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STS REACTION PAPER:

Factually speaking, I watched the interview between Stephen Colbert and Neil deGrasse Tyson noncontinuous, dividing it into three parts. I have a lot of free time last weekend but my eagerness to view it with one chair isn't really there. Watching one or two episodes of a Korean webseries is inevitable for me not to do while I am in the middle of their talk. Yet, that happening doesn't change my perception that the more than an hour conversation was truly spectacularly mind-blowing.

I was impressed because they have personalities that I, personally, want to accompany with --- funny and witty. From the beginning up to the end of the interview, they staged commentary that will surely penetrate and be stuck in one's mind. Colbert was very good at formulating questions and making jokes in air effortlessly which makes the grill between them smoked and creates flavorsome smell. Likewise, the man on his side named Tyson exerted expertise which makes the spectators and listeners clap and scream like avid fans.

But who would blame them? Even I, who is watching them on screen, was fascinating by his responses. I totally agree with him across-the-board when he said that it is better to know something because simply, it's true. Having a vast knowledge makes a person so powerful to me. Aside from love that cannot be concretely defined by science, the ideas coming from the brain are gifts that should be valued. As what he said, it empowers us to react and possibly even to do something about it if something about it needs to be done.

I'm speechless, until I heard his next reply saying, "I don't want to blame the knowledge. I want to blame the behavior of people in the presence of the knowledge so maybe we need better knowledge management." Absolutely! It is our own actions that makes knowledge evil sometimes. That's why, we better not cross the boundaries

that

may

harm

others

and

ourselves

through

proper

management.

One more thing I like about their cute little conversation is the perception of beauty. As a long lost child of Albert Einstein, my face was glued with smile when he revealed that the one he sees as beautiful in science is the equation E = mc^2. I've never heard someone who said that equations are beautiful but rather they treat them as burden in their lives not until I've heard Dr. Tyson. The fact that it is known by many like the brand "coke" is exceptionally beautiful even though they might not know what it really means or how it affects us. Same as to the pi (not the food) and the atoms and molecules in our body which he used as examples.

After that, Colbert and Tyson went to the peek that almost of their words are highfalutin, literrally runs my brain with lot of questions but at the same time, it strikes me with a thought that it was still awesome. Maybe because, the ambiance isn't that much heavy not just like their topic itself and it was still filled with laughter that stabilizes the mood.

Then, there it goes. My stomach was in pain again when the science expert bashes the movie of all time entitled "Titanic." He reasoned out that the movie has an error that he relates to science and that is, the female main character Kate Winslet is looking on the wrong sky. You may think it's nonsense but for me, I agree to Dr. Tyson. The role of science in movies or in any entertainment show must not be incorrect. People have this internal issue that targets their sense of sight which eventually enter their mind. They might stress out that this thing is right because he/she saw with his/her own eyes.

The interview really revolved on science, particularly the universe. Then the use of technology was also partially tackled in the interview with the audience which part I also enjoyed. I learned more about the secret of the universe up to the black hole, asteroids and and even parallel universe. Then on how it directly and indirectly affects the society and me as an individual. Indeed, this video of two of the most perfect match personalities is a mustwatch.

You doesn't need to be pond of science or the universe just to understand it. You doesn't need to be intelligent to absorb what they want to instill in our minds. Only your ears, curiosity and willingness are needed to really appreciate the talk. Moreso, the way you watch it, whether continuous or by parts, I think it's still the same. So as parting words, I will end this reaction paper with a haiku just like what Dr. Tyson did in the end of his interview:

"You may not all know What you should about to know

'Til your mind says so."...