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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Adam Smith, the 18thcentury Scottish philosopher, wrote in his classicjustification of...

Adam Smith, the 18th
century Scottish philosopher, wrote in his classic
justification of free enterprise capitalism that
the propensity to barter, to exchange one
thing for another, is to be found in no
other race of animals

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Adam Smith, the 18th century Scottish philosopher,
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wrote in his classic justification of free
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enterprise capitalism that the propensity to barter,
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to exchange one thing for another,
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is to be found in no other race of animals.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:41
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E06 This is how Mother Earth looked when she was naked, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
This is how Mother Earth looked when she was naked,
S01 • E04 In 1927, in what was then Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
In 1927, in what was then Abyssinia, now Ethiopia,
S01 • E13 So how did life, the sculptor, carve us out of this? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
So how did life, the sculptor, carve us out of this?
S01 • E08 He lived with his grandmother, and despite great hardship, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
He lived with his grandmother, and despite great hardship,
S01 • E09 It's a world very much like our own, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
It's a world very much like our own,
S01 • E10 It was the result of a deadly embrace between science and state. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
It was the result of a deadly embrace between science and st...
S01 • E05 Dreaming, remembering, figuring things out. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Dreaming, remembering, figuring things out.
S01 • E07 From the time Karl von Frisch was a child, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
From the time Karl von Frisch was a child,
S01 • E11 Many words changed, but one word remained the same - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
Many words changed, but one word remained the same
S01 • E03 Upon further refinement, gun cotton would industrialize - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Upon further refinement, gun cotton would industrialize
S01 • E10 And there was one scientist for whom no amount of - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
And there was one scientist for whom no amount of
S01 • E13 Evolution, given world enough and time, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:14
Evolution, given world enough and time,
S01 • E05 Our thoughts, visions, fantasies and our dreams, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Our thoughts, visions, fantasies and our dreams,
S01 • E12 But Apollo was not so easily dissuaded. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
But Apollo was not so easily dissuaded.
S01 • E01 Welcome to Catalhoyuk, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Welcome to Catalhoyuk,
S01 • E12 And so he made her an irresistible offer. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
And so he made her an irresistible offer.
S01 • E07 He wanted to know if tiny fish saw color, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
He wanted to know if tiny fish saw color,
S01 • E08 But only two months after he arrived there, in 1914, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
But only two months after he arrived there, in 1914,
S01 • E06 [counting down from ten in Russian]. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
[counting down from ten in Russian].
S01 • E12 He would grant her the gift of prophecy, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
He would grant her the gift of prophecy,