Same. There was something that felt really radical about having a TV hero whose superpower was not just intelligence but thoughtfulness, and a kind of moral seriousness. Who showed from that first episode that you “win” by seeking to understand what seems like a threat.

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If you’ve seen no other TNG, Darmok is one of the greatest episodes of television ever written.

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In this October 1960 photo, Reber poses with the completed antenna - very recently completed, since the shrubbery meant to surround the base is still wrapped in burlap and awaiting planting! 🗓️ Countdown: 19 days til NRAO’s 70th anniversary! #NRAOat70 #NRAO70years 4/4

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#ThrowbackThursday The telescope pictured here was initially constructed in 1937 by Grote Reber in his Wheaton, Illinois backyard. Reber operated his telescope in Wheaton for a decade before it was moved to Virginia, then Colorado, and eventually shipped to Green Bank, WV. 1/5

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bought hamilton tickets because my kids insisted, little do they know they're for the lesser known musical about the physicist william hamilton that has an 8 minute rap about lagrangian mechanics

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