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Carl Sagan was denigrated by his scientific peers for appealing to the masses with his TV series called Cosmos.
Personally I think that Brian is doing a sterling job of popularising difficult concepts.
There will always be nit pickers that say something is too simplistic or far too esoteric.
I once saw a top guitarist hand his axe to a booing crowd. His simple question was 'show me how you can do better!' His name was Jimi!
Human nature never fails to show me what depths of mediocrity it can attain by criticising the real achievers.
It is just this level of achievement in many facets of science that gives Brian Cox a level of believability as a front person for any documentary.
If I was a cool as him in the sunnies I would be taking advantage of my super stardom level by asking for Lark tongues in Aspic with a side drink of Angels tears.
Bert
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