This is just a purely awesome video. I’ll give it to you up front; with my reasons for posting it below.

So what does this video have to do with science/skepticism?

To me, this video encompasses the internet, and what it has become in the past few years. “Web 2.0″ as it has been dubbed is all about user contribution and social networking. With one video¹, we are taken all over the world, and we get to see things (in an entertaining context) that people never would have been able to see even 100 years ago. I love technology, and I love the internet. It provides me with entertainment, information, and has connected the world in such a way as to aggregate the awesomeness of billions of people.

We must never forget that science, and scientific inquiry, is what makes technologies like this possible. When global warming deniers and alternative medicine promoters get their views into the mainstream, they are helping delegitimize the scientific method. When religious leaders lobby to have intelligent design taught in the science classroom, they are undermining the future of scientific education. All of these great technologies that we have come to rely on, and the increased standard of living we have become accustomed to, are a direct result of the scientific method, and our focus on scientific education.

To me, this is one of the most important reasons to fight anti-science.