Comment by sundialbill on 05/11/2014 at 18:56 UTC

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View submission: Bill Nye, UNDENIABLY back. AMA.

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Why would Neil step down? Neil's a dear friend of mine, so we'd have to take a meeting.

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Comment by TheMayorOfCanTown at 06/11/2014 at 06:57 UTC

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Possible Titles for Season 2 with Bill and Neal co-hosting:

1.) Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey to find the side where deGrasse is truly greenest, an exploration of the universe's most undeNyeable wonders.

2A.) Cosmos: Bill and Neil's Excellent Adventures in Space 2B.) Cosmos: Bill and Neil's Excellent Spacetime Odyssey

3.) The Cosbros Spacetime Odyssey, with your interstellar travel guides, the nice one Tyson and the oh so sly mister Nye.

The premise of season 2, and it's differences from the first.

1.) Same old Cosmos we all know and love, but with a specific focus on the awe inspiring wonders of the universe and the hope they represent for a better future for planet Earth and mankind.

2A.) Cosmos, but marketed towards the stoners that comprise a large portion of its fan base. This target audience could be focused on in numerous ways, such as; Adding a humorous bent to the show; Primarily focusing on things that are "mind blowing" and "trippy" in nature, such as the most extreme hypothetical's on the fringe of science, the visually spectacular and unusual, or the thought provoking sciences and areas of study that remain theoretical, or unproven, or that defy explanation and our current understanding of the universe, the sort of science one might find on r/futurology or r/woahdude; Focusing on the biological and chemical areas of science, particularly as they relate to the human brain, and how drugs work by interacting with the brain, such as the function of serotonin in the human brain and how opiates and other drugs alter the natural balance of chemicals found in the brain when sober, by causing fluctuations in the release of serotonin to change the chemical balance in the brain, resulting in an altered state of mind, aka the science of getting high; Or just have the show involve Bill and Neil getting high, either with the show remaining the same in all regards save the fact that Bill and Neil are almost as high as Carl Sagan was in the original Cosmos.

2B.) Cosmos, but with each episode consisting of Bill and Neil smoking weed and discussing science, so that the each episode explores many different scientific areas, ideas, theories, histories, and hypothetical applications and future studies, the focus of the show determined by the conversation of two great scientists, following whatever tangents their conversation takes, from one topic to the next, so that the areas the show explores are not logically structured and themed, but instead consist of any and all areas that interest the great scientific minds of Bill and Neil, related only by the abstract connections of branching conversational tangents found in the meandering points of discussion that arise when brilliant men talk at length with their intellectual peers, about subjects of shared interest and excitement, in an open minded and enthusiastic debate shaped by the unconstrained creativity and willing consideration of curious concepts and conjecture not confined to the currently accepted conventions about the characteristics and construction of creation, a casual contradicition to the customary conformity of collective consensus commonly associated with consumption of cannabis.

3.) Cosmos, but with discussion about the possible ethical implications of the science in question, and the morality of research, development, and the practice of fields of science whose current, hypothetical, and theoretical uses are ethically debatable, and whose inherent, fundamental nature have ramifications that are morally ambiguous, so the shows focus would be on the dubious and controversial issues raised by these sciences, with Bill and Neil each taking one side of the arguments surrounding the focus of the episode, which include the exploration of the subjects science from current knowledge and uses to theoretical uses, hypothetical implications and speculations as to possible consequences and effects on our understanding of science and existence resulting from the subject in question, and the debate of where all these things lie on the complex monochromatic scale of morality, with Bill and Neil playing the devil and the angel on the viewers shoulder as they are educated on the topic and encouraged to take a look at how this knowledge fits in to the big picture, leaving the audience questioning not only the moral and ethical complications of the episode's topics of discussion, but the complexity and intricacies of the many shades of grey that the real world is painted in, forcing the viewer to reevaluate their beliefs, and see the blacks and whites of life, the things they saw as right and wrong, muddled together into shades of grey shifting incessantly from one instance to the next. Neil would advocate all the good that could come of the topic, and Bill the dangers represented by it, with Neil then arguing against the resultant technologies made possible by the science in question, calling the ethics of these possibilities into question, and Bill arguing for the good that could come of the topics study and technological advancements made possible by deeper knowledge of the science being discussed. At the end of the show the viewer would be left to make their own decisions about the morality and ethics of the covered topics, fully informed on the facts, and the divergent opinions produced by said facts.

TL;DR I'm high and I want some Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson co-hosted Cosmos to be made for me to virew, exposure to which is resultant in making mah brain spin and my jaw slack, as I am lost in the small corner of the infinite awe inspiring abyss of existence that was the topic of the episode being viewed.

Comment by mpls_hotdish at 05/11/2014 at 18:58 UTC

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Let's think big picture here... Neil deGrasse Tyson AND Bill Nye co-host Cosmos

Comment by LifeGURU at 05/11/2014 at 19:04 UTC

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Lets throw in a hologram of Carl Sagan for good measure.

Comment by mak484 at 05/11/2014 at 18:57 UTC

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Season 2: now with twice as many hosts!

Comment by jozzarozzer at 05/11/2014 at 20:29 UTC

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He did say that he probably wouldn't want to host it again due to the time commitment required. He also stated that he has no ego from hosting the show, and would be fine with giving up the role of host if a second season were to be made.