Notes From the Cosmic Perspective
Culture is the things you do that you don’t notice. In Italy they have a pasta aisle. In America we have ready made cereal isle, Soft drink aisle.
Culture of discovery doesn't last forever
Backup mic display
Bad seats people
Periodic table flags
Top countries of element discovery, noble gases
Scientists on currency
Franklin outwitted god - Lightning rod, discharge electrons
9/11 vs a golden age of islam
Alhazen, optics, previously people thought sight was beaming, active
2/3 of stars have arabic names, Arabic numbers (formerly Hindu Numbers), algorithm, algebra Superbowl L - nfl abandoning Roman numerals Al-ghazali: math is earthly, philosophy shifted culture away from science, when "God's will" is a satisfactory answer to everything you stop progressing.
13th floor, superstition, negative number floors.
"Tomorrow" as envisioned "Yesterday"
The cosmic perspective
Universe as simulation: cosmic rays energy cutoff, speed of light
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