NOVA never disappoints. Many of the subjects don't affect our daily struggle in a way we're aware of, and they don't sell many newspapers, so they only get press in scientific or trade journals. Very few would read all the publications required to get the whole picture. Every subject is presented in a clear, interesting manner.
I swear if the voice of Peter Thomas(NOVA's narrator), told me I was a chicken, I'd try to lay an egg.
As for the Higgs boson show, I think your celebration of science description is appropriate. It's a story of science triumphs over skeptics, politics, and numerous scientific challenges, to catch a glimpse of what had been theoretical for 50 years. Perfect story line with good guys, bad guys, and triumph.
However, there is a considerable phalanx of people saying so what? Do I still have to go to work tomorrow? Will Higgs boson fix my car, heal my body, feed the world? Wouldn't that $13.25 Billion and effort of hundreds, be better spent improving the lives of third world people? Does science trump humanity?
I don't have an answer.
01-15-2015, 03:36 PM
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