The show “Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey” hosted by Neil
DeGrasse Tyson demonstrates where our Earth belongs within the Virgo Super
cluster. It shows us the measurement of space and time relative to Earth. Tyson
introduced us to Giordano Bruno who was a Renaissance Italian philosopher. He
explains the hardship Bruno faced due to believing that Sun was the center and
other planets revolved around it. Since it went against the geocentric model
embraced by the church, he was punished and was burned on a stake. Many people
gave up their lives for the sake of popular science, the science that we learn
today. It is all thanks to people like Bruno who sacrificed themselves so that
the popular science could be more accurate. The show also uses the concept of
the Cosmic Calendar to describe what it would look like if we can fit the time
since the Big Bang till the birth of human species in a year. I was quite wonder struck when he explained that all of humanity has only existed in the last minute of
the last second of the last month in that year. The tone of this show doesn't seem very
optimistic about humanistic values since our place in this universe is tinier
than a speck of dust. However, it is very optimistic about humans being able to
explore this universe more through future technology and discoveries. I am
astonished by how vast and majestic our universe is and how infinite it seems, so
yes I do feel very small. However, I don’t believe that there isn't a point of
our existence in this universe. Our humanistic values and the ability to be
able to discover different galaxies and find out the origin of our solar system
and many other things beyond that makes us far more valuable than merely our
size in this universe. Despite being a bit differed towards the tone of this
show, I have learned a lot about our place in this universe and what it is
actually made up of. The science in this show is very interesting and it makes me
to know more about astronomy.
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