Have we suddenly started getting real hard science on mainstream TV? Only caught 5 min but it hardly seemed dumbed down... For real or a gimmick?
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Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
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Prof Brian Cox explained the Planck constant.
I got quite giddy, for a moment I thought that I actually understood what he was talking about.
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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I watched the last 15 minutes of the smug, grinning, unbearable twat. Seemed like quite a good programme other than him, so I'll probably try and watch it all on iPlayer this evening. But yes a science programme that doesn't treat its audience like 8 year olds is quite a rarity.Originally posted by cojak View PostProf Brian Cox explained the Planck constant.
I got quite giddy, for a moment I thought that I actually understood what he was talking about.
Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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So it's not just me that finds him irritating!Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI watched the last 15 minutes of the smug, grinning, unbearable twat.How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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As MTT might say, I would."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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so would Mrs Eek. Even more so after meeting him in London last year.Originally posted by cojak View PostAs MTT might say, I would.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Me too. He's a smug champagne socialist.Originally posted by Troll View PostSo it's not just me that finds him irritating!
Never mind Planck's Constant, he should spend more time studying black holes, especially that Event Horizon called the Labour Party.Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostProf Brian Cox explained the Planck constant...It could be the most informative programme ever, but if Cox is fronting it, I'd rather watch the X-Factor. Jim Al Khalili's the man for me.Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI watched the last 15 minutes of the smug, grinning, unbearable twat...Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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He was there too, helping to explain steady-state waves with a skipping-rope and Simon PeggOriginally posted by NotAllThere View PostIt could be the most informative programme ever, but if Cox is fronting it, I'd rather watch the X-Factor. Jim Al Khalili's the man for me.
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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