Eyes On The Skies (2): Bigger Is Better (HD Quality)

[tamasshaq]

How can anyone unlike this video?

[hakku303]

u r on great cause i live day dreaming with ur features

[CyberNeticRodent]

why have some 80 people rated this video down.....

its history and proven scientific fact.... its human heritage.

is it the lot of some people to be eternally ignorant, by choice?

then by all means be so.... but dont spread your cancer.

[mrdanny87]

Anyone else cringe whenever he says telescope?

[10dimensionman]

0:49 THATS WHAT SHE SAID! XD XD XD!

[nebnubs]

3:30 Slight correction to your video.

It was Henrietta Leavitt who discovered that Cepheids could used to determine distances.

Also, Andromeda is 2 million ly away.

[Pulsar89]

"Also, Andromeda is 2 million ly away. "

Yes, but Hubble's original estimate was 900,000 ly.

[nebnubs]

That is interesting considering the distance to Andromeda had been known for roughly 60+ years before HST.

[Pulsar89]

I was referring to Edwin Hubble, not the HST ;-)

[hanga73]

we are stardust...I do like this idea :)

amazing HD, thanks for posting

[personalsinr]

wow these vids are beautiful

[Jinto117]

This looks so damn good in high def.

[Pirwzwhomper]

Yea I wouldn't have used the term supernatural in this video. But can't do anything about it now.

[terrapin52]

I think they're building one of those big mother fuckers on Oahu.

[SuperFlyNB]

Damn, I hate it when they use the word miracle

[jxvwp]

@SuperFlyNB

Well couldn't miracle just mean something very unlikely happening.

You know like a proton passing trough a wall.

[mockingarab]

Reason why Aliens have larger eyes.. They are our evolved form.

[sy1234]

> Reason why Aliens have larger eyes.. They are our evolved form.

No, leprechauns are.

[czorbin]

he forgot to mention that with refracting lenses you have the ability to now safely view the sun, if you looked at the sun with a normal lens your retina burn out your head =[

[Rugglebum]

Agreed. It is rather tear jerking in a good way to see how vast and amazing things are, fact truly is stranger than fiction. Einstein made it clear he didn't actually believe in a god. I truly hope I can go to space just once before I die, I'd give up everything to do so.

[musicgeniusno1]

Great series,thanks for posting free thinker!

[oldarney]

buried for the use of the word "miracle".

[Greywyn7]

This isn't Digg, asshole.

[califoniania]

Oh, come on. You know as well as I do that they weren't using the word "miracle" in a religious context. While they could have used a better word, it takes nothing away from the value of the program.

[twothlesswonder]

Respectfully,

Many words have multiple definitions. One can surmise which definition is intended by observing the word in it's entire context. Since nothing in this video expresses anything remotely theistic in nature, one can only assume that the word miracle was used under a definition resembling either of the following from OED :

Miracle- 2 a remarkable and very welcome occurrence. 3 an outstanding example, specimen, or achievement.

— ORIGIN Latin miraculum object of wonder.

[oldarney]

wow, didn't think a bit of strictness could incite this much activism. How about putting that to work on february 12 (Darwin Bicentenial)

[twothlesswonder]

"wow, didn't think a bit of strictness could incite this much activism. How about putting that to work on february 12 (Darwin Bicentenial) "

No worries here. I just found your criticism to exhude the possibility that you were ignorant of the accepted definitions of miracle.

[thefakeyeti]

I wonder how many scientific discoveries their are that the average joe does not know about..

Yet when Britney spears shaves her head, you would have to be living under a rock not to hear about it!

[RationalFuture]

"I wonder how many scientific discoveries their are that the average joe does not know about.."

the proper equation is:

y= x^(z*1.618) where z is number of beers consumed per week, and x is number of countries that the individual does not know anything about.

[a2zdiy]

"Yet when Britney spears shaves her head, you...hear about it"

Our "news" media are businesses (for-profit.)

Titillation sells advertising time.

Scientists will simply need to sex it up (a lot) to get and keep the attention of the American populace.

I could imagine (Super) Obama Girl might be up for the challenge - and there have got to be some actual scientists who (with TV makeover) would be hot enough to help get the real science across to the Britney worshipers.

...just a thought

d;^>

[thefakeyeti]

I would be all for a T.V. show about science that is also (borderline)porno..

If it means we would have a more enlightened populace..

[IntractableMonkey]

You are a genius.

[thaprecepta]

if you havent seen it already watch platos cave. then you ll understand why they are so fucking ignorant and proudly so

[thefakeyeti]

will do

[thefakeyeti]

there are* Noticed this typo in the email notification

[jxvwp]

@thefakeyeti

Yeah. It really should be the other way around.

[bunnycatch3r]

"supernatural eyesight"? ...try again.

[apocalypseap]

""supernatural eyesight"? ...try again."

Someone sounds like they're trying to compare the word "supernatural" to god... or am I wrong?

[bunnycatch3r]

"Supernatural" according to my dictionary (Webster's New World) "not explainable by known natural forces or laws; specif of or involving God or ghosts or spirits, etc."

My point is that though the telescope is a useful tool it does not give us access to anything outside of nature.

[RedDaVincy]

Yeah, I had a problem with that, too. But only because it doesn't make any specific sense-- I mean, ultra far-sightedness could be considered supernatural, but what about ultra near-sightedness. Wouldn't it also be supernatural to be able to look at the microscopic?

[conman2317]

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