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Animated short about science by comedian Tim Minchin
- idan 15y agoThe best ten minutes of entertainment I've seen in a long, long time. Brilliant wordplay and beautiful, _beautiful_ animation. Most importantly, this is how a badass argues with cliches and science-deniers. Brilliant.
- maeon3 15y agoTo use science, reason, and logic to try to convince or correct a person who has based their view on emotion, fellowship or intuition is a huge mistake. (emphasis subtracted). If you want a person who holds a crazy idea based on emotion to change their view, don't ask them logically or scientifically, go after the support structure of their view. I see the main character there as projecting a lack of self confidence. Those unsure of their views usually get very emotional and try very hard to push it onto others.
- bunderbunder 15y ago>To use science, reason, and logic to try to convince or correct a person who has based their view on emotion, fellowship or intuition is a huge mistake. On the other hand, if you're a professional comedian (as Tim Minchin is), telling a story that helps your core audience laugh about a common situation that normally stresses them (as Tim Minchin did) is simply doing your job (and Tim did it well).
- hellweaver666 15y agoTim Minchin who wrote/narrated this poem is a brilliant comedian and musician. I saw him live in Dublin last October and I'm seeing him again in Malvern this summer. I don't know what it is about him, but I can watch him again and again - same goes for his music. Cheers me up no-end.
- justncase80 15y agoI love Tim Minchin. Saw him when he came to Minneapolis.