Not all religious people are the enemies of science. Anyone here read "The Universe in a Single Atom" by The Dalai Lama. Quantum Theory is just now arriving at things known 1,000 years ago by Buddhist scholars.
@AntarcticW0LF "Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing." Yeah. Religion is so inhumane. What people refer to when they say religion is stupid, or wrong, or inhumane, or violent, isn't religion. It's stupid jerks using God's name to act like asses. That was 1 Peter 3:8-9, in case anyone wondered.
@TheManWithTheFlan It's inhumane to brainwash your kids to become religious without letting them choose what they like, choose what's right, being an atheist and thinking sceptical, not believing in some stupid fairy tales. But oh well, America.
"What people refer to when they say religion is stupid, or wrong, or inhumane, or violent, isn't religion."
Nice no-true-Scotsman fallacy you've got there. It's not like you can't find plenty of horrible passages in that same book. It condemns homosexuality, it justifies slavery, and don't get me started on all the horrible stuff in the old testament.
I've read an NY Times review and I don't know whether I should really trust his book. After all he denies both the randomness of mutation and the physicality of the mind and consciousness. Just give me the direct source cited in the book and I'll be fine.
I love Carl Sagan - "A desire to be connected with the Cosmos reflects a profound reality, We are connected! Not in the trivial ways that astrology promises but in the deepest ways.".
@gtas321 Not really, religion(s) make precise claims and predictions about the physical reality of the universe which it cannot back up. Whereas science actually has a method of distinguishing fact from fiction. In other words, science can disprove religious claims.
At the start when Sagan says: "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking" it sends an overwhelming feeling of appreciation over me, sad to see such a great mind taken away from us.
Any chance of posting the instrumental version of this? I love the music :) & of course all of the great people included in the video, but I'd love to just hear the instruments :)
@ivanvomyzak He wanted to say that a new wave of reason was sweeping across all the world. But he wanted to say it in a special way, by naming all of the continents. So he went "There's a new wave of reason, sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia, South America, the middle east and Africa". THEN he realised that he would look like an idiot saying Asia.
Because everybody would have thought "Why didn't he simply say everywhere?"
@bengacris I see. Whatever, makers of the "Symphony of science" should think better about what kind of speeches they do insert in their videos, shouldn't they? If they want to unite people from all the Earth in the sake of Science, they must don't use this political incorrect elements.
@HDaviator are you asking if coldplay is a real band? I'm saying it would be cool if a band such as coldplay made this song. I know Chris Martin is an atheist so he might be up for it. But you can't really say this song is better than them.
@HDaviator are you asking if coldplay is a real band? I'm saying it would be cool if a band such as coldplay made this song. I know Chris Martin is an atheist so he might be up for it. But you can't really say this song is better than them.
@HDaviator are you asking if coldplay is a real band? I'm saying it would be cool if a band such as coldplay made this song. I know Chris Martin is an atheist so he might be up for it. But you can't really say this song is better than them.
Something worth investigation is synchronicity and how it relates to archetypal astrology. I haven't looked into archetypal astrology, but Jung's accounts of synchronicity are extremely interesting.
@skormz10, @outlaw87100, @h4nky93, Hey guys, my comment was in reference to the fact that Asia is not one of the landmasses that Dawkins mentions being hit by the wave of reason. My comment was not intended to belittle Asia, rather, to point out that it was left out in the song.
@Quintinohthree You need to make some videos. Seriously. I've been reading the comments here, and you're one of the most reasonable people on the YouTubes.
So why don't you have any videos???? They'd be awesome.
I'm a commenter. Video's take time to make, which reduces the immediacy of my responses. I have perfected the art of condensing a thorough response into only five-hundred characters including the name of whom I'm responding to, I see no need to extend that over up to fifteen minutes of sound and video.
@Kaaxe Most ppl are afraid to say anything, they would get crushed by religious pricks. I know many that are afraid because of their parents, other their bosses... I am happy I have converter 3 until now, 1 more is on his way. Maybe converted is a bad word, showed them science and it's marvel.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths."
@TheHolydunk Science isnt all its cracked up to be, many people abuse it or take it too far just like religion. atom bomb, nukes, anti matter weapons, testing vaccines on children, almost blowing up the entire city of chicago, creating flus, etc. Should not encourage these loons to be even more curious
@Nacirema6969 Correct, but technological advances that have helped cure/treat disease, create the automobile, send us to the cosmos, and produce everyday products help to ignite a positive curiosity
@TheUtopianFir I dont like it or trust it. We only made it to the moon because of nazi science and you know the price of that. Human rights > curiosity.
@Nacirema6969 Scientific progress is inevitable because it is a natural byproduct of human curiosity. You may not like the places that it takes us at times, but trying to somehow relegate the scientific method ( rationality and curiosity ) is to trivialise the very thing that makes us human.
And as always, I can't help but grin when someone I'm having a discussion with over the internet, on a computer, tells me that they are "against" science.
@TheHolydunk I quite like Andrew Jackson on it. But it would be nice to denote a one thousand dollar bill with all the great educators of science on it.
"Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe, but look only and surely at what are the facts."
I wish more people would follow Bertrand Russell's advice. People are too easily brought into denial and disagreement with others by their own opinions.
Oh, that's funny. Promoted video: "...and I'm a Mormon" I can't imagine a group less interested in the mormon doctrine than those who enjoy symphony of science.
Dawkins and Harris's rude, abrasive arrogance cannot hold a candle to Carl Sagan's polite, modest, and charming but firm skepticism. These so called "new" atheists are anything but. They are preaching to the rabid choir. Sagan spread the word far and wide and did far more for the cause then Dawkins ever will. Dawkins is brilliant, but not for his secular evangelizing, but fo his brilliance in the field of biology. He should go back to focusing on that. He'll do more good in the long term.
Neither Dawkins nor Harris has ever been rude in their criticism of religion. Their approach may not be appreciated as much as Sagan's by the religious, but then it's not the purpose of their approach. The purpose is to provoke thought, and that may require saying things people don't like to hear but which are nonetheless true. If that's the new "rude", I'd rather be "rude" than "polite".
@Quintinohthree Their purpose may be to promote thought, but their approach does little more than inspire excitement among those who already are apart of the choir. I am not religious at all. But I find Dawkins unhelpful. Atheists must get over their obsession with religion, it gives the institutions too much credit. Sagan focused on the larger picture, and acknowledged that religion will burn itself out, with the forceful help of scientific advancement. Dawkins and co are wasting their time.
@catscatscatz We're obliged to argue when faced with fallacies and illogical concepts. What else are we to do? Posture that we have the superior argument without ever giving it? Assume that all theists are incapable of reason?
@catscatscatz Dawkins doesnt focus himself solely on what you can call rude approach to religion. In fact I think it doesnt take that much of his time at all. furthermore, I remember critique for Dawkins from Degrasse and someone else that he's, actually, cocentated way too much on just presenting information, and he needs to be more passionate and emotional when arguing with people. Maybe you just see Dawkins from religious perspective.
@catscatscatz And you might have noticed that "new atheists" are people who grew up religious in religious countries, while "old" atheists originate mostly from developed countries where being an atheist is a common case and there's not a lot of people who identify themselves as atheists even if they are. I view "new" atheists as people who really seen whats the impact religion has on their natives because they seen the problem directly, just like the most anti-smokers were smokers in the past.
@catscatscatz and let me clarify - Im not the "new atheist" nor do I realy think getting rid of religion in so intense ways is so important nowadays. But I can see where "new" atheists are comming from and I think we must let them do what they think is important.
I come back to this video, and I realize that I've tried and tried to have a connection with god and I've never had the same feeling as when I'm learning about things I love. thanks melodysheep for these awesome vids.
My three intellectual heroes are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Bruce Lee! I mention Lee because he approached martial art scientifically and rationally, doing away with useless traditions and techniques that led nowhere. All three have nothing to do with religious nonsense, and everything to do with science and reason! :)
"The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science by coming to know, if you will, the mind of God"
I always took from this video not the idea that people should go against religion, but rather to stop taking it at face value. I think the point is that religion and science can actually compliment each other if you stop thinking in extremes and keep an open mind.
I have found a lust for knowledge through these videos. I have found a deep meaning in life, much more than I could have ever believed to find. As Phil Plait says, "Teach a man to reason, and he thinks for a lifetime." I will never stop thinking. My world is so big now, so much i going on that I can't see. But I feel it, deeply inside my chest, in my "soul", in my heart. I feel empowered and strong. Thanks.
@Lelle1934 well life doesn't have a meaning, it's just life, we create the meaning of the stuffs, something doesn't have a meaning of its own, so, you decide "the meaning" of life, everyone created a meaning of life, but the meaning, no matter what, will never be right
@super0spore0fan Well, yea. Spot on, I can't argue with that. But, as you said, I create my own "meaning" of life and everyone else create their own. That is life. And I don't mean I am right, just that I have found this lust for knowledge to be my created "meaning" of life, if that is making any sense to you. To keep an changing mind.
The Quantum universe defies classic logic. If you ridicule theism for the way it has its own set of logical rules in order to comprehend reality, you haven't been following String Theory.
For all the years theism and atheism have believed themselves superior to each other, the way reality must be comprehended demands that theists begin comprehending scriptures with objective history and that atheists move science forward by believing in phenomena they can neither see nor prove yet.
@DrTruthiness You realize that many atheists believe in string theory, right?
An atheist is just someone who doesn't believe in god, usually because there's absolutely no evidence for god of any kind. And no, we shouldn't accept string theory yet the way be accept gravity - because evidence hasn't been provided. However, it's a simple suggestion that would explain many things - without creating all sorts of extraneous questions - and worth examining further.
@Stairc And you realize that many theists believe in String Theory, right?
It is scientifically dishonest claim that logic and empiricism are the only intelligent ways to understand reality when logic and empiricism do not work at the quantum level. I have no problems in one not believing in God, but to claim unequivocally that science has logically proven what reality is is a clear sign that an intelligent mind has abandoned probabilities and adopted an agenda-driven view of absolutions.
@DrTruthiness 1) You might want to check your vocabulary. You don't seem to know what an atheist is. Atheism is just not being a Theist. It makes no claims about science having proving what reality is, any more than not-believing-in-unicorns does.
2) Basing conclusions upon evidence still applies at the quantum level - and that's what people are talking about. It's no more sensible to claim that a subatomic unicorn exists without evidence.
@Stairc Your isolated dictionary definition is a completely unrealistic painting of what atheism actually is in reality as a thought process. It's like saying a theist is just a theist, as if faith and belief aren't at all relevant in making that state of mind possible.
If you believe atheists have this inexplicable disbelief in theism just because they felt like it one day, I'd say you're semantically correct at the cost of not having an argument that actually applies to reality.
@DrTruthiness 1) If you want to literally argue with the dictionary, go call them up and stop bothering us.
2) Why aren't you yelling that unicorn-unbelievers need to start being more open-minded too? Why is only disbelieving in god a thought process in your head?
@Stairc It's obvious you have no interest in actually addressing my original point: that secular thinking and theistic thinking have their limitations in interpreting reality. Asking me why I'm not questioning the fallacies of X-number of philosophies is a Red Herring.
Honestly, if its bothersome for you when people criticize your beliefs and ideas, you're better off hanging around kool-aid drinking sheep than advocating science.
@DrTruthiness 1) So, you fail entirely to support your allegations that disbelief in a god makes a person act at all the way you say - while disbelieving in any other supernatural claim does not. Rather than explain why you aren't committing special pleading a textbook logical fallacy, you'd rather whine?
2) Newsflash - conclusions about the subatomic level need evidence too. The quantum states follow different laws. You still need evidence.
@Stairc Let me break this into logical chunks you can understand. All theistic faiths have a system of interpreting reality. Faith is the engine that makes theism possible. Atheism rejects theistic Gods *and* their theistic interpretations of reality. Secular thinking and skepticism are the engines that make atheism possible.
Ask any atheist why they don't believe in God/s, and damn near every one will tell you they intelligently questioned religion and can not logically believe it.
@DrTruthiness 1) Cool. Now explain why this is ANY different about people who don't believe in unicorns, of leprechauns or anything else like that. Additionally, atheism is simply a lack of belief in god(s). You can have atheists who deny evolution too.
2) Atheism's disbelief in god is often predicated on idea that claims require evidence. That holds true on the quantum level. Classical logic as you present it has nothing to do with anything. Show me evidence, I'll believe in it.
@Stairc 1) I sincerely think you assumed that when I said atheists and theists were opposed in interpreting reality, you thought I only meant people who didn't believe in a specific God. I never said atheism didn't apply to not believing in the supernatural. I said atheists are atheists largely because of viewing the world in a secular way, as opposed to theistic ways.
@DrTruthiness 1) String theory has no bearing on theism or atheism. Your premise fails spectacularly. Your examples of quantum behavior defying our intuition and usual modes of thinking is demonstrated through evidence - which has no quarrel at all with atheism. Your claims that atheists need to change their modes of thinking are ridiculous and unsupported. There is no reason to abandon reliance on evidence for conclusions.
If you agree, then clarify why atheists need to change their views.
@Stairc I am not challenging atheism. I am correctly observing, based on physics, that the logic/evidence system that makes atheism possible does not function sufficiently at the quantum level.
Did I say atheists are dumb? No. Did I say God exists? No. I said atheism, because it relies on a system of logic that science has observed to collapse at the quantum level, needs to allow its logic system to change. Not abandon logic. Not believe in the tooth fairy. Change. Evolve. Adapt.
@DrTruthiness 1) Atheism does not rely on any specific system of logic.
2) The system of logic that led ME to atheism, and most people I know, is that claims about reality require evidence. Since you agree that this functions on the quantum level - your argument is invalid.
3) Science is what describes the quantum level just fine. The scientific method works fine.
@Stairc Again, atheists can deny gravity, the moon landing, or Ronald Reagan. My whole point is that atheism uses secular thinking, never theistic thinking to make conclusions.
2) Evidence works because it is logical. If you observe something at the quantum level that defies your system of logic (i.e. the way you get evidence to support your claims) you fix and evolve that logical system. You don't get pissed off when people say its inadequate and needs to change.
@Stairc 2) I never said conclusions about the subatomic level didn't need evidence. Nor did I even imply that. I said classic logic fails at the Quantum level, and that empiricism has its limitations. Wow. Science is not infallible? What a radical concept.
@DrTruthiness@Stairc I need to step in and point out that you two are arguing over a "problem" which does not exist. There is a mistake in the original premise. Quantum Theory does not defy logic; it defy's our classical fundamental laws.
Our laws work well when dealing with medium to large scale. They begin to fall apart when dealing with the very small... thus we must adapt our fundamental laws to account for the very small.
@DrTruthiness@Stairc Quantum mechanics rectify that problem. String Theory addresses a different problem of reconciling Quantum mechanics and Relativity. String Theory is "simply" a very elegant mathematical model of what could potentially be correct. It is currently unproven and has absolutely no evidence and is thus a hypothesis *in fact, it's a collaboration of 5 different hypotheses.
@TopPark well it is and it should hit them quicker but there are limits in their government and the fact that in some asian countries are so closed to outside influence and ideals that the "wave of reason" is hitting them a little slower than many would hope. But fear not the asians are bright and when it hits them in its fullness then it will nodoubt grow exponentially. :)
@skormz10 smart people do you mean inventors of new technology or developers of existing technology? Theres a big difference - I would place Asia as primarily developers of existing Western discovered technology. Discovery remains in the West
I never said all, but I understant that point... Just saying the U.S government gives green cards out for outstanding academia and provides scholarships for immigrants if they are in certain fields... which is one of the only countries which does so
0:39-0:49 If I were listening to this song without watching the video, I wouldn't have had any clue that the song was shifting to a different speaker, or in this case 'singer'. Amazing work, Melody sheep.... keeping making more!
Beautiful song. Reason and logic, surely necessary pillars that uphold a higher, yet-unknown form of human thinking. Yet I regard it almost like a 6th sense. I do not worship this sense, nor do I proclaim that the universe should be entirely understood only by it.
I entertain science and reason as the fairy tale whose observations have the highest probability of being true.
Actually, then religion will be truly fu... screwed. Because they will probably not believe in anything remotely similar to what people believe here ;)
@TheDrunkenHer0 The score is 0-0. When a UFO lands, it will be a point for science. When Christ comes back for a second time, it will be a point for religion. Or the score can be different, if I allowed points for archaeological finds/ scientific breakthroughs and negative points for religious attacks/ prejudice.
I just cracked open the God Delusion, so I thought I'd listen to this.
DanM25456 20 hours ago
Whatever this video's message is.
"Teach a man to reason...and he will think for a lifetime."
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awhitesoul2012 3 days ago
'Teach a man to reason, and he'll think for a lifetime.'
Best line, hands down.
charlottePUFFERFISH 3 days ago 13
@charlottePUFFERFISH Teach a religious redneck a different alternative, and he will rant for a lifetime...
AntarcticW0LF 3 days ago
Not all religious people are the enemies of science. Anyone here read "The Universe in a Single Atom" by The Dalai Lama. Quantum Theory is just now arriving at things known 1,000 years ago by Buddhist scholars.
ardensing 3 days ago
@ardensing But religion is inhumane and stupid, tho. And it shouldnt' exist in the 20th century, and certainly not the 21th.
AntarcticW0LF 3 days ago
@AntarcticW0LF "Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing." Yeah. Religion is so inhumane. What people refer to when they say religion is stupid, or wrong, or inhumane, or violent, isn't religion. It's stupid jerks using God's name to act like asses. That was 1 Peter 3:8-9, in case anyone wondered.
TheManWithTheFlan 3 days ago
@TheManWithTheFlan It's inhumane to brainwash your kids to become religious without letting them choose what they like, choose what's right, being an atheist and thinking sceptical, not believing in some stupid fairy tales. But oh well, America.
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@TheManWithTheFlan
"What people refer to when they say religion is stupid, or wrong, or inhumane, or violent, isn't religion."
Nice no-true-Scotsman fallacy you've got there. It's not like you can't find plenty of horrible passages in that same book. It condemns homosexuality, it justifies slavery, and don't get me started on all the horrible stuff in the old testament.
Quintinohthree 2 days ago
@AntarcticW0LF LMFAOCOPTER You go on about how 'stupid' something is ... then proceed to write '21th' ... Well done, sir.
TheGoodGuysWearBlack 1 day ago
@TheGoodGuysWearBlack You replied to 1% of my comment, and you replied to a mistake I did only.
Well done, sir.
AntarcticW0LF 1 day ago
@ardensing
I've heard that said before. Nobody ever justified that claim though. Can you?
Quintinohthree 3 days ago
My information comes from "The Universe in a Single Atom" by the Dalai Lama. It is well researched and cited.
ardensing 1 day ago
@ardensing
I've read an NY Times review and I don't know whether I should really trust his book. After all he denies both the randomness of mutation and the physicality of the mind and consciousness. Just give me the direct source cited in the book and I'll be fine.
Quintinohthree 1 day ago
only in religion and METH
cameraperson 3 days ago
Amazingly only 143 religious people saw this video.
zldr123 4 days ago 4
Anyone hooked on these songs? :D
summerlytriangle 4 days ago 3
I love Carl Sagan - "A desire to be connected with the Cosmos reflects a profound reality, We are connected! Not in the trivial ways that astrology promises but in the deepest ways.".
jamieball 4 days ago
Richard Dawkins's voice is amazing. I can't stop listening.
mxbuster 5 days ago
1:25 TEACH A MAN TO REASON AND HE WILL THINK FOR A LIFE TIME
CYBERJITH 6 days ago
Amazing song :P
It has my favorite science fella Richard Dawkins.
Eagleheart1980 6 days ago
The same spiritual fulfillment
That people find in religion
Can be found in science
By coming to know, if you will, the mind of God <3
ExoVampire 1 week ago
Science>Religion.
AntarcticW0LF 1 week ago
@AntarcticW0LF Science doesn't go head to head against religion -_-. It's like comparing apples and oranges.
gtas321 1 week ago
@gtas321 Say that to Dr Kent Hovind.
AntarcticW0LF 1 week ago
@gtas321 Not really, religion(s) make precise claims and predictions about the physical reality of the universe which it cannot back up. Whereas science actually has a method of distinguishing fact from fiction. In other words, science can disprove religious claims.
VampirePraemium 1 week ago
@VampirePraemium Look at the ultimate goal of the two and stop trying to make them compete with each other.
gtas321 6 days ago
At the start when Sagan says: "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking" it sends an overwhelming feeling of appreciation over me, sad to see such a great mind taken away from us.
blackt12 1 week ago 3
This brought a tear to my eyes T_T
SamuraiX38 1 week ago
Any chance of posting the instrumental version of this? I love the music :) & of course all of the great people included in the video, but I'd love to just hear the instruments :)
vidarmoose 1 week ago
@vidarmoose Nevermind! Just found it on your website! :D
vidarmoose 1 week ago
"Teach man reason and he'll think for a lifetime"
mattysimsoficial 1 week ago 2
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Dawkins says: "There is a new wave of reason sweeping across America, Britain etc.etc.etc."
What about Asia? Russia, Japan? They aren't listed. The only conclusion from this situation is "Dawkins is faggot".
ivanvomyzak 1 week ago
@ivanvomyzak He wanted to say that a new wave of reason was sweeping across all the world. But he wanted to say it in a special way, by naming all of the continents. So he went "There's a new wave of reason, sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia, South America, the middle east and Africa". THEN he realised that he would look like an idiot saying Asia.
Because everybody would have thought "Why didn't he simply say everywhere?"
bengacris 1 week ago 2
@bengacris I see. Whatever, makers of the "Symphony of science" should think better about what kind of speeches they do insert in their videos, shouldn't they? If they want to unite people from all the Earth in the sake of Science, they must don't use this political incorrect elements.
ivanvomyzak 1 week ago
@ivanvomyzak Stop nitpicking. If you don't like it then why listen? These videos still educate and entertain people.
gtas321 1 week ago
@ivanvomyzak maybe he said it in the original speech it just wouldn't fit with the melody so melodysheep cut it out. have to check it out.
branahawk 1 week ago
@ivanvomyzak Japan is already mainly non religious. I don't know about Russia, Asia I believe is mostly Buddhist or Hindu. I could be wrong.
tigerflen 1 week ago in playlist Science
@tigerflen a HUGE part of asia is muslim
bengacris 1 week ago
This video is part of how I became an atheist.
DanM25456 1 week ago
Add some glados and im in.
Confusedfurry 1 week ago
hehe find ich toll hihi
TerraTrudyqu252 2 weeks ago
Ok, I liked the quotes, but the music creeped me out a bit. I guess it's just not for me. Otherwise, well done. Visually, i liked it.
skywize 2 weeks ago
Sam Harris!
AxeHomeless 2 weeks ago
that could actually be a really great song if a real band was to do something with it. Coldplay maybe?
golffore79 2 weeks ago
@golffore79
Coldplay is a real band? Anyways, this is better than coldplay.
HDaviator 2 weeks ago
@HDaviator are you asking if coldplay is a real band? I'm saying it would be cool if a band such as coldplay made this song. I know Chris Martin is an atheist so he might be up for it. But you can't really say this song is better than them.
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@HDaviator are you asking if coldplay is a real band? I'm saying it would be cool if a band such as coldplay made this song. I know Chris Martin is an atheist so he might be up for it. But you can't really say this song is better than them.
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@HDaviator are you asking if coldplay is a real band? I'm saying it would be cool if a band such as coldplay made this song. I know Chris Martin is an atheist so he might be up for it. But you can't really say this song is better than them.
golffore79 2 weeks ago
Your videos and creative talent are commendable great stuff :O)
highup01 2 weeks ago
Australiaaaah
SourcesAreEverything 2 weeks ago
My new favorite Song :D
GhostlyRebellion 2 weeks ago 21
Something worth investigation is synchronicity and how it relates to archetypal astrology. I haven't looked into archetypal astrology, but Jung's accounts of synchronicity are extremely interesting.
Tengent 2 weeks ago
Did you just autotune Carl Sagan?
freackles100 2 weeks ago 2
@freackles100 check the other videos :P
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@skormz10, @outlaw87100, @h4nky93, Hey guys, my comment was in reference to the fact that Asia is not one of the landmasses that Dawkins mentions being hit by the wave of reason. My comment was not intended to belittle Asia, rather, to point out that it was left out in the song.
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TopPark 2 weeks ago
I just needed to really hear this right now... thank you melodysheep.
rommelfcc 2 weeks ago in playlist Science music
@Kaaxe No religious group is growing faster than the non-religious though. In the USA and worldwide.
Quintinohthree 2 weeks ago 2
@Quintinohthree You need to make some videos. Seriously. I've been reading the comments here, and you're one of the most reasonable people on the YouTubes.
So why don't you have any videos???? They'd be awesome.
thebuffalord 2 weeks ago
@thebuffalord
I'm a commenter. Video's take time to make, which reduces the immediacy of my responses. I have perfected the art of condensing a thorough response into only five-hundred characters including the name of whom I'm responding to, I see no need to extend that over up to fifteen minutes of sound and video.
Quintinohthree 2 weeks ago
I thought fundamental Christianity was increasing in the usa.
Kaaxe 2 weeks ago
@Kaaxe sigh -.-
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@Kaaxe Most ppl are afraid to say anything, they would get crushed by religious pricks. I know many that are afraid because of their parents, other their bosses... I am happy I have converter 3 until now, 1 more is on his way. Maybe converted is a bad word, showed them science and it's marvel.
cyberJamilonc 2 weeks ago
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths."
GaladedridDamodred 2 weeks ago
At first I was like "This is bizarre"... By the end I was like "This is catchy!" :D
funkyfreshguitar 2 weeks ago 3
why is carl sagan not on the $20 bill?
TheHolydunk 3 weeks ago 135
@TheHolydunk Because we live in an insane, unjust world my friend.
195ashes 2 weeks ago
@TheHolydunk Somehow we in the U.K managed to get Darwin on the £10 note, it may be possible for someone like Feynman or Sagan to get on your notes.
twiggy120 2 weeks ago
@TheHolydunk
:P We get darwin.
Confusedfurry 1 week ago
@TheHolydunk because americans, thats why
RCmachine999 1 week ago in playlist Symphony of Science
@TheHolydunk Because creationists would rebel and start burning all 20 dollar bills.
Dameentsia 6 days ago in playlist Liked videos
@TheHolydunk In Carl we trust?
joemantex 6 days ago
@TheHolydunk Science isnt all its cracked up to be, many people abuse it or take it too far just like religion. atom bomb, nukes, anti matter weapons, testing vaccines on children, almost blowing up the entire city of chicago, creating flus, etc. Should not encourage these loons to be even more curious
Nacirema6969 5 days ago
@Nacirema6969 Correct, but technological advances that have helped cure/treat disease, create the automobile, send us to the cosmos, and produce everyday products help to ignite a positive curiosity
TheUtopianFir 5 days ago
@TheUtopianFir I dont like it or trust it. We only made it to the moon because of nazi science and you know the price of that. Human rights > curiosity.
Nacirema6969 5 days ago
@Nacirema6969 Scientific progress is inevitable because it is a natural byproduct of human curiosity. You may not like the places that it takes us at times, but trying to somehow relegate the scientific method ( rationality and curiosity ) is to trivialise the very thing that makes us human.
And as always, I can't help but grin when someone I'm having a discussion with over the internet, on a computer, tells me that they are "against" science.
gamegloss 4 days ago in playlist Symphony of Science 2
@TheHolydunk wrong question. the right question is why isnt he in all bills?
BuddhaBebop 5 days ago
@TheHolydunk because JESUS IS LORD!!1!!1!!!1!!!!1!
MajorasWrath1 4 days ago
@TheHolydunk I quite like Andrew Jackson on it. But it would be nice to denote a one thousand dollar bill with all the great educators of science on it.
jimmyphonghater 3 days ago
"Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe, but look only and surely at what are the facts."
I wish more people would follow Bertrand Russell's advice. People are too easily brought into denial and disagreement with others by their own opinions.
NovaSilisko 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Symphony of Science
thank god for melodysheep's videos
danrickle 3 weeks ago 3
@danrickle successful troll is successful
incaugnito37 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from melodysheep
@TopPark look at asia tecnology and how they advanced, they ha been hit time lots of time ago.
Apxovtac 3 weeks ago
Come on wave, hit south America in the face, please.
Apxovtac 3 weeks ago
awesome vid, gave me goosebumps. Love Dawkins chorus.
zdunichme 3 weeks ago
I think 140 people are totally unreasonable. ;)
DrMadolite 3 weeks ago
Oh, that's funny. Promoted video: "...and I'm a Mormon" I can't imagine a group less interested in the mormon doctrine than those who enjoy symphony of science.
longmind 3 weeks ago in playlist Symphony of Science Plus!
Dawkins and Harris's rude, abrasive arrogance cannot hold a candle to Carl Sagan's polite, modest, and charming but firm skepticism. These so called "new" atheists are anything but. They are preaching to the rabid choir. Sagan spread the word far and wide and did far more for the cause then Dawkins ever will. Dawkins is brilliant, but not for his secular evangelizing, but fo his brilliance in the field of biology. He should go back to focusing on that. He'll do more good in the long term.
catscatscatz 3 weeks ago
@catscatscatz
Neither Dawkins nor Harris has ever been rude in their criticism of religion. Their approach may not be appreciated as much as Sagan's by the religious, but then it's not the purpose of their approach. The purpose is to provoke thought, and that may require saying things people don't like to hear but which are nonetheless true. If that's the new "rude", I'd rather be "rude" than "polite".
Quintinohthree 3 weeks ago in playlist Symphony of Science
@Quintinohthree Their purpose may be to promote thought, but their approach does little more than inspire excitement among those who already are apart of the choir. I am not religious at all. But I find Dawkins unhelpful. Atheists must get over their obsession with religion, it gives the institutions too much credit. Sagan focused on the larger picture, and acknowledged that religion will burn itself out, with the forceful help of scientific advancement. Dawkins and co are wasting their time.
catscatscatz 3 weeks ago
@catscatscatz We're obliged to argue when faced with fallacies and illogical concepts. What else are we to do? Posture that we have the superior argument without ever giving it? Assume that all theists are incapable of reason?
195ashes 3 weeks ago
@catscatscatz Dawkins doesnt focus himself solely on what you can call rude approach to religion. In fact I think it doesnt take that much of his time at all. furthermore, I remember critique for Dawkins from Degrasse and someone else that he's, actually, cocentated way too much on just presenting information, and he needs to be more passionate and emotional when arguing with people. Maybe you just see Dawkins from religious perspective.
P.S.: sorry for my english its not my language.
DemimondXXIII 3 weeks ago
@catscatscatz And you might have noticed that "new atheists" are people who grew up religious in religious countries, while "old" atheists originate mostly from developed countries where being an atheist is a common case and there's not a lot of people who identify themselves as atheists even if they are. I view "new" atheists as people who really seen whats the impact religion has on their natives because they seen the problem directly, just like the most anti-smokers were smokers in the past.
DemimondXXIII 3 weeks ago
@catscatscatz and let me clarify - Im not the "new atheist" nor do I realy think getting rid of religion in so intense ways is so important nowadays. But I can see where "new" atheists are comming from and I think we must let them do what they think is important.
DemimondXXIII 3 weeks ago
I come back to this video, and I realize that I've tried and tried to have a connection with god and I've never had the same feeling as when I'm learning about things I love. thanks melodysheep for these awesome vids.
abacongirl 3 weeks ago 2
My three intellectual heroes are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Bruce Lee! I mention Lee because he approached martial art scientifically and rationally, doing away with useless traditions and techniques that led nowhere. All three have nothing to do with religious nonsense, and everything to do with science and reason! :)
CoreyfromEarth 3 weeks ago
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catscatscatz 3 weeks ago
Man now enters a new Age of Enlightenment, in which the Realization of death will hit many all too hard.
guckenberger 3 weeks ago
"The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science by coming to know, if you will, the mind of God"
I always took from this video not the idea that people should go against religion, but rather to stop taking it at face value. I think the point is that religion and science can actually compliment each other if you stop thinking in extremes and keep an open mind.
Lilliphus 3 weeks ago
I have found a lust for knowledge through these videos. I have found a deep meaning in life, much more than I could have ever believed to find. As Phil Plait says, "Teach a man to reason, and he thinks for a lifetime." I will never stop thinking. My world is so big now, so much i going on that I can't see. But I feel it, deeply inside my chest, in my "soul", in my heart. I feel empowered and strong. Thanks.
Lelle1934 3 weeks ago in playlist Fler videoklipp från melodysheep 52
@Lelle1934 well life doesn't have a meaning, it's just life, we create the meaning of the stuffs, something doesn't have a meaning of its own, so, you decide "the meaning" of life, everyone created a meaning of life, but the meaning, no matter what, will never be right
super0spore0fan 3 weeks ago
@super0spore0fan Well, yea. Spot on, I can't argue with that. But, as you said, I create my own "meaning" of life and everyone else create their own. That is life. And I don't mean I am right, just that I have found this lust for knowledge to be my created "meaning" of life, if that is making any sense to you. To keep an changing mind.
Lelle1934 2 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Symphony of Science
The Quantum universe defies classic logic. If you ridicule theism for the way it has its own set of logical rules in order to comprehend reality, you haven't been following String Theory.
For all the years theism and atheism have believed themselves superior to each other, the way reality must be comprehended demands that theists begin comprehending scriptures with objective history and that atheists move science forward by believing in phenomena they can neither see nor prove yet.
DrTruthiness 4 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness You realize that many atheists believe in string theory, right?
An atheist is just someone who doesn't believe in god, usually because there's absolutely no evidence for god of any kind. And no, we shouldn't accept string theory yet the way be accept gravity - because evidence hasn't been provided. However, it's a simple suggestion that would explain many things - without creating all sorts of extraneous questions - and worth examining further.
Stairc 4 weeks ago
@Stairc And you realize that many theists believe in String Theory, right?
It is scientifically dishonest claim that logic and empiricism are the only intelligent ways to understand reality when logic and empiricism do not work at the quantum level. I have no problems in one not believing in God, but to claim unequivocally that science has logically proven what reality is is a clear sign that an intelligent mind has abandoned probabilities and adopted an agenda-driven view of absolutions.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness 1) You might want to check your vocabulary. You don't seem to know what an atheist is. Atheism is just not being a Theist. It makes no claims about science having proving what reality is, any more than not-believing-in-unicorns does.
2) Basing conclusions upon evidence still applies at the quantum level - and that's what people are talking about. It's no more sensible to claim that a subatomic unicorn exists without evidence.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc Your isolated dictionary definition is a completely unrealistic painting of what atheism actually is in reality as a thought process. It's like saying a theist is just a theist, as if faith and belief aren't at all relevant in making that state of mind possible.
If you believe atheists have this inexplicable disbelief in theism just because they felt like it one day, I'd say you're semantically correct at the cost of not having an argument that actually applies to reality.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness 1) If you want to literally argue with the dictionary, go call them up and stop bothering us.
2) Why aren't you yelling that unicorn-unbelievers need to start being more open-minded too? Why is only disbelieving in god a thought process in your head?
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc It's obvious you have no interest in actually addressing my original point: that secular thinking and theistic thinking have their limitations in interpreting reality. Asking me why I'm not questioning the fallacies of X-number of philosophies is a Red Herring.
Honestly, if its bothersome for you when people criticize your beliefs and ideas, you're better off hanging around kool-aid drinking sheep than advocating science.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness 1) So, you fail entirely to support your allegations that disbelief in a god makes a person act at all the way you say - while disbelieving in any other supernatural claim does not. Rather than explain why you aren't committing special pleading a textbook logical fallacy, you'd rather whine?
2) Newsflash - conclusions about the subatomic level need evidence too. The quantum states follow different laws. You still need evidence.
If you can't back it up, don't make claims.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc Let me break this into logical chunks you can understand. All theistic faiths have a system of interpreting reality. Faith is the engine that makes theism possible. Atheism rejects theistic Gods *and* their theistic interpretations of reality. Secular thinking and skepticism are the engines that make atheism possible.
Ask any atheist why they don't believe in God/s, and damn near every one will tell you they intelligently questioned religion and can not logically believe it.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness 1) Cool. Now explain why this is ANY different about people who don't believe in unicorns, of leprechauns or anything else like that. Additionally, atheism is simply a lack of belief in god(s). You can have atheists who deny evolution too.
2) Atheism's disbelief in god is often predicated on idea that claims require evidence. That holds true on the quantum level. Classical logic as you present it has nothing to do with anything. Show me evidence, I'll believe in it.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc 1) I sincerely think you assumed that when I said atheists and theists were opposed in interpreting reality, you thought I only meant people who didn't believe in a specific God. I never said atheism didn't apply to not believing in the supernatural. I said atheists are atheists largely because of viewing the world in a secular way, as opposed to theistic ways.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness 1) String theory has no bearing on theism or atheism. Your premise fails spectacularly. Your examples of quantum behavior defying our intuition and usual modes of thinking is demonstrated through evidence - which has no quarrel at all with atheism. Your claims that atheists need to change their modes of thinking are ridiculous and unsupported. There is no reason to abandon reliance on evidence for conclusions.
If you agree, then clarify why atheists need to change their views.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc I am not challenging atheism. I am correctly observing, based on physics, that the logic/evidence system that makes atheism possible does not function sufficiently at the quantum level.
Did I say atheists are dumb? No. Did I say God exists? No. I said atheism, because it relies on a system of logic that science has observed to collapse at the quantum level, needs to allow its logic system to change. Not abandon logic. Not believe in the tooth fairy. Change. Evolve. Adapt.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness 1) Atheism does not rely on any specific system of logic.
2) The system of logic that led ME to atheism, and most people I know, is that claims about reality require evidence. Since you agree that this functions on the quantum level - your argument is invalid.
3) Science is what describes the quantum level just fine. The scientific method works fine.
Stairc 3 weeks ago
@Stairc Again, atheists can deny gravity, the moon landing, or Ronald Reagan. My whole point is that atheism uses secular thinking, never theistic thinking to make conclusions.
2) Evidence works because it is logical. If you observe something at the quantum level that defies your system of logic (i.e. the way you get evidence to support your claims) you fix and evolve that logical system. You don't get pissed off when people say its inadequate and needs to change.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@Stairc 2) I never said conclusions about the subatomic level didn't need evidence. Nor did I even imply that. I said classic logic fails at the Quantum level, and that empiricism has its limitations. Wow. Science is not infallible? What a radical concept.
DrTruthiness 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness @Stairc I need to step in and point out that you two are arguing over a "problem" which does not exist. There is a mistake in the original premise. Quantum Theory does not defy logic; it defy's our classical fundamental laws.
Our laws work well when dealing with medium to large scale. They begin to fall apart when dealing with the very small... thus we must adapt our fundamental laws to account for the very small.
koolanator 3 weeks ago
@DrTruthiness @Stairc Quantum mechanics rectify that problem. String Theory addresses a different problem of reconciling Quantum mechanics and Relativity. String Theory is "simply" a very elegant mathematical model of what could potentially be correct. It is currently unproven and has absolutely no evidence and is thus a hypothesis *in fact, it's a collaboration of 5 different hypotheses.
koolanator 3 weeks ago
Hey what about Asia? Did the wave of reason just hit everything else?
TopPark 4 weeks ago 33
@TopPark The Great Wall of China Blocked it with chopsticks and rice.
tigerflen 3 weeks ago in playlist Science 18
@TopPark well it is and it should hit them quicker but there are limits in their government and the fact that in some asian countries are so closed to outside influence and ideals that the "wave of reason" is hitting them a little slower than many would hope. But fear not the asians are bright and when it hits them in its fullness then it will nodoubt grow exponentially. :)
fencer5017 3 weeks ago
@TopPark I guess it hit Japan long time ago.
DemimondXXIII 3 weeks ago
@TopPark counting asia as part of europe? it is the same land mass
KittenOfSatan 3 weeks ago
@KittenOfSatan
Well surely then Europe is a sub-continent of Asia, and not the other way around.
Quintinohthree 3 weeks ago
@TopPark Canada is apprently too smart for this reason
TheGuyRightBehindYou 3 weeks ago
@TopPark
Reason is racist.
HDaviator 3 weeks ago
@TopPark No, it came from Asia.
Liam8015 3 weeks ago 2
@TopPark No, reason for asia was already there. So nothing changed for them.
quzishen 3 weeks ago in playlist Symphony of Science
@TopPark it was already there, that's why they're already smarter than us -.-
incaugnito37 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from melodysheep
@TopPark
The smartest people come out of Asia, as well as a majority of American intellectual immigrants
skormz10 2 weeks ago
@skormz10 smart people do you mean inventors of new technology or developers of existing technology? Theres a big difference - I would place Asia as primarily developers of existing Western discovered technology. Discovery remains in the West
The2012GroupUFO 2 weeks ago
@skormz10 There are some brilliant people FROM America, they aren't all immigrants.
Slipknot808 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Slipknot808
I never said all, but I understant that point... Just saying the U.S government gives green cards out for outstanding academia and provides scholarships for immigrants if they are in certain fields... which is one of the only countries which does so
skormz10 2 weeks ago
@TopPark Ive answered this question thousands of times, so i will just let it rest.
outlaw87100 2 weeks ago
@TopPark No, asia has reason and has had it for a thousand years. It is the main reason they are have the #1 developed country in the world
h4nky93 2 weeks ago
@TopPark They were hit centuries ago. Everybody else is still trying to catch up! :)
anatnaSAbraxas 2 weeks ago
that chorus is catchy as hell
geoffwoade 4 weeks ago
This has got to be my favourite of all the Symphony of Science songs :)
TeeGeeFan 4 weeks ago in playlist Symphony of Science
Africaaahhh
archerrobinhood 1 month ago
This is my favorite song.. I listen to it almost every day :)
jamieball 1 month ago
I'd like to see lyrics on screen, please :)
that would be perfect
Munther887 1 month ago
@Munther887
Turn on captions, the 'cc'-button at the bottom of the video ;)
keesengels 1 month ago in playlist Symphony of science
@keesengels
Thanks a lot buddy ;)
Munther887 1 month ago
i do not agree with the description. science is só much better then religion in every possible way, it's... well, it's fucking awesome! :D
MrWaddefak 1 month ago
rest in pieces of the universe sagan
fizzizat 1 month ago
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe." I live by those words of truth.
Nukr666 1 month ago
0:39-0:49 If I were listening to this song without watching the video, I wouldn't have had any clue that the song was shifting to a different speaker, or in this case 'singer'. Amazing work, Melody sheep.... keeping making more!
ShadesofEb0ny 1 month ago
Beautiful song. Reason and logic, surely necessary pillars that uphold a higher, yet-unknown form of human thinking. Yet I regard it almost like a 6th sense. I do not worship this sense, nor do I proclaim that the universe should be entirely understood only by it.
I entertain science and reason as the fairy tale whose observations have the highest probability of being true.
DrTruthiness 1 month ago
I can't wait for a UFO to land blow all your minds away.
science and religion will then be 1.
TheDrunkenHer0 1 month ago
@TheDrunkenHer0
Actually, then religion will be truly fu... screwed. Because they will probably not believe in anything remotely similar to what people believe here ;)
keesengels 1 month ago in playlist Symphony of science
@TheDrunkenHer0 The score is 0-0. When a UFO lands, it will be a point for science. When Christ comes back for a second time, it will be a point for religion. Or the score can be different, if I allowed points for archaeological finds/ scientific breakthroughs and negative points for religious attacks/ prejudice.
TheAngelusOfNex 1 month ago in playlist Symphony Of Science Videos
The chorus with Dawkins is epic.
Gretgor666 1 month ago
Anyone else feel goosebumps from seeing Sagan older in this video?
RonyClay 1 month ago
when i get out of the military, i'm going study physics or biology...both will help in my understanding of science..
runeoner 1 month ago
@runeoner Im starting physics aswell, Good luck to you man!
dawtchins 1 month ago
"Teach a man to reason. And he'll think for a lifetime" - True...
1991Boondox 1 month ago
fantastic !
Science is far more remarkable and deep than any religion
HappyandAtheist 1 month ago
I'm 20 and have decided to pursue physics. I love it
dawtchins 1 month ago
@dawtchins I'll be rooting for you, I'm also on physics.
Gretgor666 1 month ago
Dammit, if im president Nasa gets 10% of the budget, not 0.01%
3xAmigosProductions 1 month ago
@3xAmigosProductions
First colony on Mars by the end of your first term? Should be doable with a budget like that.
Quintinohthree 1 month ago in playlist Symphony of Science
@3xAmigosProductions I thought NASA got.5% not .01%, but I agree NASA should get more money
kokofan50 1 month ago