Lie detectors (polygraphs) are widely condemned in the scientific literature as having little value in the ability to detect the veracity of a person's statement. These devices measure physiological arousal, which may result from a number of conditions (such as appetite, fatigue, excitability, reactivity to the questioner, temperature of the room, etc.) and may have only a passing correlation with how a person feels about the things he or she says. This is in addition to the fact that some people might lie without knowing it or lie so well that it's not detected. As a result, one can easily say that this program is a farce and a spectacle on the order of gladiator tribulations or the minstrel shows of the 19th century.

I am taking preventive steps to ensure even after the clips are taken down they will re-appear..even if I have to get Burks permission. Great to hear m15m ^ - Wrote a short rant while I was in the middle of typing up this post, I am just amazed at how the mind flows when you watch Burke...although Marijuana surely helps, here is what I came up with while watching this clip... I don't any of it really helps in creating a description but hopefully it gets the thought muscles moving...

Burke mentions the importance of the first 7 minutes and how important it is to make quick decisions during the Nuclear age... that reminded me of this particular clip... I know..I know...too easy...but "Connections"... this is one I made during while watching this clip. But it's true, if anything that clip is simply an example of a world leader failing to recognize the importance of the first 7 Minutes.

But this is the reality of the nuclear age. I think the universe did change once the bomb was dropped, a new thought that the world can end abruptly. Also while on that topics, has Bush spoken at black elementary school since 9/11? Why does he spend billions on war at the drop of a hat, then vetoes a program that was aimed to improve the health of children? Shouldn't we all be working together to maybe produce peace during the nuclear age? Although 9/11 warranted a forceful response and America had the support of the world, Bush chose to take war to another level.

If you remember life on September the 10th 2001, you know the Universe has changed dramatically. If not because international terrorism clouds the minds of many with irrational fears, but because within the last 5 years the internet has developed into web 2.0...hear me out. Blogs, Social Networks, youtube, the amount of information available and speed in which we can communicate provides incredible opportunities and challenges, The Internet Grows. Can the internet build a new global conscience and save this planet...from said nuclear annihilation, or global warming, pick your poison, really either way both problems are spiraling out of control, while we all sit around and watch Bill O'Reilly and/or reality shows. Did you hear Bush warned of WWIII? Nifty. Fucking Liberals. We can do better then this right?

Sorry for going on, but this is what Burke does to the imagination, watch the clip...full screen of course...and your mind runs wild, adding links to your thoughts creates new life to this clip. This first clip is mainly an introduction to the series, but you can get an idea of how kick ass this adventure through time is going to be, the Crusades, exploration, minstrels the first media in the 15th century, the beginnings of modern science, beginning of industry, the French revolution, this series will have it all.

Why are we doing this? Why should we watch every James Burke clip and think about them?

We are the pioneers of the Internet, just within the last ten years every piece of information known to man has been turning up online, and we carry the burden of having to sort it all out. Two years ago I started an archive of random internet pages, just that ability to categorize and search landed me a couple online jobs, my 90 year old grandma listened to the radio as a kid, she doesn't understand the what Internet is. Ted Stevens who recently was in charge of regulating the Internet is 84.

20 minutes of writing and researching links is just an appealing way, for me at least, to spend time I would have otherwise spent watching more videos/television, I don't know why but I just feel more active when I'm participating with the media rather then just consuming. Burke just gets me all typee.

Philosophize the clip, I am sure we can come with a description and a boatload of related links that go hand and hand with the clip above.

Thanks for the info, your upvote despite your apparent hatred of S & G, and the link, MINK (haha, rhymes). I was aware that it's some sort of folk tune that was passed on. I guess I should have said that Simon and Garfunkel wrote all the music for the movie EXCEPT for this tune, which was stolen legally from some dead minstrels from the middle ages, with no fear of legal retribution because the music is public domain. Ah well...

The best version of this song in my opinion is done by the New Christie Minstrels. It's worth finding.

Only if the wonderfully critical title "Hopeful Minstrels" can be worked back in to the description field.

Upvote for dogged persistence

....the above sentiments have been a personal mantra since 1997, even recall having these conversations with many musicians who had a commitment to live performance and self-promotion, right around the time ol napster boy, took the money and ran!!
and those whiners like Metallica!!! I thought they were bad-asses but they showed their asses to be the bitter drunks they are!! Times change boys, get out there and perform, like the traveling minstrels of old!!!! (Try a puppet show, hear those are big crowd pleasers!)
No quarter for Hollowood, they can go the way of the dinosaur and there'd be no love lost.....I'll just laugh and watch quality programming, like the "Crack Spider's Bitch!!!


Viva La Revolution.....bout time for a good one.....