putting the j in jjosh

Matt M clued me in to the world of Melvyn Bragg, a writer and sort of intellectual character in the UK who gets to seemingly do whatever he wants on his radio show "In Our Time"…he explores history, religion, science — whatever he wants! And he gets in all these smart people who are experts in whatever he’s discussing and they go at it. The podcasts are available on his website, and they can be pretty mindblowing. There was a great one on The Nicene Creed, The Charge of The Light Brigade, and this mindbuggler posted below on The Multiverse.

I can’t explain it very well, but there’s a great idea in there…

much like early people thought they were the center of the universe, only to learn that we go around the sun;

and then thought the SUN was the center of the universe, only to learn that our solar system is one of many in our galaxy;

and then thought our GALAXY was the center of the universe, only to learn there are lots of galaxies….

so too will we one day learn that we were wrong when we thought THERE WAS ONLY ONE UNIVERSE…

Whoa.

This podcast is about 50 minutes, so I recommend downloading and listening later, though you’re welcome to listen to it here too. If you dig it, subscribe to his podcast, it’s a blast…

Melvyn Bragg’s "In Our Time" – The Multiverse