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I am struck by the dissonance of the video. The low-budget feel makes me expect "crackpot" more at every moment, yet at every moment I love and trust the guy mo
by cgs1019 14y ago
I am struck by the dissonance of the video. The low-budget feel makes me expect "crackpot" more at every moment, yet at every moment I love and trust the guy more and want to support him more.
I really love the basic concept of wanting to reign in challenging, complex, "fringe" ideas and bind them to the public interest. This is such a simple and fundamental idea that, while manifested to some extent in popular science, is often done inadequately, overly sensationally or both.
- JumpCrisscross 14y agoI'm developing a strong aversion to polished Kickstarter videos - the dense, direct, and grounded feel of the video helped sell me on the sincerity of the campaigner.
- ZoFreX 14y agoIf you like this sort of thing, you might enjoy the book "Physics of the Impossible", which examines the feasibility of various science fiction technologies (such as FTL) from a pop-sci level.
- jonnathanson 14y ago+1. All of Michio Kaku's physics books are pretty solid, even if there's a bit of overlap among them. "Physics of the Future," for instance, is a decent examination of what he believes will actually be realized in 10, 20, 100, 1000, etc., years. It's a good companion piece to "Impossible."
- TeMPOraL 14y ago> I am struck by the dissonance of the video. A minor thing, but using Star Wars motif at the end in movie about Star Trek kind of surprised me.
- prawn 14y agoHe plans to cover Star Wars' "hyperspace" in the book.
- braver 14y agoThe real dissonance is that this topic is very interesting but the presentation a bit dry. I don;t care about the (lack of) bell and whistles. Put the content in an interesting flow. That will get you the audience.