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Welcome to the Infinite Monkey Cage 3.2,

which is a scientific way of saying third-series episode 2.

I'll turn to bits the way of saying something

if you're middle-aged and think it makes you seem younger,

like a man wearing a wig attempting to body-pop

shortly before going to hospital,

bald and with a slipped disc.

I am Robin Itz.

And I'm Brian Cox.

This programme was originally called The Modern World

Is it a force for good or evil?

But we very quickly realised that questions such as what is good

and what is the origin of evil if evil itself actually exists

as an entity,

are questions that are trouble philosophers for approximately 5,000 years.

We don't have that kind of time,

so Brian's come up with a well-defined snappy but slightly longer title.

Yeah, I've decided to call it The Modern World is better than the Middle Ages,

so what's the problem with all these winging hippies?

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