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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0-jKmcNr_8

>stage is dark except for the faint glow of the distant stars
>the audience murmurs softly
>suddenly a light shines on center stage
>a red velvet curtain depicting the missing link stuffing his face with tabs of LSD and smoking three joints at the same time is revealed
>the audience goes dead quiet
>a perfect harmonic scale, neither too passionate nor too exciting, fills the air as the curtain slowly rises
>Richard Dawkins steps out onto the stage
>the audience goes wild
>microscopes and graph paper are sent flying through the aisles
>Dawkins raises one finger
>the crowd hushes, vacuum of vacuums
>"What..."
>sweat weighs and glues labcoats to the floor
>"Is..."
>Higgs bosons begin bouncing so rapidly that they can be seen emitting firefly-like iridescence
>"...Consciousness?"
>a shockwave the likes of which the Manhattan Project never knew rips through the crowd
>tear filled safety goggles begin drowning the eyes of their wearers
>the entire audience roars in delight
>The Vatican, Mecca, and Jerusalem are destroyed by the catastrophic blast of a thousand concentrated autisms
>philosophy sections in bookstores are overturned and replaced with discount fedora displays
>Dawkins glows a deep purple as extra-terrestrial life finally makes contact with earth and abducts him in a totally scientific bodily ascension
>as humanities departments around the world shut down, Neil deGrasse Tyson looks at the camera
>"We. Are. Star stuff."
>He winks
>God is dead

>> No.6877941

Who goes to these things?

>> No.6877944

Literally reddit: the panel

>> No.6877950
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6877950

>>6877941
Nerds.
Not shut-ins
Nice people

You know, the usual.

>> No.6877958

>>6877941
the atheists that Zizek talks about, the ones who still want to cling onto some familiar big Other to give their lives meaning.

>> No.6877959

>>6877941

The same people who treats the daily viewing of a Ted Talk as a workout plan.

>> No.6877981
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6877981

>a planetary curator, biologist and general popsci/tv guy discuss consciousness on a what looks like at least partially academic platform

>> No.6878017

>>6877909
this is horrifying
SO MUCH AUTISM

>> No.6878030
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6878030

>mfw

>> No.6878041
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6878041

I take this over anyone talking about the wonder of the universe

>> No.6878048

>>6877950
>Nerds.
>Nice people

Pick one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTDLdDEJwZg

>> No.6878052

when will humanitietards release we don't think about them at all and just do work in our own respective systems. Its not a rivalry

>> No.6878057

>>6877941
Ernest Cline and Andy Weir fans

>> No.6878076

>>6878048
This isn't even true. I know a lot of smart people who are very outgoing and pleasent and different to the picked-on nerd stereotype.

Conversely a lot of the DnD/Marvel/"Nerdculture" types aren't particularly smart.

>> No.6878078

>mfw some people on /lit/ are simply the humanities version of the stereotypical STEM autist, and are just as anti science as the latter autists are anti art and philosophy

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>>6878078
you were sayin?

>> No.6878161

I know we all despise the atheist-militia and their retarded cult following, but you gotta admit that it's pretty funny to see them trying to argue with religious nutbags

>> No.6878163

>>6878118
please a fundamental tenant of aesthetic harmony is proper geometry

>> No.6879084

>>6878078
>implying a balance is possible so long as scientism keeps intruding on and putting down the humanities

>> No.6879473

Didn't Descartes debunk Black Science Mans idea hundreds of years ago?

>> No.6879496

ah yes neil degrasse tyson the man who thinks philosophy is useless

*tips fedora*

>> No.6879521

>>6878078
Welcome to /lit/
Enjoy your stay.

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6879589

Daily reminder this guy doesn't give a shit about you or revealing "truth"

He made his wealth talking about theology, a subject that he knows nothing about.

Reminder that the majority of popular things are shit.

>> No.6879597

>>6879589
>implying I give a shit about what Richard Dawkins gives a shit about
dop geg :DDDDDD

>> No.6879649

>>6877909
Based Bill Nye

>> No.6879673

>>6879589

But religion is all a shake-down and a racket! i read it thanks to my subscription to the "Richard Dawkins foundation for Science and Reason". It only costs $85 a month!

>> No.6879731

>>6877909
seems like Tyson and Nye are in agreement