The Big Picture: Science!

[Orange Monkey]

Science, make Puppy-sized Elephants, and make them no please. The evolutionairy advantage of cuteness is too large to go to waste!

 

[Unesh52]

This whole thing is a big part of the reason many people are so utterly disgusted with whaling and dolphin hunting. When you think about it, it's on the same level as walking down the street with your family and having them harpooned in the back in front of your eyes. The whales understand whats happening... Scary.

That is horrifying...

 

[magicmonkeybars]

okay, I like you well enough Bob but that was the dumbest 4:30 minutes an intelligent person can put together.
These are the kind of questions I can answer off the top of my head, you're smarter than this.
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[Toar]

Hey, where's my semi-sentient robot android who I can interact with on a daily basis? Come on, I Robot, Bicentenial Man, Lost in Space? Does no one else want a somewhat humane robot who may or may not want to kill us?

 

[M-JN]

I suspect people have already mentioned, but PETA actually offered a million dollars to the first company who can make in vitro meat as tasty and satisfying to eat as animal meat. Best thing they've ever done, imo.

 

[EchetusXe]

If in ten years time I am not flying around space having a full conversation with my cats (that speak English) whilst I am eating a steak made from science then I will be majorly fucking disappointed.

 

[Kimarous]

Bah! Who wants miniature bears? Why not mini-hippos? I WANT MY HOUSE HIPPOS, DAMMIT!

 

[Ragsnstitches]

Aaaaaand this is why I kind of HATE nerds....

Rather than just enjoying the episode, we feel the need to pick apart every single thing he said.

So, you hate nerds because they do in writing what bob does in every last one of his episodes? pick things apart, he does it in the big picture, does it in escape to the movies, the game overthinker pretty much speaks for itself.

BUT you clearly dont see this so im just going to look at you, cross my eyes and let out a nice loud "HUUUUUUURRRR"

A couple of things to think about:

1) Bob is a critic. It's what he does for a living, so he has a good reason.

2) When Bob nitpicks something he does it in a fun and creative way in order to inform people, while the majority of the people in this thread are not only boring, but they are only making the corrections because they like feeling smarter than other people.

3) This episode was FUN and few of these people seem to grasp that. Instead they seem intent on taking it too seriously and play Buzzkillington.

Also, your last sentence did not make much sense, so I will assume you were attempting to insult me.

Yes, this is my exact sentiment.

If I felt it was important enough to do, and not just impulse as a result mild annoyance, I would quote each and every armchair scientist, cynic and dryshite that posted thus far and ask them if they are been deliberately dense or do they really think it's necessary to debate every minute detail on a not-to-be-taken-seriously video.

I'd hate to see how the Cracked forums would be if everyone took shit half as seriously as this lot.

 

[James Mann]

Aaaaaand this is why I kind of HATE nerds....

Rather than just enjoying the episode, we feel the need to pick apart every single thing he said.

So, you hate nerds because they do in writing what bob does in every last one of his episodes? pick things apart, he does it in the big picture, does it in escape to the movies, the game overthinker pretty much speaks for itself.

BUT you clearly dont see this so im just going to look at you, cross my eyes and let out a nice loud "HUUUUUUURRRR"

A couple of things to think about:

1) Bob is a critic. It's what he does for a living, so he has a good reason.

2) When Bob nitpicks something he does it in a fun and creative way in order to inform people, while the majority of the people in this thread are not only boring, but they are only making the corrections because they like feeling smarter than other people.

3) This episode was FUN and few of these people seem to grasp that. Instead they seem intent on taking it too seriously and play Buzzkillington.

Also, your last sentence did not make much sense, so I will assume you were attempting to insult me.

1) Having a good reason for doing something isnt a legitimate reason to enjoy one persons work and insult anothers. Just because people on the internet dont get paid to share their opinions and pick things apart does not make their opinions any less valid, if anything it makes it more valid that someone whos paid, as the person who is paid must exaggerate in order to stand out.

2) Not true, on a lot of occassions he simply rants, he airs his opinions as he sees fit, while there is a sense of showmanship involved in his portrayal. Also, this is an irrelevant point, since you shows annoyance in people picking things apart instead of enjoying them. something bob does continuously through his webshows, it is his job as you said. Picking things apart, a quality you find repellent is the job of the person who you are defending. You clearly were not build to observe your own hypocrisy.

3) Arguable. But thats per personal taste, i personally enjoy seeing what a lot of the people in the comments have to see and find what they pick apart interesting, on top of most of what bob has to say on the big picture, while certain videos bob has produced i have found to be quite the opposite, having very little in term of interesting value or fun. His review of scream 4 and the green lantern movie being prime examples, while i did not enjoy watching either movie so much i found his reveiws of the two movies to be incredibly flawed and needlessly exaggerated to the point of being patronising. Scream 4 in particular.

And my last comment did make sense. And no, for the most part it was not an insult, as i was only trying to make a slight comment at the cyclic logic you implied and the post was only meant as a jestered comment with no real need to reply to it. Buuuut, why should i expect you to find that obvious, clearly you're not too far from my nerd brethren since you felt some compulsion to pick apart a easily ignorable jest at the way you phrased your comment. So i go ahead and sign you up for the weekly nerd newsletter or are you gonna stay in the proverbial closet for a little bit longer?

 

[Yelchor]

Yes, we could quite easily have reached a global technological golden age by this point the way I see it. What gets in the way of such endeavors could be widely discussed I'm sure. I narrow it down to corporate interests and general separation between the scientific community and the public. Have they mapped the human genome? Great! Lets put a patent on it and not do anything to research any milestone in medicine, allowing us to continue mass-producing worthless pills that everyone need to buy on a regular basis.

I'm not sure if that example is correct, but private enterprises do not necessarily have to prioritize progression if they can make more profit in the short term. Also, while the scientific community have discovered incredible things and is digging ever deeper into the unknown as I write this, in overall the world's population seem oblivious if not misinformed of such progress. More content with occupying themselves with their economic situation or fleeting, trivial social events. Not finding any interest in the discoveries on reality's fabric. The education system would be at fault for this I believe.

These two are what I consider to be major factors in this, along with things such as an uneven distribution of wealth and technology, leads us into a negative cycle caused by our dependency on finite fuel sources. Thus leading the major powers of the world to sharpen their claws over potential pockets of oil hidden beneath the North Pole's ocean instead of investing on things that could benefit humanity, such as the exploration of the cosmos, making food production independent from the enviroment and eradicating disease. Or ofcourse testing the possibilities for infinite fuel sources (Fusion power, enviromental forces, perhaps even magnetism?)

Those oil companies just -HAVE- to have those extra billions of dollars, and sadly that is seen as a valid argument by most of the people currently in power.

 

[Unesh52]

2) When Bob nitpicks something he does it in a fun and creative way in order to inform people, while the majority of the people in this thread are not only boring, but they are only making the corrections because they like feeling smarter than other people.

3) This episode was FUN and few of these people seem to grasp that. Instead they seem intent on taking it too seriously and play Buzzkillington.

I agree with you here. I haven't read all the way through all of the comments, but I saw at least 50 posts that were long, detailed explanations of why Bob was wrong. If these commenters were actually concerned about people not understanding why these things are impractical, or what is really obstructing their creation, they would have been satisfied after the first 2 pages. Since they're basically just restating what's come before, it makes more sense that they're just smug and want to show off how much they know, even though they know everyone else is aware, including Bob.

1) Bob is a critic. It's what he does for a living, so he has a good reason.

This, however, I have to disagree with. Critical analysis is not something that should be reserved for professionals and talking heads. In my opinion, everyone should make analysis a part of their daily lives. It can be very fun, even if you're not doing it in a media-heavy, "fun" way. More importantly, it keeps people sharp and thoughtful. Ideally, everyone would be able to write a coherent, well supported response to Bob's fantasizing, but only a few people would, and others would merely critique those or expand on them.

 

[Ensiferum]

Okay. We get it MovieBob. You don't like Glen Beck. You don't like Creationists. Fine. Whatever. But do you REALLY have to bring it up in every other episode???

Seriously. I find your videos entertaining for the most part but they're starting to become ludicrously formulaic. Please can you move beyond that?

 

[the spud]

Why do you get so grossed out over people eating dogs and cats? I know you said it was just "hard wired" and that there was nothing wrong with it (assuming there is nothing wrong with eating pigs and whatever), but I just don't understand it. There is a vietnamese foriegn exchange student in our class who has eaten dogmeat before, and I didn't have a problem with it (I actually jokingly asked her if I could have some). Oh well, to each his own.

OT: That was actually a really great episode, really funny.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Aaaaaand this is why I kind of HATE nerds....

Rather than just enjoying the episode, we feel the need to pick apart every single thing he said.

So, you hate nerds because they do in writing what bob does in every last one of his episodes? pick things apart, he does it in the big picture, does it in escape to the movies, the game overthinker pretty much speaks for itself.

BUT you clearly dont see this so im just going to look at you, cross my eyes and let out a nice loud "HUUUUUUURRRR"

A couple of things to think about:

1) Bob is a critic. It's what he does for a living, so he has a good reason.

2) When Bob nitpicks something he does it in a fun and creative way in order to inform people, while the majority of the people in this thread are not only boring, but they are only making the corrections because they like feeling smarter than other people.

3) This episode was FUN and few of these people seem to grasp that. Instead they seem intent on taking it too seriously and play Buzzkillington.

Also, your last sentence did not make much sense, so I will assume you were attempting to insult me.

1) Having a good reason for doing something isnt a legitimate reason to enjoy one persons work and insult anothers. Just because people on the internet dont get paid to share their opinions and pick things apart does not make their opinions any less valid, if anything it makes it more valid that someone whos paid, as the person who is paid must exaggerate in order to stand out.

2) Not true, on a lot of occassions he simply rants, he airs his opinions as he sees fit, while there is a sense of showmanship involved in his portrayal. Also, this is an irrelevant point, since you shows annoyance in people picking things apart instead of enjoying them. something bob does continuously through his webshows, it is his job as you said. Picking things apart, a quality you find repellent is the job of the person who you are defending. You clearly were not build to observe your own hypocrisy.

3) Arguable. But thats per personal taste, i personally enjoy seeing what a lot of the people in the comments have to see and find what they pick apart interesting, on top of most of what bob has to say on the big picture, while certain videos bob has produced i have found to be quite the opposite, having very little in term of interesting value or fun. His review of scream 4 and the green lantern movie being prime examples, while i did not enjoy watching either movie so much i found his reveiws of the two movies to be incredibly flawed and needlessly exaggerated to the point of being patronising. Scream 4 in particular.

And my last comment did make sense. And no, for the most part it was not an insult, as i was only trying to make a slight comment at the cyclic logic you implied and the post was only meant as a jestered comment with no real need to reply to it. Buuuut, why should i expect you to find that obvious, clearly you're not too far from my nerd brethren since you felt some compulsion to pick apart a easily ignorable jest at the way you phrased your comment. So i go ahead and sign you up for the weekly nerd newsletter or are you gonna stay in the proverbial closet for a little bit longer?

1) Alright. You win that one. It was a cheap shot and I missed.

2) Arguable. I have yet to see anything he has put out as having no entertainment value. Also, I show annoyance at people picking things apart JUST for the sake of picking things apart. Bob does it for entertainment and to inform people.

3) I was less saying that this is an entertaining video and more that the PURPOSE of the video was fun and entertainment. If some people did not find it to be so, fine. i simply ask that people take things in the spirit they are given.

Not the "Kind of" in my original statement.


You seem to imply that, a) I am not a total nerd myself and, b) dislike the nerd populace in general.

Neither of these things are true. However, I dislike the part of nerd-dom that drives us to pick apart things that do not require nor ask to be picked apart.

And although, yes, your jest was easily ignorable, I considering it was a good third of that post, I felt I should at least try and understand it.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

1) Bob is a critic. It's what he does for a living, so he has a good reason.

This, however, I have to disagree with. Critical analysis is not something that should be reserved for professionals and talking heads. In my opinion, everyone should make analysis a part of their daily lives. It can be very fun, even if you're not doing it in a media-heavy, "fun" way. More importantly, it keeps people sharp and thoughtful. Ideally, everyone would be able to write a coherent, well supported response to Bob's fantasizing, but only a few people would, and others would merely critique those or expand on them.

As I said to the other fellow, I concede this one. It was a cheap shot and I missed.

 

[teisjm]

http://martinjetpack.com/commercial-enquries.aspx
Heres your jetpack, prolly no more than a few years left till you can just buy one.

In the meantime, heres one that only works above water, and doesn't go very high, but you can actually BUY it here and now.
http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/

 

[Ironic Pirate]

maybe you should call Dr Insano, he seems like he'd do all that
also, while you're at it, get an extra ticket to the moon for Bill O'Reilly

Tell him the moon causes the tides to go in and out, he'd be all over it then. Apparently it's a perplexing question for him.

 

[coheedswicked]

I'm currently doing research with cell culture and it is very expensive. In order to make cells grow into something that isn't just a big pile of cells you need to introduce chemical signals, usually some form of protein factor, and these types of proteins are by weight the most expensive things in the world (as far as I know). For example, one growth factor used in my experiment costs $219 for 50ug (that's micrograms meaning that it costs $4.38 million per gram). This is about average, some cost a little less, others cost a little more. This is probably the primary hindrance as to why we haven "grown meat". It's probably much cheaper to just kill a cow, chicken, etc.