Popular science and society
Cosmos is a wonderful show; it does leave one feeling small, a tiny fragment of a much greater and wholly unknown universe. I believe the the show does argues for science in a humanistic way they explain complex things in ways that even child could understand. I believe the producers and writers understand that appealing to much to the purely scientific crowd would alienate the common FOX network viewer. The show is an excellent platform to teach people can learn from the comfort of their home home and the graphics are highly impressive. All people at their core are interested in science, who wouldn't want to know how the world works, as they say "knowledge is power" but in the US a shocking amount of people claim the text of their religion to be the end of be all of creation and happenings in the universe; I believe the bulk of these people are the ones that even bother filling out/ signing up for these "[many polls and studies]".
Technology is a wondrous thing, it grows faster than any human being can contain, in my short lifetime all sorts of mind boggling inventions have come and gone, not to mention patents for things that can't even be built yet. The problem is that people are using this technology with open eyes, there is a great cost to technology that many turn a blind eye too especially the people who jobs it is to sell it.
