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GOD I LOVE THIS SHOW!
Reblogged from just some twine for our purposes..
Currently reading… “Embracing the Wide Sky” by Daniel Tammet
A history of the diversity of human intelligence told by an “autistic savant”, Daniel Tammet. He has a blog here, but it’s strictly PR oriented for his books - I haven’t found any articles related to the issues he adresses. I’ve read one quarter of the book so far: this first part of the book is dedicated to an historical backdrop of how men have tried to measure intelligence and define it ever since the XIXth century (and probably even before - but the first IQ tests go back to this century). His style is concise and engaging, though I find him a bit full of himself and sort of conceited at times (‘I, member of the distinct and very exclusive club of savant austists…’). But, it’s still very informative and enlightening.
Bonus Track - orchestra theme from BSG (composer: Bear McCrear)
Reasons you should watch one of the most intelligent story ever aired on television especially if you’re not a geek and call yourself a proper TV junkie / expert.
Clip Notes:
Battlestar Galactica is not your average Stargate or Star Trek tv show. It is a realistic futuristic saga that chronicles the aftermath of the genocide of mankind. The remaining fleeing humans (less than 50 000 people) decide to find a mythical planet called Earth while hunted down by an Artificial Intelligence they created 50 years ago, the Cylons, who are at the origin of the nuclear holocaust. There are no aliens in BSG; the Cylons have evolved up to the point where they are now made of flesh and bones, and even have developed their own faith “in one true God” (whereas humans here are polytheists). Thus, religion as well as civilization and morals are questioned in this sci-fi saga, closer to a dramatic fiction set in an alternate yet plausible reality than to a classic space opera such as Babylon 5 or Stargate.
”[…] Most of the stories deal with the apocalyptic fall-out of the destruction of The Twelve Colonies upon the survivors and the moral choices the survivors must make in dealing with the survival of the human race, as well as their war with the Cylons. Stories also deal with the concept of perpetuated cycles of hate and violence driving the human/Cylon conflict, and religious issues, with the implication of an active God whose angelic agents intervene on behalf of the main characters, most notably Gaius Baltar.” (credit: Wikipedia)
To discover the five reasons why this show is worth watching, read the following posts.