inertianinja
04-02-2008, 03:30 AM
NOTE: i realize it's April 1 but i promise this is not a rickroll.
it's called "The Ascent of Man"
This is a 14-part series from (i think the 70's) BBC, hosted by this guy Jacob Bronowski who seems to know everything there is to know in the world. I have re-watched it a million times just to hear his insights into science, philosophy, religion, etc. in one episode, he talks about how he knew Einstein and his contemporaries personally.
This is a link to all the videos on google video. they're out of order, but if you watch them in order he goes through man's history in order.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ascent+of+man&sitesearch=video.google.com
this is a 2 minute, particularly powerful excerpt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIfatdNqBA
one of my favorite quotes from it is an episode where he's standing on easter island among the statutes, and says "people ask all kinds of irrelevant questions about them - who built them? how did they get here? how did they make them.
the real question is...why are they all the same?"
i promise, watching only one would be worth your time.
it's called "The Ascent of Man"
This is a 14-part series from (i think the 70's) BBC, hosted by this guy Jacob Bronowski who seems to know everything there is to know in the world. I have re-watched it a million times just to hear his insights into science, philosophy, religion, etc. in one episode, he talks about how he knew Einstein and his contemporaries personally.
This is a link to all the videos on google video. they're out of order, but if you watch them in order he goes through man's history in order.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ascent+of+man&sitesearch=video.google.com
this is a 2 minute, particularly powerful excerpt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIfatdNqBA
one of my favorite quotes from it is an episode where he's standing on easter island among the statutes, and says "people ask all kinds of irrelevant questions about them - who built them? how did they get here? how did they make them.
the real question is...why are they all the same?"
i promise, watching only one would be worth your time.