman is so great, but I miss Carl…