Tag: Carl Sagan
Medicine, Religion, and Cosmos — Was Andrew Cuomo Wrong to Invoke God?
In a press conference yesterday about the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used notably religious language.
Cosmos Episode 6 — That’s Entertainment! (But Is It Science?)
Here is the problem with speculative thinking about extraterrestrial life as well as about the origin of life.
Counterprogramming for Cosmos 3.0: Two New Videos from Science Historian Mike Keas
The series, as hosted originally by Carl Sagan and now by Neil deGrasse Tyson, has two notable priorities.
Cosmos 3.0 Revisits Themes of the Past, with Familiar Historical Mythmaking
At a couple of points in episode 1, Neil deGrasse Tyson employs the “Book of Nature” metaphor, but he never gives its proper historical context. It’s actually a Christian concept.
Cosmos 3.0 with Neil deGrasse Tyson Arrives Tonight at 8 PM, Somewhat Dented
The second season (2014) spun a misleading narrative celebrating the triumph of rational, secular scientific culture over benighted, supposedly irrational and anti-science religion.