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Michaelangelo for me. He was funny, was always the least organized, got into more trouble, and had a touch of defiance... at least that's how I saw him. Oh, and he was a party dude.

'Hey, jury is out! Need a transitional thing... last thing was this chimpanzee named Lucy, but it turned out to be a human! You need to have faith in science.'


Its interesting to imagine how Michaelangelo, or Newton, or Socrates must have felt, surrounded by other humans even more ignorant than them... and I wonder, is it any different for us now?

If there is one constant in human civilization its the struggle against encroaching ignorance.

Yet another historical censorship blunder. (such as when Cardinal Carafa and Monsignor Sernini censored Michaelangelo's The Last Judgement by having another artist paint over all of the nude figures because they thought it was "shameful")

Very cool, though it had me wondering for most of it if he was really doing it by himself because they wouldn't show the kid's whole arm (so someone could have been guiding his hand) and because he said he wanted to paint Michaelangelo but he painted Leonardo instead. In the end I believe it is probably fer reelz.

^You say:

I believe that the difference between the average human being and Stephen Hawking is far larger then the difference between the average human and the chimpanzee.

But that's not true. Like he said, the average human child (and even most stupid ones) can do tasks that are just too complicated even for the smartest chimps. Also, Stephen Hawking is a genius when it comes to astrophysics, but he's not a genius at everything. I'm sure he'd agree with that. Bach was a musical genius, Shakespeare was a literary genius, Kurosawa was a film making genius, etc. But all these geniuses were pretty normal in most other aspects of their intellect. Dr. Tyson is saying, I believe, that aliens who are just 1% more genetically "advanced" (for lack of a better word), would be intellectually superior to us in just about everything. Their grasp of science would be superior, and so would their communications skills, their conceptual skills, and maybe even their art skills. Maybe they could all paint like Michaelangelo, compose like Beethoven, write like Jane Austen, and so on.

It might seem far-fetched, but just because it's hard to imagine doesn't mean it isn't possible. And "intelligent" life might be far more abundant than even the most optimistic scientists predict. So who knows? We know so very little, that it's almost laughable, really.

Next year: Michaelangelo's David.

>> ^UnseenUltra:
Wait... The Statue of David "combusted" into existence?


David : Michaelangelo :: Everything : God

She equating artistic "perfection" to biological "perfection".

It's quite similar to the "you can't throw all the parts of a watch into the air and have a Timex fall to the ground" argument my JW friends used to blather on about to prove to themselves how stupid evolution is.

i think the whole "men are ugly argument" is slightly retarded, have anyone looked at Michaelangelo David recently, or a 1001 other male nude statues that I could care to mention?

And anyone who doesn't believe that this : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Belvedere_Apollo_Pio-Clementino_Inv1015.jpg

isn't art, and is actually pornography is clearly insane.

>> ^djsunkid:
This makes me realise that I really am curious about the statue. The video hints that the statue revolutionised the art form, and that leaves me wondering, what do they mean by that? What did michaelangelo do that was SO different with this statue? What did he figure out?
Hmmm....


Before Michelangelo, David is usually depicted after his battle with Goliath, usually standing on the beast's severed head. Michelangelo depicts David not in victory, but at a moment prefiguring that victory: in the instant between conscious choice and conscious action, the moment when an individual makes a choice--and commits to act on that choice. Michelangelo sculpted David not as a triumphant victor, but as a thinking, resolute being -- the preconditions for victory.

This makes me realise that I really am curious about the statue. The video hints that the statue revolutionised the art form, and that leaves me wondering, what do they mean by that? What did michaelangelo do that was SO different with this statue? What did he figure out?

Hmmm....

All but one of those people had teeth so ludicrously perfect that their dentist might as well be Michaelangelo. They all wore trendy clothes and had tastefully done makeup and hair. A lot of them would pass for pretty average if they just went "au naturale." They wouldn't turn too many heads and get too much negative attention.

Wish ida made this....my sentiments exactly.....
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"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" Michaelangelo

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