Carl Sagans Cosmos

[torchbearer]

You can find them here: http://www.guba.com/all/search?query=cosmos&set=5&x=0&y=0

 

[anaconda]

You can find them here: http://www.guba.com/all/search?query...&set=5&x=0&y=0

Awesome, torchbearer. Carl Sagan was an amazing guy. I would love to see a Paul/Sagan ticket. if Carl was still with us.

 

[PlzPeopleWakeUp]

nt

 

[Xenophage]

Carl Sagan was a brilliant dude and an articulate defender of reason, but he was no Ron Paulitician.

I'm not entirely sure of his political views, but I do know he wasn't entirely capitalist. A friend of mine once corresponded with him via written letters after reading "The Demon Haunted World", and Carl Sagan expressed an extreme distaste for Rand's political and ethical positions.

 

[Truth Warrior]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan

 

[Hiki]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan

Ummm... Yeah?

 

[constitutional]

I like Carl Sagan too, everybody does. But what the hell is this thread doing here?

 

[torchbearer]

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. "
-Carl Sagan

 

[torchbearer]

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[Truth Warrior]

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan

 

[torchbearer]

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan

Ever seen this interview he did on CNN?
http://www.guba.com/watch/200086956...5482:9e98c19b8bb6172af8df45265781ec2bdd9fd9e9

You, especially, need to hear his wise words.

 

[pacelli]

Billions and Billions!

 

[PaulineDisciple]

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan

"The Cosmos is all there is, all there was, and all there ever will be." CarlSagan

Where is the evidence for this extraordinary claim. Wouldn't Sagan have to be omniscient to make such a bold assertion?

 

[torchbearer]

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[Verad]

"Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong."
-Carl Sagan

 

[SWATH]

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. "
-Carl Sagan

I remembered as "you must first invent the universe"

"but then again...I could be wrong"

 

[torchbearer]

I remembered as "you must first invent the universe"

"but then again...I could be wrong"

I pulled it from a quote site, so you could be right.
He uses apple pie in the cosmos series, but in discussion about atoms.

 

[SWATH]

I pulled it from a quote sight, so you could be right.
He uses apple pie in the cosmos series, but in discussion about atoms.

I own the series on DVD and I've read all of his books. They don't make 'em like him anymore. That apple pie scene always made me hungry, what with the dough and the green apple and all.

"but then again...I could be wrong" is a qualifier he liked to use at the end of when discussing something in a way that one would conclude he was as sure of his theory as anything. His statement would convey that he was opened minded enough to know that no matter how much you delved into and studied a subject, to the point of your perspective being correct beyond the shadow of a doubt, you could also, ultimately, be completely wrong.

 

[torchbearer]

I own the series on DVD and I've read all of his books. They don't make 'em like him anymore. That apple pie scene always made me hungry, what with the dough and the green apple and all.

"but then again...I could be wrong" is a qualifier he liked to use at the end of when discussing something in a way that one would conclude he was as sure of his theory as anything. His statement would convey that he was opened minded enough to know that no matter how much you delved into and studied a subject, you could be completely wrong.

Have you ever seen this cnn interview?
http://www.guba.com/watch/200086956...5482:9e98c19b8bb6172af8df45265781ec2bdd9fd9e9

 

[SWATH]

No, but I'm watching it now. Pale Blue Dot is one of the greatest books ever. The dream sequence in Cosmos about the end of civilizations and their subsequent entries into the encyclopedia galactica was powerful.