Here's NYTimes piece on it:

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Post #387,166 by a6l6e6x 3/3/14 3:47:22 PM Reply	Here's NYTimes piece on it: http://www.nytimes.c...boots-cosmos.html A poignant moment occurs near the end of the first episode of ÂCosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,Â a rollicking 13-part tour of the universe to be broadcast on Fox starting on Sunday. Sitting on a rock by the Pacific, Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the show and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, pulls out an old desk calendar that had belonged to Carl Sagan, the Cornell astronomer and author. On a date in 1975 he finds his own name. The most famous astronomer in the land had invited young Neil, then a high school student in the Bronx with a passion for astronomy, to spend a day in Ithaca. Turns out Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow, is involved. Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #387,167 by dmcarls 3/3/14 4:11:10 PM Reply	Ithaca, indeed! >>> "The most famous astronomer in the land had invited young Neil, then a high school student in the Bronx with a passion for astronomy, to spend a day in Ithaca."" "As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry PoseidonÂdonÂt be afraid of them: youÂll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. [...] http://www.cavafy.co...t.asp?cat=1&id=74
Post #387,169 by a6l6e6x 3/3/14 5:30:32 PM Reply	Now that is an eclectic serendipity! :) Alex ÂThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.Â -- Isaac Asimov
Post #387,170 by Ashton 3/3/14 8:16:18 PM Reply	Thou sayest.. well.

Neil de-G.T. on npr re lots of things, new Cosmos:[Edit] - (Ashton) - (13) - Feb. 27, 2014, 10:45:50 PM EST

I can't friggin wait! (New Cosmos!) -NT - (folkert) - (8) - Feb. 28, 2014, 12:13:13 PM EST

It's on Fox [!] am hoping 'std' and not some Premium slot - (Ashton) - (7) - Feb. 28, 2014, 07:16:06 PM EST

Fox and Fox News aren't the same. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Feb. 28, 2014, 08:05:01 PM EST

Thanks, so I'm OK without supporting Evildom.. re -Tyson: - (Ashton) - (5) - March 1, 2014, 04:03:33 AM EST

I remember snippets of the show, but didn't always watch. - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 1, 2014, 07:17:12 AM EST

James Burke was a fav here, too.. - (Ashton) - March 2, 2014, 12:27:04 AM EST

NDT,,, - (folkert) - March 1, 2014, 01:15:51 PM EST

Thanks for the NPR tip, really enjoyed it - (dmcarls) - (1) - March 3, 2014, 10:56:15 AM EST

Another good tip, (prolific one too) thanks. -NT - (Ashton) - March 4, 2014, 08:02:22 PM EST

Here's NYTimes piece on it: - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - March 3, 2014, 03:47:22 PM EST

Ithaca, indeed! - (dmcarls) - (2) - March 3, 2014, 04:11:10 PM EST

Now that is an eclectic serendipity! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - March 3, 2014, 05:30:32 PM EST

Thou sayest.. well. -NT - (Ashton) - March 3, 2014, 08:16:18 PM EST

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