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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

There's a reason thatarguments from authority hold littleweight in science

There's a reason that
arguments from authority hold little
weight in science

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There's a reason that arguments from authority
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hold little weight in science.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:07
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
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 • E11 Our distant ancestors were prisoners of the land. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Our distant ancestors were prisoners of the land.
S01 • E08 The Earth and the other planets travelled around the sun. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
The Earth and the other planets travelled around the sun.
S01 • E07 Every month represents a little more than a billion years. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Every month represents a little more than a billion years.
S01 • E02 This poor guy has no idea what the problem is. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
This poor guy has no idea what the problem is.
S01 • E10 They were so potent, that they lit up the lab at night. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
They were so potent, that they lit up the lab at night.
S01 • E03 Oxygen rusted the iron, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Oxygen rusted the iron,
S01 • E01 Mammals brought something else that was new. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Mammals brought something else that was new.
S01 • E06 The chemists were searching for the same answers, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:14
The chemists were searching for the same answers,
S01 • E08 Demoting the Earth from the center of the universe - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Demoting the Earth from the center of the universe
S01 • E09 Nature and nature only settles the argument. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Nature and nature only settles the argument.
S01 • E12 How could they know that this or that kill meant - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
How could they know that this or that kill meant
S01 • E02 There have been moths for 190 million years, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
There have been moths for 190 million years,
S01 • E11 If you wanted to travel a great distance, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
If you wanted to travel a great distance,
S01 • E10 As Marie wrote years later, "they were like Earthly stars, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
As Marie wrote years later, "they were like Earthly sta...
S01 • E07 Every day, about 40 million years. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Every day, about 40 million years.
S01 • E05 A prayer might be written to a particular god... - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
A prayer might be written to a particular god...
S01 • E09 And she has so many tricks up her sleeve, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
And she has so many tricks up her sleeve,
S01 • E03 Of the 5,000 kinds of minerals on Earth, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Of the 5,000 kinds of minerals on Earth,
S01 • E11 And if you walked as far as you could, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
And if you walked as far as you could,
S01 • E08 More than a century later, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
More than a century later,