EEVblog Electronics Community Forum
General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: pcprogrammer on October 03, 2022, 05:38:13 am
-
It is an oldie but in a way timeless. 8 minutes food for thought or just fun :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c)
-
"I want to say one word to you, Benjamin.......just one word
Plastics!"
Mr Braddock, spoken to Benjamin, (Dustin Hoffman) in 1967 film The Graduate, with Ann Bancroft.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/?ref_=tt_ch (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/?ref_=tt_ch)
Enjoy,
Jon
-
Carlin wasn't a scientist. So I don't trust his opinion on scientific things. It's humor.
-
Calling environmentalists "narrow, unenlightened and self-interested" is an odd take, for sure. But I should get out of here before this thread goes off on one of those political tailspins that so many of them seem to achieve.
-
Yeah he is not for the faint hearted :)
My brother named him when the meaning of life was mentioned by me as something "discussed" here on the forum. You know, this one: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/can-i-ask-a-question-about-our-universe/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/can-i-ask-a-question-about-our-universe/)
I found it amusing, but he does have a valid point that the planet will survive long after we are gone, unless we blow it to bits and pieces with some big nuclear bomb or a massive meteorite comes along and does it of course.