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Aug 19 2011 03:44am
So I've come to notice that everything I read is... Is really intriguing and I'm just wondering... How old everyone here is and how you know so much? I'm only 15 and about to enter the 10th grade and more than 75% of the things I read on here are... Just not mentioned...
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Aug 19 2011 04:50am
educational documentaries are about the easiest way to start learning new things.
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Aug 19 2011 05:24am
I'm 25, but if you're finding yourself curious about science in general I know there is stuff on Discovery (and even the Science channel, haha) that won't go in-depth, but are designed to introduce basic ideas to the average person.

For example, there's a series that's just starting on Discovery called Curiosity. The first episode describes Big Bang Theory, the evidence behind it, and science's best explanation (so far) of how the universe came into being. But not all of the episodes will be super-deep physics. The second episode is called "Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?"

You can also get watch some episodes of Nova on Hulu if you're from the US. I know they've got a three-part series called Becoming Human (I think it was Season 37, episodes 4-6, I don't know if I'm remembering that right after scanning through) that sounds like it details the evidence behind human evolution (and with it, evolution in general).

If you're thinking you might really be into Physics, you can go to

www.learner.org/resources/series42.html

and start watching episodes here. It's a series of lectures created by CalTech in 1985 called The Mechanical Universe. They're free to watch if you click the "VoD" link to the right of each video title, but you have to make an account and sign in to view them. But even if you don't fully understand everything, exposure to science never hurt anyone.

This post was edited by bentherdonethat on Aug 19 2011 05:26am
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Aug 19 2011 06:00am
I don't actually watch a lot of TV... So I may just end up looking up some episodes of some of the shows on Youtube. I really like to just know little random facts, and this stuff seems like it goes right down my lane.

Oh, and by the way, thanks for taking some time to answer me. <3
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I'm the same age, been watching History Channel since I was like 8 lol
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