Saw that when it was on telly. Amazing.

Ok this might be a bit controversial I don't want to start a religious debate but the The Root of All Evil - The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is pretty good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkGpO1lQrLY

Mods feel free to delete this I don't mind

I thought it might be interesting because he's a evolutionary scientist and ethologist, I've heard David Deangelo go on about him and how a lot of pick up is based on evolutionary psychology and on his book the selfish gene.

Dont be silly, we love all kinds of debates here.

I love Richard Dawkins. I've seen all his TV appearances and have read quite a bit of his stuff.

And, let's be straight, there is no debate.

Evolution is fact.


Peace

Haha sweet nice to see we're on the same page.
Also if we get lots of religious women they're not going to want sex before marriage, which is going to make pick up very hard.
I mean I like a challenge but having to religiously convert someone is going to be taking the piss!

BUMP!

This is an awesome thread, if I do say so myself.

Post some links you bellends.

I've been watching 'The power of art' by Simon Schama again.

It's not like his history of Britain documentaries it's more polished I think, the music and visuals are very good and most art programs are just some guy walking round an art gallery talking but this has more to it.

It's a bit different It goes through the artists life and mainly focusses on one piece and the events leading up to the creation but has others to. You get a sense of the time and the place and what's going on in the artists head too. A good example of the sense of history is in the David (pronounced Daveed) episode because he was linked closely to the french revolution and Robespierre.

There's actors playing the artists but they're used more in the background, in the Van Gogh one Andy Serkis (famous for playing Golum in LOTR) plays Van Gogh but I think it's probably the worst of the lot and Van Gogh's one of my favourite artists, mainly because of over reliance on the actor.

The Caravaggio one is awesome mainly because Caravaggio is a gangster nutter, I'd never really heard of Bernini before but he's an awesome sculpture, what he does with marble is insane, Michaelangelo is an amateur compared to him. I never really liked Rothko before but after watching this I do now.

Here's the BBC page for it BBC - Arts - Simon Schama's Power of Art
You can buy the DVD or there maybe other ways of getting it *wink wink nudge nudge

So the BBC, following the response they received have made a follow up to this powerful and disurbing docu. Thankfully it is a positive follow on. Bear in mind it is still upsetting I recomend you all watch this...

BBC iPlayer - Bulgaria's Abandoned Children Revisited

Tonight 9pm BBC 2

Horizon
How people develop self awareness

Sounds like it might be quite good

I just checked the preview clip. Have a gander. It's very cool. Wrote a few essays on this in my time. Fascinating subject.


Peace,

kowalski