If there was any one human being who helped to prevent the Cold War from going "hot" -- and at 20,000,000 ° F, Thermonuclear Fusion bombs are hot -- it was Carl Sagan. Truly :) He really did help to spell out the world, for political leaders and everyday citizens alike, that would result from our "Mutual Dendecy" to want to kill each other. He helped us, as a human being like us, we don't have to do th at anymore.
I broke down and ...( 9 months ago by meachanDEE)
I broke down and cried the first time I saw this segment, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I was no different than the believer watching "Passion of the Christ."
Well, actually there was a difference: I was crying for all of us and I knew there was no triumphant ending.
Well said.( 9 months ago by stevieu83)
Well said.
I just realized-- ...( 9 months ago by SardonicusRexx)
I just realized-- Carl is also a great actor. As if he wasn't already good at so many other things.
I've shot several Sagan-themed videos around his adopted hometown of Ithaca NY. If you like Carl, you will probably like them. You see where he lived, his monument, and, where he now rests on a hillside.
Neither was there ...( 9 months ago by BoozyBeggar)
Neither was there as much bloodlust. :p
I think that the ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
I think that the most important question is not if there's intelligent life out there, but if there's any intelligence here. Because if we follow this path, we will never get to know IF there's intelligence out there.
Citizen of the ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
Citizen of the Cosmos...
Is it only me or it sounds as good as it gets?
I think its sweet ...( 8 months ago by mrzisme)
I think its sweet irony that creationists dont like this Carl guy because he's an atheist, and yet, from productions like this one, he might be the most important prophet earth has seen yet.
Totally agree with ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
Totally agree with you.
And atheism is the only answer, 'cos with it you tear down all the ideological and religious barriers down. you don't need to "belive" in anything to understand his message. You just need to be able to add 2 plus 2 in euclidean decima mathematics and get 4 to do it.
You know, being an ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
You know, being an atheist and not having the brain washed as you do i can easily say this:
ALL the religions are crap.
The same things you criticize on Christian rleigion can be said about Islam and Judaism. Less of those "defects" can be found in pluritheist religions, but they can be found too.
I never said Islam ...( 8 months ago by silverbackman)
I never said Islam and Judaism aren't crap either......I'm just saying that Christianity has done a lot worse things. But yes, those other religions are crap.
The fact is that ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
The fact is that every religion is basically based on fears, primal fears. This is much more noticeable among the monotheist religions, so of course, when you manipulate the basic feelings in men, you can never be sure which cord are you going to "play".
Fear gives birth to ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
Fear gives birth to hate and greed, and hate and gredd give birth to aggression, destruction, Wars and death, which in turn to be maintained need the existance and perpetuation of lies, deceit, hypocresy and double moralities.
But the beginning is FEAR.
Array( 8 months ago by Slaverevolt)
non religious 16%
mystics 84%
Scary to think 84% of the world ignores evolution, gives their will over to a god and corrupt leaders that manipulate the religious beliefs of the nation.
Help end religious ignorance through education - Facts versus fiction.
Totally agree...but ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
Totally agree...but then again, if the people is EDUCATED, SMART and WELL INFORMED as to decide....tell me, WHO would be the FIRST to loose it all?
Well there are ...( 8 months ago by Slaverevolt)
Well there are options, it certainly isnt working with business as usual.
Capitalism is gonna fail soon as the war machine stops getting fueld by money. A free market may work but not for profit. Slavery of the masses by the wealthy is going to have to end.
Education and housing for all would be a good start on the road to redemption for the wealthy profiteers.
The main problem ...( 8 months ago by PaxInvictis)
The main problem here is that those in power aren't smart enough as to realise when a world social tendence is forming. Therefore, i am afraid they will "know" what's coming once it's not possible to avoid it.
Hitler's actions were foreseen by many smart people in dates as back as 1923, nobody listened to them. Later on, the only way to stop one madness was another madness. Today, our capabilities to inflict destruction are million times greater, the result will be million times worst.
Religion is a ...( 7 months ago by XmegaPresident)
Religion is a system of control. It is a subliminal way of controlling the humans from "right" and "wrong".
It is the "first" grand-scale subliminal control that man has designed..
Religion is the pursuit of truth right?? This is the truth.
When the human race evolves from religion, it would be a superior movement.
One thing is clear. ...( 4 months ago by ashland1977)
One thing is clear. Carl Sagan was a genius who had a mastery of presentation of facts. How nice would it have been to have a beer with this guy?
These need the ...( 3 months ago by SaganAppreciationSoc)
These need the COSMOS tag. maybe toss in terms like peace, evolution, environment, etc.
Who Speaks For ...( 3 months ago by TwoOpposableThumbsUp)
Who Speaks For Earth? . . . well organised religions are trying and failing as they argue amongst them selves.
Sad yet beautiful ...( 2 months ago by akira543)
Sad yet beautiful dream in the sense that Carl Sagan was so determined and cared so much for the human species,this particular part i can see and feel it so much from him. Man his words moves me far more than any religious teacher or dogma ever could.
If i may answer you ...( 1 month ago by PaxInvictis)
If i may answer you...
You do.
He does.
She does.
I do it.
We all speak for Earth, for Earth is our home.
And when speaking for Earth, you are not speaking for the empty planet, but for everyone and everything that flies on top of it through space.
But the only way to speak well is to know the subject, so learn, study......and then teach.
I think you'll have ...( 3 weeks ago by SaganAppreciationSoc)
I think you'll have to email the guys to ask him to add the COSMOS tags.
° F, Thermonuclear Fusion bombs are hot -- it was Carl Sagan. Truly :) He really did help to spell out the world, for political leaders and everyday citizens alike, that would result from our "Mutual Dendecy" to want to kill each other. He helped us, as a human being like us, we don't have to do th
at anymore.
Well, actually there was a difference: I was crying for all of us and I knew there was no triumphant ending.
I've shot several Sagan-themed videos around his adopted hometown of Ithaca NY. If you like Carl, you will probably like them. You see where he lived, his monument, and, where he now rests on a hillside.
mystics 84%
Scary to think 84% of the world ignores evolution, gives their will over to a god and corrupt leaders that manipulate the religious beliefs of the nation. Help end religious ignorance through education - Facts versus fiction.
Capitalism is gonna fail soon as the war machine stops getting fueld by money. A free market may work but not for profit. Slavery of the masses by the wealthy is going to have to end. Education and housing for all would be a good start on the road to redemption for the wealthy profiteers.