Cosmos 1x13 Who Speaks for Earth?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_of_Alexandria

She’s hot.

Oh snap! I thot Caesar had a harsh death. Hypatia trumped that.

I’ll tell you exactly what he’d think:

“Same Shit, Different Decade” :frowning:

Considering all the looting of the museums in Baghdad in the early days of the Iraq War, I’m sure he’d see parallels with the loss of the Library at Alexandria.

Admittedly, even a full nuclear exchange wouldn’t utterly destroy the earth. This planet could still evolve another advanced species or two before the sun ate it.

My GOD! Self-inflicted radical brain surgery is right!

phew Another perspective. I was getting depressed.

Aw craaap. Not another back in the good ol’ days story.

At least this one has some hope in it!

It just seems like, humanity sux but the universe will go on. Yay!

“Star stuff had emerged into consciousness.”

Interesting. Thinking of Asimov’s Gaia.

Yeah, but despite everything we’ve done, humanity is still going. There’s hope in that. All this has happened before, but it doesn’t HAVE to happen again…

Sure, they could see, but they were stuck with those gelatinous orbs!

There is no god but Science and Sagan is its prophet.

They keep showing all those places of astronomical study in the Middle East, and I can’t help but think of all the other cultures where we see similar developments…

“We have walked far…”

I’m feeling a little better. Just a little.

Which is why the church had him eliminated. :eek:

“Our obligation to survive and flourish…”

That was great.

Wouldn’t nuclear winter and global warming just cancel each other out? :rolleyes:

I’m surprised no one’s made a movie on that premise yet. :smiley:

Expect it on SyFy (ugh) in about a month. :slight_smile:

I think tomorrow will be spent catching up on the rest of these.

Amazing.

Here’s the plot.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1993/environ/ENV033.HTM