Tyson is talking about arbitrary scales to make a correlation ... he is admitting there is no way to know exactly what is going on.... but it IS inside the 1-2%.

"Everything that we are, that is not the chimp, is not as smart compared to the chimp as we tell ourselves.

Maybe the difference between combining motions for sign language and building a space shuttle isnt as big as we think.

How do we decide? Imagine another life form, 1% different from us, in the direction we are different from the chimp. Think about that."

Now do you see? He is using a what if. You think his what-if is faulty based on what? He is using Occam's Razor and all of his scientific method, and the direction he is heading in is quite logical. Almost perfectly logical.

>> ^direpickle:

What kind of escort did they have flying along with it? No one mentions it anywhere. Just kinda curious.


Superman.

I wonder if the shuttle control surfaces are used at all? I wonder if the shuttle generates much lift, thus the load on the craft being lower than might be imagined.

Thanks a bunch!

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Now this would have been FABULOUS to see in person

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A T-38 that almost ran out of fuel near Dulles International. >> ^direpickle:

What kind of escort did they have flying along with it? No one mentions it anywhere. Just kinda curious.

I wonder what will happen to that Boeing plane that used to carry the space shuttles.

Back in '88 I got to be on the tarmac at an airforce base under a space shuttle strapped to a 747. If you have not seen it you can not imagine how massive that combination is.

>> ^Payback:

FAKE! Lava can be upwards of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Looks like a normal floor to me.


I agree, if that was lava, his clothes would've caught fire when he came within ten feet of it. Not to mention, who would ever build a house with lava floors? How could you live in it? And what kind of boat could you possibly have that would shuttle you from room to room? An adamantium boat? I don't think so. There's not even that much adamantium on the planet.

>> ^therealblankman:

So if you do something like this, how do you get the footage back? How do you keep track of where the thing lands? A Go Pro camera can't broadcast to the ground from the edger of space so...???


I see in YT description it mentions use of a Spot GPS, I would guess that is how they track its location once it touches down.

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We're not perfect and as was mentioned this is a gray area. There are reasons given in each individual post why the examples you cited were included. Also, we've been around for six years - our culture is a living thing and evolving. With six years worth of video content you are going to find things that support or condemn your position.

We try for consistency and we try to follow the guidelines but citing precedence is my least favourite way of supporting a position on VideoSift. You'll always be able to cherry pick - and it sounds a little too much like "why are you picking on me?"

>> ^Porksandwich:

>> ^lucky760:
>> ^Boise_Lib:
I'm very glad that the community that I choose to associate with doesn't approve of watching people die.

That's a very nice sentiment and one that I share with you. I have always appreciated that every time I open a horrific video here, there's comfort in being able to presume that as disturbing as it may be, the people involved all survived. This is something many people take for granted or just don't care about, but it's something I value highly about VideoSift.

Well I'd just like to point out that a number of the videos I linked in a previous post, near all if not all of them depict(ed) scenes where people were dieing. Many if you follow them to their source have stories about how many died in the accident/event being shown in the video. I do not think the shuttle or WTC footage should be removed, but it does show scenes were people did not survive. And the building burning shows the fire that ended up killing 100+ people when it was all over.
Beyond the clear newsworthy events (WTC, Space Shuttle) what makes the other videos suitable? The soldiers peeing on corpses is much more graphic and in your face with the death aspect than this video is, since you can see the act happening with the corpses (hopefully dead at this point...hopefully) in view of the camera.
I just want some kind of acknowledgement that putting a news reporter before this video would not change the content of the video. Or a ticker bar at the bottom.....or a watermark in the video......the contents and happenings of the video would remain the same.
I see the plane crash video I linked to as exactly like this video. The person flying either had a hardware failure or mistake that caused him to nose dive into the ground. You know he died either on impact or shortly after. The only difference is one is a plane and one is a car. I know we can all put ourselves in the driver's seat of a car, but we can set ourselves apart from piloting due to lack of experience. This may account for the notation on this video, I want to identify whatever it is that this video has that set it apart from the others.
The police shootings are in the same scenario, but most us aren't cops. But most of them show poor choices that led up to it, and maybe we feel we wouldn't make those choices as a rational person...so the video is OK because it demonstrates a level of behavior that will result in your death that none of us feel we will reach. A car crash accident is not left up to willful choice in most cases.

>> ^lucky760:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I'm very glad that the community that I choose to associate with doesn't approve of watching people die.

That's a very nice sentiment and one that I share with you. I have always appreciated that every time I open a horrific video here, there's comfort in being able to presume that as disturbing as it may be, the people involved all survived. This is something many people take for granted or just don't care about, but it's something I value highly about VideoSift.


Well I'd just like to point out that a number of the videos I linked in a previous post, near all if not all of them depict(ed) scenes where people were dieing. Many if you follow them to their source have stories about how many died in the accident/event being shown in the video. I do not think the shuttle or WTC footage should be removed, but it does show scenes were people did not survive. And the building burning shows the fire that ended up killing 100+ people when it was all over.

Beyond the clear newsworthy events (WTC, Space Shuttle) what makes the other videos suitable? The soldiers peeing on corpses is much more graphic and in your face with the death aspect than this video is, since you can see the act happening with the corpses (hopefully dead at this point...hopefully) in view of the camera.

I just want some kind of acknowledgement that putting a news reporter before this video would not change the content of the video. Or a ticker bar at the bottom.....or a watermark in the video......the contents and happenings of the video would remain the same.

I see the plane crash video I linked to as exactly like this video. The person flying either had a hardware failure or mistake that caused him to nose dive into the ground. You know he died either on impact or shortly after. The only difference is one is a plane and one is a car. I know we can all put ourselves in the driver's seat of a car, but we can set ourselves apart from piloting due to lack of experience. This may account for the notation on this video, I want to identify whatever it is that this video has that set it apart from the others.

The police shootings are in the same scenario, but most us aren't cops. But most of them show poor choices that led up to it, and maybe we feel we wouldn't make those choices as a rational person...so the video is OK because it demonstrates a level of behavior that will result in your death that none of us feel we will reach. A car crash accident is not left up to willful choice in most cases.

I was 9 and a total space nut. My room was covered in posters of the shuttle and challenger was always my favourite; no reason really, the name just sounded cool. I really wanted to be an astronaut (hadn't sunk in that Ireland didn't have a space program).

I was watching cartoons when they interrupted them with the news. I don't remember anything specific after that, just total shock.

I was in the elementary main office calling to have my dad come to pick me up as I was sick at school. They happened to have the launch on the TV in the waiting room. While I was standing at the counter (I was probably in fourth or fifth grade) I saw it blow up on the television. I turned to the secretary and immediately told her that I thought the shuttle had just blown up; she of course didn't believe me at first. I knew quite a bit about the shuttle even at that age and knew something horrible had just happened, although I was still too young to fully grasp the full implications of that moment in history.

>> ^oritteropo:

No dupe here. This vid includes part of the other one, but it's mainly about the news anchors. This would not be a suitable backup for the other.
>> ^youdiejoe:
sorry y'all it's a dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Giant-Spider-Attacks-Space-Shuttle



Ditto. Love the ending!!

No dupe here. This vid includes part of the other one, but it's mainly about the news anchors. This would not be a suitable backup for the other.

>> ^youdiejoe:

sorry y'all it's a dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Giant-Spider-Attacks-Space-Shuttle