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    Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing

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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    i know the guy who made this, as well as "a glorious dawn," and it's so rad to see them on io9. makes me happy. #scientistautotune
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    10/21/09

    @skorpiusmaximus: Yeah, ColorPulse ([colorpulsemusic.com]) should get some kind of deal going with the Dept of Education. Auto-Tune is all the rage with us kids nowadays, might as well use it to teach something useful... #scientistautotune
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    Image of dougdirac dougdirac
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    I've met Bill Nye.. he's a cool dude. We're both Cornell alums. But I wouldn't call him a scientist. He's more an engineer and educator. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    @dougdirac: TV scientist #scientistautotune
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    10/21/09

    @Meredith Woerner: Telescientist? #scientistautotune
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    Image of Occula Occula
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Those are beautiful. I didn't grow up with 'Cosmos' because my dad was an optical physicist and was always annoyed at all the theoretical guys who got famous instead of him (he was jealous but pretended he wasn't, of course), so the TV was always tuned to 'Nova' instead. However, I think it's wonderful how touched everybody is, lo these many years later, at what 'Cosmos' has to say.

    I saw Stephen Hawking at the grocery store once. People gave me dirty looks because I was staring at him in awe and everybody else, who didn't recognize him, thought I was just staring at the dude in the wheelchair. #scientistautotune
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    Image of ProgHead777 ProgHead777
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    I love these. Music videos featuring my heroes. They were already rock stars, IMO. Break it down, NdGT!

    Also, BTW, one of the only reasons to NOT loath Auto-Tune.
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Sagan and Cosmos are two of the biggest reasons I became a science teacher, and I can safely say 100+ middle-schoolers are going to be looking at me tomorrow and asking "what the heck was THAT?"

    And I'll just laugh... #scientistautotune
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    Image of Occula Occula
    10/20/09

    @Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: Oh no...I bet they will LOVE it. Even if it's just because it uses auto-tune. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    wow. that is just wow. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Never have I been so uplifted by being reminded of how small and insignificant I am in the Grand Scheme of Things. Especially that bit from 0:41 to 1:21 - awesome (as I don't usually say, being British).
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    10/20/09

    @rotwang: Not to take away from your sentiment, but I have heard this said before and I always have the opposite reaction... the fact that I am here at all, able to communicate with other humans, over these distances, able to walk around outside and just be alive, to create things, seems very significant. I could just as easily not have existed at all, yet I do.
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    rotwang promoted this comment Edited by cylon_conspiracy at 10/20/09 4:03 PM cylon_conspiracy was starred cylon_conspiracy was unstarred
    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/20/09

    @rotwang: Found a way to survive the Total Perspective Vortex, have you? #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    @cylon_conspiracy: I used 'insignificant' to mean "small in size, relative to the cosmos", rather than "of little worth or importance" (so my use of 'small and...' was actually unnecessary there). When I see the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image, for example, I just feel (as Bill Nye says) kinda speck-like.
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    10/20/09

    @Bigdamnhero: If you want to make a universe from scratch, you must first create a piece of fairy cake.
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    10/20/09

    @rotwang: and from that piece of fairy cake, it is possible to extrapolate the whole of creation. #scientistautotune
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    Image of rotwang rotwang
    10/21/09

    @Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: Indeed - so I guess we're not specks or motes of dust...we're crumbs. #scientistautotune
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    10/24/09

    @rotwang: yes, but connected crumbs. #scientistautotune
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    I like the face in the nebula at 2:42. And Bill Nye saying "billyons."

    The phrasing "cosmic sermons" is inspired. Only kind I like. Funny how I get the urge to pray, after watching one of these.

    These silly autotunes always get me. Off to watch some Cosmos on Hulu. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Sagan would AutoTune well. #scientistautotune
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    Image of KilianCrane KilianCrane
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Am I the only one that gets choked up when I see Carl Sagan?
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    10/20/09

    @KilianCrane: Not really. Carl Sagan is my personal hero and has inspired me in my quest to *understand*.

    This can be applied to every aspect of your life. I'm very happy I got the chance to see Cosmos at a very early age. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    This is pretty cool, too. It's got Stephen Hawking.
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    Image of 0RB1TAL 0RB1TAL
    10/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Stephen Hawking should have guys playing synthesizers when he speaks. Every conversation would sound like an 80's song! #scientistautotune
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: This one is the funniest one, though. Not an auto-tune, but... hell, just watch it yourself. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: I like this one better. Carl is far more poetic and mythic in his language, and Hawking's roll-in cameo is perfect. #scientistautotune
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    Image of edwinhaigh edwinhaigh
    10/20/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Yeah, I was thinking about how funny it is that Stephen Hawking's voice is the only voice that sounds normal autotuned. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    @ceti: It's funny, the people I've talked to, it's whichever one they saw first that they like more. I like the one that leads this post more, primarily because there's less of Sagan staring and smiling, and more of him talking. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    @Smeagol92055: Morpheus was so sad to hear about the essential nothingness of atomic structure. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    @Trystero: I would pay good money if someone went through the Matrix movies and replaced all of Hugo Weaving's dialogue with Carl Sagan's monologues from Cosmos. #scientistautotune
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    10/21/09

    @Smeagol92055: OMG! That's exactly the look my students give me during the last 10 minutes of class! #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Already posting this wherever I can. This definatly tastes of awsomesauce
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Ha ha this is pretty cool! #scientistautotune
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    Carl Sagan and Bill Nye. You guys have officially made my day, io9. #scientistautotune
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Beautiful Scientist Auto-tune Jam Will Make You Smile, Possibly Sing
    I only made it to 1:04 before I realized I was going to start misting up. Had to pause it until I get home. #scientistautotune
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