Video clips from: NASA "The Planets", BBC "Cosmic Voyage", IMAX Audio: "Pale Blue Dot" - Carl Sagan "Entends-tu les Chiens Aboyer" - Vangelis "Martyr" - Immediate Music
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@davidsnead11328 жыл бұрын
Only man is arrogant enough to stand atop a grain of sand drifting through the void of infinity and proclaim himself the center of all things.
@Jesse-cw5pv7 жыл бұрын
We don't know that because we can't communicate complex thoughts to any other species. As far as we know, every species on earth could view themselves as the center of all things. We are the only species we know of that can even begin to understand the vastness of the cosmos. So who's to say how other life forms view their position within it?
@carolinatrevizo65267 жыл бұрын
Dear Jesse: As long as you actively search for disagreement with someone else, you will always find it. On the other hand, if you really want to understand what someone else means by what they say, you will find you have more things in common than diferences. What I mean is: You are missing the point. I'm pretty sure David is just saying "let's be humble about our own humanity" and not a comment about self consiousness in species.
@daveboyd45637 жыл бұрын
David Snead LOL
@scotted31407 жыл бұрын
ED Shawn The universe does not need , want , or not want us it doesn't even care if we are here or not
@goldenchild61787 жыл бұрын
Not this1
@Mephistolomaniac10 жыл бұрын
I know you can't hear this, Carl, but for what it's worth: thank you.
@ashwarysharma2466 жыл бұрын
I think he already knew when he was making the entire thing :) You're fulfilling a prophecy XD And I'm glad you are
@georgezuniga62986 жыл бұрын
He might. Somewhere out there.
@tonytafoya62174 жыл бұрын
It's worth nothing.
@sock10504 жыл бұрын
fuckin ninjas cutting onions. this damn comment set me off
@d.h.27454 жыл бұрын
And who are we to say that he cant hear us if we told him thankyou. Maybe not but Maybe
@Mark73 Жыл бұрын
Every child everywhere should be shown Sagan's _Cosmos_
@rleroygordon6 күн бұрын
Unfortunately, if teachers tried to show Cosmos to their classes, the creationists would scream that we’re teaching children to be atheists and to hate God.
@billg95023 жыл бұрын
Be humble for you are made of Dung, Be noble for you are made of Stars .
@topdog5252 Жыл бұрын
We are both the children of the stars but we come from microbes and muck.
@JohnKerr-bq3vo8 ай бұрын
HItchens used to wax eloquently about being made of stardust but equally realisysic in saying it is also nucleur watse... such is the the paradox of life ( or of nature n the universe)...
@kevinroach73634 ай бұрын
We are made of star stuff
@JohnKerr-bq3voАй бұрын
@@Jason_Hubred how narrow minded you are... sad.. Winston Churchill was also a drunk... lots listened to him thankfully
@topdog5252Ай бұрын
@@Jason_Hubred I would be glad if people treated scripture more like literature and not like a science textbook.
@05Rudey7 жыл бұрын
He is not dead, he is exploring the universe in the ship of our imagination.
@LisaMichele7 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling this comment is going to stay with me
@smpalaniappan89557 жыл бұрын
05Rudey 😊
@al26426 жыл бұрын
In a way... he inspired generations of scientists... and more
@NotNotAsian6 жыл бұрын
Poetic
@pestypig6 жыл бұрын
To a timeless being he will always exist
@Dorkus89Malorkus10 жыл бұрын
This gives me the same type of feeling that religious people get in church during a good sermon. It makes the hair on my arms raise and it makes me feel indescribably joy. I could not have chosen a better career for myself. There is no greater purpose in life than the pursuit of knowledge about the laws of nature. I really, really, REALLY love science!
@FireC4p3z10 жыл бұрын
The knowledge that we are but reconfigured stardust considering the very origin of our existence, capable of discerning the contents and structure of the cosmos, is incomparably profound. There is no greater human endeavor.
@travelerintraining335310 жыл бұрын
You are not alone! I'm often brought to tears. I'm glad Sagan, Tyson, and others are such great orators and able to make such beautiful statements available for the general public.
@TheProgressivemike9 жыл бұрын
Right on John England, Many of us feel the same way. Thanks..
@SDG.129 жыл бұрын
thank you. you described my emotions perfectly.
@TimSlee18 жыл бұрын
The only difference is that the feelings of the religious are thanks to their blissful ignorance.
@shakypirate4 жыл бұрын
_"We're 30,000 light years from the center(of our galaxy)"_ This line hits home
@jasexavier3 жыл бұрын
The light emitted from stars near the galactic center, at the dawn of human civilization, is not yet reached the halfway point on its journey to us.
@mr.timjohnston5463 жыл бұрын
imagine just our galaxy and there are billions!!
@shakypirate3 жыл бұрын
@@mr.timjohnston546 Thinking about the vastness of the universe, it just makes you feel so insignificant all on a sudden. A humble experience like no other.
@magaisdead79393 жыл бұрын
It's almost too difficult to contemplate
@davidmurphy12073 жыл бұрын
Yet still can't begin to make the scale and proportions of vast open space within the universe relatable or understandable. We are very far from understanding our own planet. The mysteries of the universe seem impossible with the path of social regression we are currently taking.
@magaisdead79393 жыл бұрын
Dude has a 100 degree black belt in prose and articulation! I could listen to this Man, without end, for the entirety of my life
@Mark732 ай бұрын
When Carl Sagan died, humanity was lessened.
@Mark73Ай бұрын
@@Jason_Hubred It wasn't written by someone else. The series Cosmos was based on the book by the same name that Carl Sagan wrote. It's your Bible that was written by a bunch of anonymous people. It's your religion that's all smoke and mirrors.
@vonier13Ай бұрын
I knew I wasnt the only one that felt like that. ❤
@samartzis20008 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan is always missed.
@Shannmeister8 жыл бұрын
But never forgotten.
@forwhomthebelltolls8 жыл бұрын
+Shannmeister Never forgotten.
@DaBadger3548 жыл бұрын
+Paul Samartzis - I remember the day he died I came to work and said to my co-workers "Carl Sagan Died" and not one of them knew who I was talking about. That was the day I decided I had to find another job!
@samartzis20008 жыл бұрын
+Steve Clark yes , I have met many people that have never heard of him. Neil deGrasse Tyson does a great job of trying to remind us all of the great man.
@bobjobs64618 жыл бұрын
you sure are a badass
@fourtrees447 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful people to have ever lived.
@egodeathrow17866 жыл бұрын
Still a mote in the greater scale
@James-gk8ip4 жыл бұрын
@@egodeathrow1786 This actually highlights a flaw in the arguments from size and distance. Greatness knows no size.
@James-gk8ip4 жыл бұрын
@@alfa-psi propose another
@arnoldskit4 жыл бұрын
Ya, but if you were to ask him if ufo's/aliens are real he would of told you that you are crazy!
@suzannarobinson47264 жыл бұрын
He is now Starstuff. He was wonderful.
@PeterBJean2 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan knew how to make you feel humility in such an eloquent way. We miss you Carl!
@aquariumlife29295 ай бұрын
Yes. The total opposite of Neil DeGarass Tyson. Yet the guy uses Carl's name all of the time and took on his show 'Cosmos' as the host
@janeck.8695 Жыл бұрын
It was a sad day when this brilliant man left our world. RIP Carl, and thank you.
@XxChuyoxX9 жыл бұрын
Seeing how immature we are as a species, it's probably a good thing we haven't made contact with any other life in the universe.
@dadoogie9 жыл бұрын
XxChuyoxX We might never meet intelligent life due to our immaturity. Would you let a kid play with your gun? Would you let them mess with the plug sockets?
@KlaxontheImpailr9 жыл бұрын
+XxChuyoxX maybe that's why we haven't been contacted either. They might be waiting to see if we grow up first.
@-spazz-41029 жыл бұрын
+XxChuyoxX How do you know we are an immature species? Its not out of the realm of possibility to think that a species very similar to ours could have began to explore space. Maybe we are actually very mature as far as species go and that is actually the reason we have not found any others. Maybe they already destroyed themselves.
@ClintonFD8 жыл бұрын
+XxChuyoxX I'm afraid we have much evolving to do to warrant the attention of a species capable of interstellar travel.
@truthcantbesilenced45338 жыл бұрын
+XxChuyoxX Seeing our immaturity should show you we wont make contact.. but it will be made with us
@Mastermirror892 жыл бұрын
Finest orator who ever lived, hands down. His gift for communication was astounding. There has never been, and there probably won't ever be another human being who I have never met, yet who had the most profound impact on my life, my personality and just how I think. And for that, Carl, I will forever be grateful. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for helping molding me into the person I am today. I wouldn't be if it weren't for you.
@adamsatinsky9923 Жыл бұрын
I can relate
@mithunvasudevan7796 Жыл бұрын
Such beautiful words and I wholeheartedly agree with you.
@patrickcolby1532 Жыл бұрын
"The Chinese Farmer," maybe?
@mojo7495 Жыл бұрын
How pitiful that you so idolize a mere MAN, and not the Creator of the universe itself.
@spud13x13 Жыл бұрын
@@mojo7495 How pitiful that you need to invoke a fanciful and fictional creator to compensate for your lack of insight and imagination.
@domonkashu35223 жыл бұрын
I always give this a listen when I feel my problems are overwhelming me.
@yoshiprime39495 жыл бұрын
This man saved my life. Rest in peace good sir. :(
@spiritualopportunism45857 жыл бұрын
Humility is enlightenment.
@UnderwaterScotland8 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan = Legend
@Fuar116 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan > Legend
@scholarlyanalyst77006 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan Infinitely > Legend
@DontEverGrowUp6 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan
@suzycreamcheesez43716 жыл бұрын
no clue what you're talking about
@suzycreamcheesez43716 жыл бұрын
uh huh! As Metallica says nothing else matters!
@Hewhowalksbehindtherows3 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. Sagan. You are unable to read this, but you helped me become interested in space, and I thank you.
@dannalondon9038 ай бұрын
The GREAT Carl Sagan...❤
@XxxclarityxxX8 жыл бұрын
His voice is just so calming Q_Q
@kseke258 жыл бұрын
Love his voice.
@twonumber228 жыл бұрын
Rivals Bob Ross.
@mikespindor8 жыл бұрын
I agree Chris. I feel privileged listening to his words.
@cocodrilo57595 жыл бұрын
@@alfa-psi what the fuck
@1234jigglegirl9 жыл бұрын
I wish Carl was still alive. such an amazing human being.
@BunnyCentauri8 жыл бұрын
+1234jigglegirl He lives on through these videos we are watching... ;)
@paulws81paulws817 жыл бұрын
we are lucky to have lived in a time (or he lived in a time)where his voice and ideas could be preserved for future hungry minds
@twistedoperator44224 жыл бұрын
Still do..
@AL-SH4 жыл бұрын
@Christopher Smith Carl Sagan was a climate change advocate and knew the effects of the heavy pollution our species had been been into the sky. What are you talking about?
@nuntana23 жыл бұрын
Christopher Smith No he wouldn’t. You are full of it and do not know him you hypocritical arrogant so and so.
@projectcontractors4 жыл бұрын
*"We have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama."* - Carl Sagan
@timsolnze73005 жыл бұрын
"Legends never die, they become a part of you."... Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Jacque Fresco contributed a lot of their thinking, their knowledge and their seeing of world to me. In other words, they become a part of me.
@abubakeraliy73515 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@dovbarleib3256 Жыл бұрын
Soooo, you like Atheists which prove that there is no G-d to whom one must show moral obedience.
@ERICROJO1568 жыл бұрын
we also forget that we are not the centre stage on Earth either
@chainezo7 жыл бұрын
well technically trough our technology we created systems which when not maintained would destroy multiple ecosystems so it would matter if we were removed at the moment. but even then life would continue without humanity
@HardRockMiner7 жыл бұрын
swashim - Over 99% of every species to walk, crawl or slither the Earth are extinct and WE had nothing to do with their extinction... Most of them died before we even showed up. Stop thinking we have much control of what happens on this planet. Things are born and things die. Things melt and things freeze. That's the way this ball rolls.
@AllknowingUnknown6 жыл бұрын
Well said captain.
@josephmelton47215 жыл бұрын
@Kellying you say that like you're not fucking human. Go be anti human somewhere else. It's negative and doesn't help shit. Next time someone like hitler comes along don't be complaining because your kind of thinking is how people like that get in control in the first place. Have some humility for christ sake.
@vume77224 жыл бұрын
@@HardRockMiner Humans gained knowledge to dominated the earth and use most of its minerals to produce food, medicine, buildings and weapons, that can destroy life on earth , most species are declining in numbers, but Humans are I creasing at an increasing rate and live longer, we are responsible for global warming.
@greyknight581310 жыл бұрын
My grandfather passed away and this was the first thing I found. It gave me peace that he is now part of something greater. Whatever the afterlife is I can say this, His body has been returned to Mother Earth, his soul reunited with his beloved wife and meets at last the Great Unknown. Rest in Peace Papa
@Sin5269 жыл бұрын
I believe that your grandfather, as with uncountable other fathers, sons, mothers, and daughters, have returned to the place from which they came, the source.
@Turrican604 жыл бұрын
@@Sin526 Yes, physically speaking, the matter comprising our bodies is returned to whence it came....ready to be recycled once more. It doesn't mean there's any kind of Afterlife awaiting us, though.
@biologicallyawptimized4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry for your loss. I am glad for your peace
@FATillery4 жыл бұрын
We are attached to the universe atomically, to earth chemically and to each other biologically. I am blessed to still be here today and for however many more days I have to live. Be safe all. Take care. Enjoy the ride called life.
@jmz21444 жыл бұрын
@@Turrican60 The Spirit lies within our bodies and is eternal, think of a person driving a car
@deanholbeach30966 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan brings a tear of joy to my eye every time i hear his beautifully articulate words. Carl, you are sorely missed.
@honodle721910 ай бұрын
A great light went out when he passed. A wise and powerful voice went silent. But i remember.
@hemidas6 жыл бұрын
If Sagan was born in the Middle Ages he would be either be revered as a saint or burned at a stake as a heretic.
@StanSwan6 жыл бұрын
Jovan Mitrić Chances are he would have died before he was 4 years old.
@josephsorce25436 жыл бұрын
Ray Pellerin "true ... And, I was ... Just Kidding !"
@errolflynn49846 жыл бұрын
WELCOME....Fellow Heretics. Live long and prosper!!!!!!!!!!!!
@95Ignac6 жыл бұрын
Definitly burned
@howler97566 жыл бұрын
Only ignorance would do such a thing!!
@missdee49278 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan was the perfect figure for popularizing science. It's such a shame he left us so soon.
@boarddrifter52473 жыл бұрын
A legacy left for us to discover. Like a time traveler whispering in our ear. We will all be stars & join him on his voyage of the Cosmos. ✨
@jager69033 жыл бұрын
Which branch of science are you referring to?
@richardcollier19123 жыл бұрын
I wrote him a letter of appreciation for COSMOS in December of 1981. A fortnight later I received a personal reply from Shirley Arden. She told me how much Professor Sagan enjoyed reading it.
@magaisdead79393 жыл бұрын
Have you noticed how a lot of these disgusting Evangelical televised preachers live for so long though
@RMcKnightMD3 жыл бұрын
Yes… respect for science has steadily declined since…
@tomsimmonds5344 жыл бұрын
If you are big enough to realise that you're small enough, then you have enough humility to be at peace with yourself,..
@richardcochrane19664 жыл бұрын
An absolute legend....his series "Cosmos" is an unmatched masterpiece!!
@Data_on_trail9 ай бұрын
James Webb Space Telescope has even now revealed to us that the galaxies actually number in the trillions. The more we learn, the less important we are, at least in the universes grand scheme.
@FW-jq1ox Жыл бұрын
Humility is sorely lacking in an era where everyone needs attention and "likes". I wish I could fast forward a few centuries, but I'm afraid of what we are going to become.
@aaav2985 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely beautiful. I rarely cry, but this moved me to places that words cannot begin to describe. It is so humbling to know how small we really are, and how precious and fragile our pale blue dot is. Thank you, Carl.
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
But we ae not small. We are precious divine souls all lost playing on this ball of dirt. We should all be trying to find our way home, which is Heaven.
@YourParas11 ай бұрын
@@jeffforsythe9514cringe
@juliansprott903 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Carl Sagan. His reasoning, humanity and humility are something we all need to be during our lifetime
@2fast2block3 жыл бұрын
He was a dingbat. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@pushuppoppies87183 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the greatest communicator of all time. Carl, you'll inspire even the children orbiting of far away stars in the distant future.
@sugeeban51218 жыл бұрын
i feel a sense of elated happiness hearing his voice after reading 'cosmos'
@chriswaters9266 жыл бұрын
sugeeban ! It was quite a book. I have read it many times . One of the only compilations of thought I can say that about.
@ishanjemini50314 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@2fast2block4 жыл бұрын
He was a fool. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@xaenon4 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block .....but too slow to think, apparently. I'm calling you out, Chuckles. ONE QUESTION. Can you prove that your deity exists? Don't wave a Bible at me. That book is a claim, not proof of its stories. Don't link me to bullshit apologetic websites, because I'm not interested in rabbit-hole diatribes.. YOU. *YOU* prove to me that your god is fa'realz.
@ArghyadeepPal2 жыл бұрын
@@xaenon Got him
@dougboggio70985 жыл бұрын
I'm very proud to say that Carl was my best teacher in life. I literally have generated "billions and billions " (pun intended) of thoughts running through my mind thanks to him......curiosity in humans should be explored...............not suppressed May mankind learn from your knowledge for many centuries to come Thank you Carl
@vryday6 жыл бұрын
In the vast greatness of the universe, we are all lucky enough to be able to hear Carl Sagan's voice even after his death. Oh Carl, the world needs people like you more than ever.
@Crichjo329 жыл бұрын
The sad fact is that "we" - everyone alive in the world today, will never know what is truly out in the universe. And maybe for several hundred, if not, thousands of generations later. As long as the human race doesn't fuck up, we WILL one day go out and explore that endless ocean of darkness and light. However for us in this day and age, we can only look up, and wonder. Wonder if there is a great destiny of exploration, discovery, hardships and triumph, carved out for us in the grandest stage of all - the cosmos. Or are we just a random blip of life in a speck of dust, that has no destiny or purpose. Doomed to disappear into nothing with the rest of the universe. Some may believe that. However I implore everyone to believe in the former. For without that great destiny to hold us together and drive us forever onward, then we as a species have nothing left.
@so89079 жыл бұрын
With the rate of technological development anything is possible. We went from no planes at the start of the 20th century to landing on the moon.
@nickgirard90189 жыл бұрын
Sam Osborne Halfway through said century! and now after finding the big, we're exploiting the laws of the very small. That's why I can speak to all of you at lightspeed. Zetabytes of data are being transfered every year. Perhaps the endless universe is a trivial pursuit, and the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom here on earth will bring us closer to being able to know all of the universe like the back of our hand and travel instantly. Invest in education, steer our culture.
@StefanVeenstra9 жыл бұрын
"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other." - Carl Sagan Destiny is another concept made up by men to feel itself important. It's highly likely we are just some random species, emerged from some random organic, genetic evolutionary line, on some random rock called earth, orbiting some random star, in a random corner of a random galaxy, some random region of the universe. We are extremely lucky to emerge on a habitable planet as earth, yet we show our thanks by heavily polluting it. If that's destiny, then I refuse to believe your former.
@shikhardahal15686 жыл бұрын
This was so beautiful nearly made me cry 😢. Thumbs up 👍
@bearmanmr5 жыл бұрын
Carl affected me so much.when as a kid I used to steal the black n white tv and watch Cosmos,; not really grasping what I was viewing intellectually, but knowing the essence of the message in my core. I knew back then I was a wonderer and dreamer. Still very much 💜💜💜
@colinc.87424 жыл бұрын
"More stars than all the grains of sand on earth" Thank for that Carl. There are countless earth like planets out there but the distances are just too great to ever visit or communicate with them.
@tomhiggins25622 жыл бұрын
Only for now. Temporarily. Equations already begin to hint at how it might be done..
@colinc.87422 жыл бұрын
@@tomhiggins2562 To exceed the speed of light is as Einstein stated is impossible, as as an object near light speed it’s mass increases to a point where it would fill the universe
@tomhiggins25622 жыл бұрын
@@colinc.8742 the equations hinting at the interstellar travel that I am referring to do not require the person or vehicle to exceed the speed of light at any time. In fact the form of transport in question does not even require there to be any movement in 3-dimensional spacetime. At all times observing Einstein's restrictions on FTL travel.
@colinc.87422 жыл бұрын
@@tomhiggins2562 There are aspect of science that are little more than verging on fiction. I agree with Brian Cox in that there are probable countless lifeforms out there but we will never confirm it.
@think3rofficial Жыл бұрын
One thing is for sure, we’re part of this universe. We’re the part of the universe that understands itself, likely one among many other life forms. We’re the tiny and insignificant representatives of a beautiful and vast universe. Whether or not we’re important, we can always enjoy the small amount of freedom the universe has gifted us.
@mordantvistas40197 жыл бұрын
Humans are like a rhinestone on the dress of an Oscar winner. Arrogantly believing that the entire show is designed around their little sparkle.
@mauriceweber29536 жыл бұрын
not even
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
All of us has a soul that is divine and each of us has a different amount of black karma inhibiting us from recognise our divinity.....................falun dafa.
@kingklooneyville22349 жыл бұрын
When he said "We have not been given the lead, in the cosmic drama" chills went down my spine, what a fantastic and truthful line.
@davecrooks26093 жыл бұрын
Pity about the music.
@or84483 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful
@maryanngarcia308021 күн бұрын
How I wish Carl was still with us. Why can’t we have world leaders as brilliant as Carl.
@At0micPunk9010 жыл бұрын
“The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
@Sin5269 жыл бұрын
In my "humble" opinion, WE must become that benevolent force if we wish it to be so, as it most certainly does not currently exist as we might wish it.
@danpt20009 жыл бұрын
Sin526 How do dust become a benevolent force?
@Sin5269 жыл бұрын
danpt2000 One of the greatest wonders of the universe is that something truly grand and magnificent can spring from the most insignificant of things. Simple dust and gas combine to form wondrous forms such as galaxies, stars, planets, and even life itself. The fact is, we have the choice to become whatever we wish to be, and if what we choose ultimately turns out to be a benevolent force working throughout the universe to cultivate greater order and beauty from chaos, then we will be as close to God as it comes without being one with Him entirely.
@thebaconized47339 жыл бұрын
is there a particular video I can see this quote?
@ninosawbrzostowiecki18929 жыл бұрын
But "benevolent" and "force" are subjective experiences of this reality. We cannot look beyond this reality, that's why I subscribe to the Muslim view of God: God cannot be given a form, or represented in any way, for it is beyond our conception which is forever bound to this reality. Knowing the universe is like knowing your own body, if all you had was your own eyes and had no mirrors, no ponds or even other people's reactions to base your ideas on. You could get somewhere I guess, but you would never see the inside (which constitutes most of your body), or know where any of it came from. The more I, as a scientist, search this vast wilderness of the cosmos, the more convinced I am that whatever the reason is, it is INFINITELY more superior than I am, for it eludes me perfectly. And therein I get my reassurance.
@siddharthamason10 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan...High Priest of Reason. It was 34 years ago that "Cosmos" made its debut, I am still mesmerized. Its beauty and logic are a symphony in my head and heart.
@2fast2block4 жыл бұрын
Carl was just a fool. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@MasterSpade4 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block -- So much Hostility. You even call Sagan a "Fool". You are obviously a believer in a "god". Which one of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Chances are it's the one you were born into. How convenient of god to make it so that no matter what god you were born into, THAT is the correct one.
@2fast2block4 жыл бұрын
@@MasterSpade let me know when you have something to prove what I wrote is wrong.
@MasterSpade4 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block -- Don't deflect, it's up to YOU to Prove your specific god. You are the one claiming that Sagan will have to face "his Maker" and be thrown into the "lake of fire". You end by calling him a "fool" again. You must not believe in any of the many versions of the bibles, because in those books, calling people a "Fool" is a no no. So again I ask, which of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Allah? Mithra? Hanuman? Zeus? And can you do what no other god believer has ever done: Prove your god is real? Just a reminder here, if you need Blind Faith like ALL the other religions to believe in your god, then it is no different from all the other gods that you do not believe in. So if all you have is Blind Faith, do yourself a huge favor, and enter the world of Reality. I say that seriously. Free yourself.
@2fast2block4 жыл бұрын
@@MasterSpade From the one who's deflecting what I wrote, "Don't deflect," You're silly. Ok, you have a learning disability, not to mention a logical one too. If you could read properly, I said..."Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it." That's how it works. One does not look unless one sees reason to. Was that too hard for your learning disability? So, you are pathetic and can't get around the laws I gave.
@amramjose5 жыл бұрын
I feel like I have a religious experience, whenever I hear/revisit Dr Sagan's lectures, interviews and presentations. He always introduced a logic and reason into his chats, which we need more than ever. Remember "pale blue dot"....godspeed, Dr Sagan.
@davidhunt64635 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan, scientist, genius, orator. The Pale Blue Dot monologue is up there with Shakespeare's finest works for it's ability to convey images and meaning with a beautiful, lyrical economy of words. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest human beings to have ever lived. He would have loved the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
@aliensapien98548 жыл бұрын
not 100 thousand …… not 100 million ………. 100 billion galaxies ………. i'm crying
@96ace967 жыл бұрын
Galaxies vary in size from just a few billion stars, to giants with 100 trillion stars. And that number... That 100 billion? It is outdated. The current estimate is 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. And this observable matter make up approximately 4% of all energy in the universe that we know of.
@kosiilondu7 жыл бұрын
There's no such thing as "quality". We exist in relativity itself. The earth's conditions is not a metric of how qualitative a planet is for habitation and/or spontaneous life existence. We, for now, only understand life, as that found on a planet called earth. While keeping in mind that earth is "Earth" to us it's inhabitants alone. It will go by another name for an alien life.
@vliegendehollander5 жыл бұрын
@Phelan Phelan, what do you mean? We actually do know all about the nature of those stars and can calculate nearly every detail. We observe how they're born even today in stellar nebulas, we watch them grow through their life cycle from tiny blue stars into massive red giants and then explode going supernova and then collapsing into either a neutron star or a black hole depending on mass. We know exactly what kinds of particles are cooking in their nuclear cores. We can predict how fast they'll burn out and in what manner they'll do so. We can calculate how fast they're spinning around the supermassive blackholes at the centers of their galaxies. We can calculate how strong their gravity is pulling on any matter within the grasp of their solar system. We can determine where they came from and where they're moving towards. There's a beautiful, awe-inspiring and perspective-changing field of science called astronomy that you should check out more if you haven't already :)
@vliegendehollander5 жыл бұрын
Phelan sure I agree with you. As long as we don’t stop and become satisfied with “we don’t know”. It’s important we continue probing and studying the universe. The more we learn and understand the better we can fix and improve our own world.
@HartmutJagerArt5 жыл бұрын
Cry not - but rather marvel of who or whatever created 'Existence' ! 🙂
@AlecLudlow19 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan......sorely missed, even to this day. I can't think of anyone else who explains the immensity of it all with such profound and well chosen words.
@-spazz-41029 жыл бұрын
+Alec Ludlow I agree, there are a few though. Neil Degrasse Tyson is very well spoken and has taken many of his predecessors mannerisms. Michio Kaku is also a profound speaker. Even Bill Nye can be a very well spoken individual.
@AlecLudlow14 жыл бұрын
@Zeek Banistor : cretinous comment.
@2fast2block4 жыл бұрын
Words filled with lies. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@yardlimit86953 жыл бұрын
his words might sound profound and wonderful,,,,,,,,,,,but they're ALL WRONG,,,,,,,,,,DON'T FALL FOR HIS LIES AND THEREBY FOLLOW HIM INTO HELL......
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
I could show you things that would make your jaw drop.
@edysinsimon8646 Жыл бұрын
I'm in my 60 now and whenever I really need to sleep I'll listen to anything that's explained by Carl Sagan. His voice has this reassuring overtone which, even as all hell is breaking loose, I'm snuggly content that, for a little while, Carl is talking to me. Thanks Carl.
@willowvc19104 жыл бұрын
Everything is connected 😊 x
@jaconator12457 жыл бұрын
I find it amazing how our seemingly large earth is but a mote of dust adrift in the infinite emptiness we call the cosmos. In reality, it we are completely insignificant beings on a speck of dust careening through the vacuum, just trying to find a sense of importance on our tiny blue grain of sand. We all yearn for control of the world, but, in the end, does it really matter? Even if you took over earth, what would you really have accomplished? You would be like a child with a small blue marble, ignorant of all the other, larger, better, more expensive toys and such. There you'd be, just playing with your insignificant little mote of blue glass, ignorant of the fact that you have little control in the grand scheme of things. This is why I love astronomy. It truly is a humbling experience. Before, you see yourself as a being of significance, but you later come to find you are but a tiny being on a mote of dust, careening through space.
@CaCHaFep6 жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing comment.
@09Chelsh8 жыл бұрын
always gives me chills. moving on such a deep level. i am lucky to be alive, to experience the world we live in.
@titani1k7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible quote. You were a gift to the world, Carl.
@poetryquotesgoodreads34304 жыл бұрын
“My Existence” I exist somewhere in between, Yesterday’s sun, And tonight’s darkness, Standing on the edge of tomorrow, Waiting for a shooting star...💫 I discovered this in a hauntingly beautiful poetry book, “12:12 Midnight” by Danielle Ever Rose... It was a great read📚✨
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. Earth is located between Heaven and Hell. Live a good life and return here, an evil life, bring an asbestos suit.
@poetryquotesgoodreads34302 жыл бұрын
@@jeffforsythe9514 it’s just poetry, it’s how this person feels, it’s not saying where the earth is, it’s probably saying where that person’s mind is at. Just waiting for a shooting start.✌️✨
@Mohsens9 жыл бұрын
Incredibly humbling, and so justly... I wish I could remind myself of this every time I give someone hard time, or vice versa....
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
Humility is learned only through suffering.
@benjamincrom72766 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Carl Sagan. One of the great minds of our time. Oh how we miss a man of your quality and sound, sober thought in this day.
@yardlimit86953 жыл бұрын
i can assure you benjamin that he is not resting in peace,,,,,,,,,,,,THEIR IS NO REST OR PEACE IN HELL..........
@Freedom2x4624 жыл бұрын
His voice is like music to my ears and mind!
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
What key?
@gsdtravels64576 жыл бұрын
A wise voice from across the chasm. He is sorely missed.
@aricar7056 жыл бұрын
What an amazing science communicator he was. He left us, but his passion for science lives within us.
@johnschneider4160 Жыл бұрын
Wake up and believe! Your life will be so much easier to navigate when you are humbled to a grain of sand...and believe that there is a loving God who is aware of and concerned about even your single grain.
@starpage395 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring. Sagan is distance different from contemporary motivational speakers. He is a library of science packed in truth and theory. Best , Inspiring.
@HamzaAli-ty5us7 жыл бұрын
He speaks so beautifully, emphatically, humbly. Love it.
@chrisallen95096 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carl, for putting all of our seemingly all consuming problems, worries, and troubles into perspective. We are all put specs, on a pale blue dot, given no explanation nor reason to why we are experiencing this strange thing we call life at all. Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again.
@Turrican604 жыл бұрын
"Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again". Nice sentiments, but you don't *KNOW* that to be empirically true - there may be many days for all I know, with this being just one of them.
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
Putting our faith in the Lord is a much wiser path.
@mordantvistas40197 жыл бұрын
Too bad there isnt a Sagan church to go to on Sundays. I'd be there every week. Not to worship or have a faith in something, but simply to appreciate, learn and grow. Science survives by the practice of breaking rules. Religion survives by the practice of making rules.
@ej287 жыл бұрын
X Files not all religions. And I thought this was a good comment section without any arguments. Let's just live in peace and not question atheism or religion as none can be proved.
@NWOPresseburoEmskirchem6 жыл бұрын
Eucalyptus and yet religion proclaims the exact opposite of what sagan is saying. it puts us humans and our planet in the centre of the cosmos
@StanSwan6 жыл бұрын
So make a church be proactive.
@georgezuniga62986 жыл бұрын
There is one. Just walk outside every night and look up to everything there is and just reach out with your mind as far as you can imagine.
@ShankyBady5 жыл бұрын
Wow, just wow. Maybe I'll build a temple here in Bangalore with Sagan as the god. Build a physical idol of him, then have a speakers constantly play his speeches on and on in order, and people are just welcome to come and listen to him if they feel lost and they feel like they need help.
@all2031 Жыл бұрын
One of a kind among the sea of humanity! He left us prematurely, leaving us to continue the fight for humility against bigotry, dictatorship of worship, flattery of idiocy....
@toni47292 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carl, for your very existence.
@Jez2008UK10 жыл бұрын
That is awesome - and makes me not only have a small tear in my eye at the folly of man, but also as a reminder that we mustn't forget Carl Sagan - the magical way he had of expressing Astronomy so that simple people like me could remain interested and understand was off the scale.
@johnsondavidb4 жыл бұрын
Man is fundamentally flawed in that each and every human being possesses a degree of pride, arrogance and to whatever level, a lust for power. The world suffers in an ongoing way from this imperfection in the human psyche. If that is ever to change, it cannot be done by man alone.
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
The folly? I should say so. Jesus and Buddha both came here to remind us that we all fell from heaven and should strive to return home. Instead the world has chosen to play in the mud......................falun dafa.
@aaron35543 жыл бұрын
For those that dont know, that picture at 1:50 is a picture of Earth seen through Saturns rings. Not the famous Pale Blue Dot photo but is just as remarkable.
@davidarbuckle72366 ай бұрын
Carl Sagan was the ultimate Storyteller who brought the wonders of the Universe into focus for all to see.
@mariopeter27754 жыл бұрын
"Such an image is a profound sermon on humility." Thank you Carl and carry on!!!
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
One learns humility through suffering not words.
@4voxel7 жыл бұрын
i watch this video everyday at mornings ..i just love it
@DavidRogers976 жыл бұрын
4 voxel I like the video too but every single day? Sema-dow-nah
@ur1740oct86 жыл бұрын
Almost like religious adherence! Good.
@al26426 жыл бұрын
Actually a very good mantra: we have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama....Damn man. It gets sad
@mikepic6 жыл бұрын
That's amazing! I used to do the same thing with a different Sagan video called 'The universe was not made for us.'
@CarlosSanchez-kd8et6 жыл бұрын
Great way to start a day
@AUSSIEMADMATT7 жыл бұрын
Good work, let his voice echo through out humanity till the very end.
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
Why?
@alsecen5674Ай бұрын
Sagan is the whole package: poet and scientist, human and superhuman. What a treasure he was and is.
@kevinroach73634 ай бұрын
We are made of star stuff.
@daniyalnaqvi25697 жыл бұрын
what a brilliant man
@romulowingnut17014 жыл бұрын
Carl Edward Sagan. Meu primeiro herói. Foi maravilhoso ter 7 anos em 1980 e assistir sua série Cosmos. " Cosmos " mudou minha vida!. Que Deus o tenha no paraíso Carl. ❤ 🙏🏻
@dev_echo3 жыл бұрын
His voice is so calming ❤️
@neilk.astrophotography75904 жыл бұрын
Poetry in motion..gone but not forgotten..for Carl.
@prashantvicky5 жыл бұрын
I don't think religion or any god can make me feel so good...Who needs religion when we have Sagan who can make science seem millions of times more beautiful and hopeful than religions.
@thomashenry479810 жыл бұрын
If what little we are, what little we have is so wondrous to me, what greatness and mystery await when we step out of our cradle into the greater world? I revel in my insignificance, because it is but a taste of what awaits.
@derekobrien376710 жыл бұрын
Your words or Carl's?
@thomashenry479810 жыл бұрын
I aint trying to sound like anything. Its what I think. And yes those are my words.
@Voltron4ev410 жыл бұрын
Thomas Henry Respect.
@andyskeels85395 жыл бұрын
Still here in 2019, listening to the wisdom of Mr. Sagan 😊
@jeffforsythe95142 жыл бұрын
The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering.
@FATillery4 жыл бұрын
We are attached to the universe atomically, to earth chemically and to each other biologically. I am blessed to still be here today and for however many more days I have to live. Be safe all. Take care. Enjoy this ride called life.
@staredeath10110 жыл бұрын
"One philosopher asserted that he knew the whole secret. He surveyed the two celestial strangers from top to toe, and maintained to their faces that their persons, their worlds, their suns, and their stars, were created solely for the use of man. At this assertion our two travelers let themselves fall against each other, seized with a fit of inextinguishable laughter." That's from Voltaire's Micromegas in 1752 In the seventeenth century there was still some hope that, even if the Earth was not the center of the Universe, it might be the only "world." But Galileo's telescope revealed that "the Moon certainly does not possess a smooth and polished surface" and that other worlds might look "just like the face of the Earth itself." The Moon and the planets showed unmistakably that they had as much claim to being worlds as the Earth does-with mountains, craters, atmospheres, polar ice caps, clouds, and, in the case of Saturn, a dazzling, unheard-of set of circumferential rings. After millennia of philosophical debate, the issue was settled decisively in favor of "the plurality of worlds." They might be profoundly different from our planet. None of them might be as congenial for life. But the Earth was hardly the only one. This was the next in the series of Great Demotions, down lifting experiences, demonstrations of our apparent insignificance, wounds that science has, in its search for Galileo's facts, delivered to human pride. Well, some hoped, even if the Earth isn't at the center of the Universe, the Sun is. The Sun is our Sun. So the Earth is approximately at the center of the Universe. Perhaps some of our pride could in this way be salvaged. But by the nineteenth century, observational astronomy had made it clear that the Sun is but one lonely star in a great self-gravitating assemblage of suns called the Milky Way Galaxy. Far from being at the center of the Galaxy, our Sun with its entourage of dim and tiny planets lies in an undistinguished sector of an obscure spiral arm. We are thirty thousand light years from the Center. Well, our Milky Way is the only galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy is one of billions, perhaps hundreds of billions of galaxies notable neither in mass nor in brightness nor in how its stars are configured and arrayed. Some modern deep sky photographs show more galaxies beyond the Milky Way than stars within the Milky Way. Every one of them is an island universe containing perhaps a hundred billion suns. Such an image is a profound sermon on humility. The long standing view, as summarized by the philosopher Immanuel Kant, that "without man the whole of creation would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final end" is revealed to be self-indulgent folly. A Principle of Mediocrity seems to apply to all our circumstances. We could not have known beforehand that the evidence would be, so repeatedly and thoroughly, incompatible with the proposition that human beings are at center stage in the Universe. But most of the debates have now been settled decisively in favor of a position that, however painful, can be encapsulated in a single sentence: We have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama. Perhaps someone else has. Perhaps no one else has. In either case, we have good reason for humility." -Carl Sagan
@Ranveer.tiwari5 жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@prof_jesus5 жыл бұрын
Thank You, Sagan, and you!
@spikespa52084 жыл бұрын
The hearing impaired of the universe thank you.
@pablolivre41727 жыл бұрын
Carl Sagan, was the person who opened my eyes to this beautiful universe, and made me fall in love with science. He made science, some easy to understand! CARL SAGAN, it was fantastic, and it will be forever!
@omniversosindios79535 жыл бұрын
Strong words, powerful message for humanity
@gildaskamga16902 жыл бұрын
This genius is a true role model. Thank you sir. I wish I would have met you one day and discuss about the mysteries of the universe.
@yshnav333 Жыл бұрын
👍🏼
@papablade81027 жыл бұрын
today on this election day i will need the voice of sagan to calm my soul of the things to come. we could use your voice today sir, gone too soon
@jacquies19627 жыл бұрын
For sure, I just sent the above link to my family and said in a way I'm glad he's not around to see what the 9th of November could signify for our beautiful planet and all life.
@juttypants7 жыл бұрын
I had just thought that. I rewatched Cosmos just this week. I thought, I'm glad Carl Sagan doesn't have to witness this nation in it's current iteration. I felt shame for our species and sorry for our future generations.
@alexluna67457 жыл бұрын
+Justin Knutson we can still change things each of us...its up to us "we know who speaks for the nations,but who speaks for the species? ,who speaks for Earth?!🌎".
@veritasabsoluta42856 жыл бұрын
Certainly better than the other candidate, Hillary.
@dkronn16 жыл бұрын
he would tell you all precisely that one man will not destroy our species. from a pov of hating everyone if we as a country survived 16 years of bush then obama well survive anything!
@budfinks4 жыл бұрын
It was back in the early 80s after watching Cosmos that i as a child , began to look and wonder at the sky , at the cosmos and myself in it . It opened my mind to thoughts that were no longer childish . Thankyou Carl Sagan for opening my eyes .
@vincentgutierrez8946 Жыл бұрын
I remember after doing my homework I would put on Cosmos on PBS Carl Sagan would make learning about the universe fun That is why I miss Carl Sagan
@nicholasjames11016 жыл бұрын
Beautiful read and sentiment. We are, just one.
@flytier51618 жыл бұрын
A great great man ,never get fed up listening to him
@TheNebraska4027 жыл бұрын
i listen to him while i fall asleep. if i pass away while i am in my bed, i want it to be because the last thing i did was try to expand my thought on existance