Critical Thinking Post #2 - Popular Science Today

So, I just recently saw the pilot episode for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and for starters I must admit that the visuals for the show is striking. The show's animation is visually striking and leaves a lasting impression on the viewer. It leaves the viewer with a craving to gain more knowledge. The "tone" of the show is optimistic. Neil deGrasse Tyson makes the viewer feel small compared to the vast space of the cosmos. It's an ever expanding universe and leaves room for more exploration by mankind. The show argues the value of both science and humanism by explaining how the cosmos first began by the big bang through the last seconds on the cosmos calendar where humans start to develop in nature. The value of science is shown by a detailed history of what the cosmos is comprised of, which is the local group, Virgo superstructure, and mutiverse. They show what it offers to human through evolution and what we do with the knowledge gained by it. I believe Americans like this scientifically aware show because the visuals is quite amazing and deep down they would like to know more about what science has to offer us. What I learned from watching this show is the amount of time humans undergo on the cosmic calender. According to the cosmic calender humans came into existence within the last few seconds. That means the history of humans is only but a tiny spot to an infinite amount of space.