New Symphony of Science: Wave of Reason

John Boswell, a musician from Washington State, is famous on the web for creating the Symphony of Science -- musically autotuned talks by scientists and skeptics discussing the nature of science, reality, and wonder. These are impossibly catchy videos, worth watching over and again. The first, featuring Carl Sagan, was called A Glorious Dawn, and was simply amazing. It quickly went viral, becoming huge on the web. John has just released his seventh in the SoS series, called A Wave of Reason, and like all of them is profound and lovely. And you may recognize one or two of the people in it... So yeah, that's me at about 1:26, saying "Teach a man to reason and he'll think for a lifetime." It's from my "Don't Be A Dick" speech that I gave at TAM 8, and I think it's worth putting it into context. Here's some more from that ...