• snooggums@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    It lets the host have somebody they are clearly “smarter” than to gain the trust of the audience. It doesn’t even serve the purpose of the audience insert like in a movie, because explaining things doesn’t require that if you aren’t trying to get immersed in the rules of a fictional world.

    Carl Sagan didn’t need someone to pretend to be a fool to explain things.

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      8 months ago

      Carl Sagan didn’t need someone to pretend to be a fool to explain things.

      That he did not. But I imagine it would take more of a predisposition to the subject to view Carl’s stuff, than Neil. Neil is taking the science to everyone. And in order to do that, you have to have a bit of arrogance (look at why Trump is so popular) and a bit of pizzazz. It’s gotta cater to a lot more people.

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          8 months ago

          Okay. Btw did you down vote my comment as you made this comment? Just curious.

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            8 months ago

            Your statement:

            Neil is taking the science to everyone. And in order to do that, you have to have a bit of arrogance (look at why Trump is so popular) and a bit of pizzazz.

            Doesn’t contribute to the conversation becsuse we were just talking about Sagan who did not need to be arrogant to bring science to everyone. Nor did you need to bring Trump into this thread when he has no relevance in any way to the conversation.

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              8 months ago

              Well holy shit, excuse me for being tangential. I shall excuse myself from this narrow conversation to which you may bring no simile. I don’t wish to communicate with you again due to fear of breaching the subject. Thank you.

              🙄

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                  8 months ago

                  I wanted to hear the answer, don’t worry.

                  What I’m saying, in case you don’t speak sarcasm, is that the statement I made touches on the subject tangentially, and is not completely off-topic. You are being extremely petty and it’s incredibly unbecoming.

                  Please don’t talk to me anymore, thank you for respecting my wishes.

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                    8 months ago

                    It was one downvote, get over youreelf.

                    There’s a block feature if you don’t want someeone to respond to you.