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Posted on: December 4, 2007 1:11 PM, by PZ Myers
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(Complete listing)I think the sky is blue because it's a shift from black through purple to blue, and it has to do with where the light is. You know, the farther we get into darkness, and there's a shifting of color of light into the blueness, and I think as you go farther and farther away from the reflected light we have from the sun or the light that's bouncing off this earth, uh, the darker it gets … I think if you look at the color scale, you start at black, move it through purple, move it on out, it's the shifting of color. We mentioned before about the stars singing, and that's one of the effects of the shifting of colors.
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I went to bed at 3:30am yesterday night (well, today, actually) to watch most of these. As good as the first BB was, BB2 was so much better!
And I have to say, I can't believe how... unlike your internet persona you are, PZ. I mean, obviously the opinions are the same, but the way of expressing them is completely different.
Posted by: Janus | December 4, 2007 1:17 PM
Thanks a lot, PZ! I was actually looking to see if they had put them up yesterday. This brings joy to my cold, evilutionist heart.
Posted by: AtheistAcolyte | December 4, 2007 1:31 PM
Wooohoooo! Been waiting for these for a long time!
Posted by: Arcturus | December 4, 2007 2:15 PM
I like the introducer's comment about science being a candle in the dark.
That makes the DI a candle snuffer. They come along and try to create darkness. Evil people!
Looking forward to the whole thing.
Posted by: CalGeorge | December 4, 2007 2:33 PM
Really worth watching. In particular, the discussions over the influence of the Templeton foundation were pretty interesting: I think, on balance, Harold Kroto came out as the winner, and a hero of mine - Shermer - somewhat tarnished.
Posted by: Steve Zara | December 4, 2007 2:54 PM
Wow, good stuff. I can't wait to watch it all. But wouldn't ya think with all them scientists and such around, someone could get the audio level right on the video? Had to turn the volume on the computer up so high that when I got mail, it set off car alarms in the parking lot before I could slap the mute button.
Posted by: Aero | December 4, 2007 4:36 PM
Does anyone know if they're planning on releasing the videos in any format that doesn't involve Google Video or other such video-streaming sites? I'm on what is (I believe) referred to as a "hella-slow" connection by the ISP, so in order to download and watch longer videos like this, I need to use torrents, or the Downthemall Firefox extension so that my downloads aren't constantly interrupted. And, if there are no plans for this, maybe PZ himself could try to convince them to do so to help all of us suckers who still have a 15kb/s max download speed.
Thanks!
Posted by: RedMage13 | December 4, 2007 4:54 PM
RedMage13: Put the url for the videos into the bar @ http://keepvid.com.
Download the .fla file
You can watch it just like that, or convert it as you like.
The URL for the first video is:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4635122028799793682&hl=en
Posted by: roger | December 4, 2007 5:33 PM
For the Mac, there is this tool that will download and save the flv files for you TubeTV
Posted by: Jeff Knapp | December 4, 2007 5:53 PM
Thanks, Roger!
Posted by: RedMage13 | December 4, 2007 6:02 PM
Jeff, too. Sorry, your comment wasn't there when I tabbed the page open.
Yay, only... 12 hours until part one is downloaded...
Crap.
Posted by: RedMage13 | December 4, 2007 6:11 PM
mmmm...video dinner...ears ready...eyes ready...time to learn lots for free...thanks for the tip PZ
Posted by: chriss | December 4, 2007 7:08 PM
There was a late 19th century French writer (I forget whom) who said that in every village there is a candle-lighter and an extinguisher.
The candlelighter was the schoolmaster, and the extinguisher the priest.
Can anyone source the quote?
And would that it were true today!
Posted by: G. Tingey | December 5, 2007 4:34 AM
I watched Sean Carroll's talk (Oct 31 - #2) on the origin of the universe -- highly recommended! Along with PZ, I think we need to get Sean a book deal!
Brett
Posted by: BrettS | December 5, 2007 1:12 PM
"Wandering in a vast forest at night I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly. This stranger is a theologian." - Denis Diderot
Posted by: Tatarize | December 5, 2007 6:01 PM