James Burke : Connections³ Episode 6, "Elementary Stuff" (HQ), 1 of 5

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Episode 6 of James Burke's Connections³, which is the last (as far as I know!) installment in the Connections series. In this series, Mr. Burke again takes a fresh approach in exploring main theme of all of these series; which is the way that progress occurs, almost exclusively by accident, and through various (often multi-disciplinary) "connections" between ideas or individuals.

In this series, each episode begins where the last one left off and the whole series concludes with a surprise ending :) I won't give it away because that will spoil all the fun!

Again translating this series into a "K-web path", we can think of it as a set of explorations beginning from one starting point and ending up somewhere in the past, present (or possibly the future) and then left there for a later time (ie. School's out, and it's time to go home!). The next show is then a continuation of the journey through "connection space". See http://k-web.org for more information.

In a sense this series almost reads like a book with various twists and turns (and lots of surprises!), broken up into "chapters" where each chapter starts off where the last one ended.

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[JamesBurkeWeb]

Typo: "aught not be taken out of the context of education".

[BugsWisely]

@khataroo

Alas Charles Darwin: another in a steady line of staunch protectors from truth thru hypocrisy. As judges in these cases cannot be compelled to consider the facts when copyright is the instrument of theft.

[KicknGuitar]

Why is the "transmission " explanation (the brick wall graffiti) , spoken in a horrible sounding attempt at a Jamaican accent?

[JamesBurkeWeb]

And that thing about not seeing the comments. Just discovered it's a YouTube bug. I just now saw 2 comments disappear exactly as before. Anything at "level zero" is not shown. Only replies.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Great. I can't wait to actually see it! Don't forget to send me the final cut as it were.

- JBW

[Keylimedelight]

You sir are a paragon of all human virtue, and I'm happy to embrace that request. I'll do my best to use Mr. Burke's footage to support interest in Connections as a whole.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Of course not.

Just, if I can make a request, since I'm not Mr. Burke so I can't speak for him, try to keep the surrounding context within the spirit of Mr. Burke's expressed point of view.

That is: Keep in mind that the comedic elements of his shows are tools used to combine learning and entertainment. And since I can't speak for him, I can only assume that his work not be taken out of the context of education.

Just a request, not a commandment!

- JBW

[Keylimedelight]

Would you mind if i edited it into something for the short attention span audience?

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Funny how you're the first person to comment on that while the little clip of him playing classical guitar (clipped out from The Neuron Suite and posted elsewhere) has like 20,000 views or something!

- JBW

[Keylimedelight]

holy shit, Burke playing the uke is internet dynamite waiting to be discovered.