Well, to expand on my thoughts last night

I found it far too artsy. A travelogue rather than a deep and rigorous scientific exploration.

The episode was suppose to tell us how "BRILLIANT!" it is that man went from ape to spaceman. So he spoke briefly about the evolution which led to descendants who were able to make weapons through to descendants who learned how to write. But, frankly, without delving at all deeply in the neurological development that led to these astonishing advances

Then he would talk about how brilliant astronauts are and went to see some cosmonauts arriving back on earth. Which of course was BRILLIANT!

What did I actually learn? That the tilt of the earth and particular angles of orbit directly correlate with major leaps in human development. Why? I don't really know.

That was it.

It looked nice.

Posted By: norway on October 8th 2014 at 13:38:46

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Well?? (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 13:29:17
- A bit scientifically shallow, but then I guess it's not pitched at a hard science audien (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 8, 13:53:53
  - At least it sorted out next summer (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 8, 14:03:23
    - Petra is awesome. Some decent hotels there too. (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Oct 8, 14:07:15
      - looks well shabby to me (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 14:09:58
- Very creepy perma-grin, and a bit of a perma-sneer too (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 8, 13:47:40
- No. Leave the floppy-haired boffin well alone. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Oct 8, 13:41:50
- Well, to expand on my thoughts last night (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 13:38:46
  - Milankovitch cycles (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 8, 14:26:56
    - Bless you (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 8, 14:30:33
    - Oi Tombs - you can go here apparently. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:30:18
  - Yeah, I was hoping for some better head-bendy-up-ness (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Oct 8, 14:19:31
  - Agreed - I wanted him to expand on that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 8, 13:59:12
    - I liked that (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:01:27
  - ^^ this with added bile and grumpiness about modern dumbed down television ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 8, 13:51:43
    - did have some nice footage of camels though (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 14:02:26
      - The best bit was the grinning cosmonauts (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:04:59
        
        camels though eh? (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 8, 14:07:57
        
        I can take them or leave them. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Oct 8, 14:12:29
    - If you want the same thing with a bit more scientific rigour, try Neil Degrasse Tyson's (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 8, 13:56:28
- here (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 13:34:17

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