The Day The Universe Changed 04 - A Matter of Fact

This documentary is fucking beautiful shit.
Sorry about that...


The Day The Universe Changed - A Matter of Fact, Printing Transforms Knowledge.

The Day the Universe Changed (subtitled "A Personal View by James Burke") is a British documentary series produced by and starring science historian James Burke, originally broadcast in 1985.
The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science and technology on western philosophy. The title comes from the philosophical idea that the universe essentially only exists as you perceive it; therefore, if you change your perception of the universe, you have changed the universe itself.
aaronfrsays...

upvote for some footage in my neighborhood. a the beautiful rocamadour. good thing he didn't visit in the winter, cause there ain't a soul in the town until after easter.

colinrsays...

Fascinating episode. It is almost like he is speaking to 20+ years hence viewers with that final speech about facts becoming fluid and removed from personal experience - did he know what was coming with Bush and Blair's 'dodgy dossier' of made up evidence about Iraq's ability to launch weapons within 45 mins :-D

It also reminds us of just how much of a revolution the Internet has been. The invention of movable type was a major revolution, but presses were still in the hands of those with the resources to produce. Now any monkey with a keyboard can add to the information on the Internet (as I'm proving right now!). Also see the Wikipedia for facts becoming fluid!

siftbotsays...

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my15minutessays...

^yew rock, choggie

fucking beautiful *geek *science *history that i've watched 100 times, since its *1sttube debut, on PBS, here in the states.

and never get bored of, 30 years later.

and my *british
intellectual godfather.

my15minutessays...

and, bearing what you two remarked on:

>> ^aaronfr:
upvote for some footage in my neighborhood. a the beautiful rocamadour.


>> ^colinr:
Now any monkey with a keyboard can add to the information on the Internet (as I'm proving right now!). Also see the Wikipedia for facts becoming fluid!


i thought this appropriate...

siftbotsays...

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