My Least Favorite Science Communication Trope | That Dang Dad

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There's a trope in science writing that drives me nuts. Carl Sagan, meet me behind the Arby's if you want an ass-kicking!

#science #space #astronomy #philosophy

Transcript: https://pastebin.com/xPBRZGjw

Content Warning:
Mentions of colonialism, racism, child labor

Ambient Music:
The Cosmic Prick Waltz by me

Heavy Music:
The Firebreather by me

Articles Referenced:
https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nous.12030
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2010/02/16/corporate-death-squads-come-back-haunt-us-companies
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Coca-Cola-Accused-of-Funding-Terrorist-Paramilitaries-20160901-0005.html#:~:text=Coca%2DCola%20was%20accused%20of%20hiring%20hitmen%20from%20the%20AUC,kidnapping%20and%20human%20rights%20abuses.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/16/apple-and-google-named-in-us-lawsuit-over-congolese-child-cobalt-mining-deaths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQSJXY7Zfk&ab_channel=TheRoyalInstitution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBeA7DRq89k&ab_channel=TheAtlantic
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340547/



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