#joy of learning

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Joy of Learning (Le Gai savoir), 1969, Jean-Luc Godard

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“The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends on how well we know this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Le Gai Savoir (1969, Jean-Luc Godard)

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Check out this guy from the 1600s speculating about if there’s life on the Moon

It’s called The Discovery of a World in the Moone by John Wilkins

So like in all writings of this type, there’s an introduction telling you what this guy’s attempting to do.

Then he arranges the whole thing into his 13 propositions, like his main points, and has a section under each one where he goes into the evidence he’s found.

The thing I love most about this is in his intro he says that he’s just an amateur who did a brief study of some books and came to this conclusion, this isn’t his field he just thinks it’s neat. Then he says that by talking about it, maybe people that know more will provide more detail correcting him and he can get the brightest minds thinking about this question.

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it really is amazing how your motivation to study something rise up when you are not being graded for it.

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Le gai savoir (Joy of Learning) 1969, dir. Jean-Luc Godard