What We Still Don't Know: Are We Real? (more links inside!)

published by benjee

1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 425 views

tags: cosmology, evolution, reese, documentary, c4

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written by Farhad2000

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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This is one of my favourite documentaries of all time, What We Still Don't Know: Are We Real?

There is a fundamental chasm in our understanding of ourselves, the universe, and everything. To solve this, Sir Martin takes us on a mind-boggling journey through multiple universes to post-biological life. On the way we learn of the disturbing possibility that we could be the product of someone else’s experiment.

I originally had this published back here on the Sift - but I believe it was wrongly discarded (if any Gold feels the opposite, please blog it instead of discard - as I feel it would need discussion with all the other multi-part documentaries on the Sift).

Here's the previous two parts to this:
What We Still Don't Know: Are We Alone?
What We Still Don't Know: Why Are We Here?

written by benjee

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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"On the way we learn of the disturbing possibility that we could be the product of someone else’s experiment."

Please he totally stole that bit from Douglas Adams...

written by Farhad2000

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Got a replacement?
*dead

written by firefly

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Only published videos may be flagged dead (ignoring request by gold star member firefly)

written by siftbot

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Works fine here in the UK (and for Farhad in Canada)...Does Google Video give you an error message FireFly?

Here's my original published Sift: What We Still Don't Know: Are We Real? (48:28) (has a different Google users video, in case this Sift's link still doesn't work for you).

written by benjee

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Benjee, switch out the embed, use the one from the discarded version. And paste this one there, so SiftBot doesn't complain. Currently this video is region locked to the US.

written by Farhad2000

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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No - it isn't Farhad (as I can view it perfectly fine, and I'm in the UK).

I'll happily swap it if someone else comments the same problem as FireFly.

written by benjee

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Sorry. I'm in the US and I can't play it.

written by mauz15

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I wouldn't say things like: "Currently this video is region locked to the US."

Flippantly.

Of course it would work for you, you're in the UK.

written by Farhad2000

| 1 year 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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Apologies Sifters...I've changed the Sift link to a 'Worldwide' available one - Farhads comment that "this video is region locked to the US" suggested that it was viewable in the US only - which I obviously knew to be false! (I wouldn't describe a Region 1 encoded DVD as locked to the UK!)

Sorry again (and thanks for the warning FireFly!)

written by benjee

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anytime, benjee. (yay! it works!)

written by firefly

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Please he totally stole that bit from Douglas Adams...

lol yes. But this isn't the first time science has taken its ideas from fiction and had its consciousness raised. Look at the advances that came out of Star Trek - the mobile phone, for one.

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