CARL SAGAN - A Way of Thinking

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  • @youtume58
    @youtume58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1268

    After Sagan died in 1996, Ann Druyan was asked about her husband's skepticism about the possibility of an afterlife and whether or not she believed if she would see him again. Here's her answer:
    "Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous. . . We knew we were beneficiaries of chance. . . That pure chance could be so generous and so kind. . . That we could find each other. . . That we could be together for 20 years. The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don't think I'll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful."
    `

    • @not_elm0
      @not_elm0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Aww💕💕 Relationship Goals 🙌

    • @isItReal7
      @isItReal7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      yesss.. to appreciate life.. the moment gifted us while we have it.. because this.. now.. is all tgats ever promised..

    • @MichaelSmith-mb1gm
      @MichaelSmith-mb1gm ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Excuse me, I have to go hug my family.

    • @Rahulmogalapalli
      @Rahulmogalapalli ปีที่แล้ว +70

      In his dedication to his wife Ann at beginning of the book "Cosmos", Sagan writes "In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and epoch with Annie." That is so beautiful :" )

    • @sumymathew3804
      @sumymathew3804 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Beautiful ❤

  • @neonthapa
    @neonthapa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1191

    "So who's more Humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us or Somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth" - Carl Sagan

    • @Kyle-bv6di
      @Kyle-bv6di 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      theism is philosophical, when you dumb down religious intellectuals to just 'believing what a book says' then sure it may sound idiotic, but take time to listen to St.Thomas Aquinas, other saints, etc.. you act as if Einstein, Pascal & Haeckal aren't theists.

    • @MasterSpade
      @MasterSpade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@Kyle-bv6di -- religion is all about BLIND Faith. That is, the belief in something you cannot see(the blind part) but you Hope is true. That is what makes belief in gods so dangerous. People will believe anything they are told with that BLIND Faith. They are indoctrinated from the very beginning to "Stop Thinking and just Believe!".
      BTW, Einstein did NOT believe in a "god".

    • @nathgraza9408
      @nathgraza9408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@MasterSpade he believed in god but not personal god
      It's god of spinoza
      Do your simple research 😃
      Anyway it's not belief it's a fact

    • @MasterSpade
      @MasterSpade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@nathgraza9408 -- You say "it's not belief it's a fact". What do you believe is a fact, the existence of a god? If yes, then which of the tens of thousands of gods?
      Also, if your god is "Fact" and based on Facts, then do what no other god believer has ever been able to do, PROVE your god. Should be easy with those "Facts".

    • @nathgraza9408
      @nathgraza9408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

  • @makima8976
    @makima8976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    “I don't want to believe.I want to know” -Carl Sagan

    • @anthonymorena6259
      @anthonymorena6259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We all want to know what is, that is hidden. It is the 'vivid recollection' which resides in us all, as a whole, and is obvious, and disturbed by that of without, yet hinders that of which lyes within...it is both in the same yet only equal in opposite, or it cannot exist.

    • @doubtingthomas1312
      @doubtingthomas1312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @yahyayahya3739
      @yahyayahya3739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I want both
      The belief of the unseen of an old men and the conviction of scholar/researcher
      By heart, mind and soul.
      That's what I'm made from as a human
      I'm not a robot nor a divine spirit

    • @fromthepeanutgallery1084
      @fromthepeanutgallery1084 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      " Believe? I don't believe, I know." - Carl Jung.

    • @willmpet
      @willmpet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t believe I trust till there is better evidence.

  • @shahrimz
    @shahrimz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2220

    I respect this human being so much. Correction; I met him once in Chicago Airport in late 1980s, exactly in 1988. He was the king of humility. He was gracious to spend few minutes with me over a cup of coffee.

    • @robbertboon1985
      @robbertboon1985 8 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      You are lucky Mohammed, many of us wish to have had that chance. best wishes

    • @reganisawesome123
      @reganisawesome123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      The joy I would feel if that happened to me... this man is responsible for the very way I think.

    • @danieldiaz4394
      @danieldiaz4394 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      You are extremely lucky, I wish I would've met him

    • @daniyalnaqvi2569
      @daniyalnaqvi2569 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      wow. That must have been a great experience.

    • @anonymousjohnson976
      @anonymousjohnson976 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Wow! I wish that had been me. I love Carl Sagan!

  • @earthling03
    @earthling03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    *"Every star is maybe a sun to someone." - Carl Sagan*

    • @EGMAG
      @EGMAG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Everybody is a star , by Sly Stone !

    • @EGMAG
      @EGMAG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Every star is an ingredient of all things living and dead ! Ed Giardina

    • @Mohawks_and_Tomahawks
      @Mohawks_and_Tomahawks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "We are all stardust" -Neil deGrasse Tyson

    • @june4294
      @june4294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Science is way more than a body of knowledge, its a way of thinking.."

    • @Krrishna69
      @Krrishna69 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EGMAG "We are made of star stuff"
      - Carl Sagan

  • @Mrst3lios89
    @Mrst3lios89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    “We are like butterflies that flutter for a day and believe it’s forever.” - Carl Sagan

    • @chadgrimed5324
      @chadgrimed5324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Beautiful ....

    • @shabirdarr1432
      @shabirdarr1432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      R
      Hjjjj

    • @سبيل-ظ2ي
      @سبيل-ظ2ي 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ho can make the start he can make it agine and. agine .
      he is a one becus sisstem is seam , any wher youe go it is seam .
      we are all under his control efen youe feel that your are free .
      read think feel rember
      youe will find the truthe .
      dont be allon look for your bowr god . dont lose hem .
      Withe hem youe sre seav .

    • @gideonrantung688
      @gideonrantung688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@سبيل-ظ2ي What are you talking about?

    • @AE0N777
      @AE0N777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JeromeCasper if you’re gonna troll at least try not to make it so obvious

  • @brianfinnegan664
    @brianfinnegan664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1022

    "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - my hero, Carl Sagan

    • @Menga213
      @Menga213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @MichaelKingsfordGray why are names so important? why are ethnicity so important?

    • @Menga213
      @Menga213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @MichaelKingsfordGray Socrates never wrote a book for a reason. The Egyptians, The Mayans didn't call themselves the name we gave them. Names are just asterisks of our family tree. DNA doesn't represent you. DNA doesn't describe your character or your values. Identity is a misconception with labels.

    • @blackbart99
      @blackbart99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @MichaelKingsfordGray Superiority complex much? OK...So you read at least one book on the theory of self...but it didn't sink in did it?

    • @marclapointe368
      @marclapointe368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @MichaelKingsfordGray If Sagan`s name had been XNY ZOP from Wherever, Would his thoughts have been less pertinent?

    • @marclapointe368
      @marclapointe368 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MichaelKingsfordGray I agree with you that everybody should use his/her real name.

  • @electricbadgercollc8146
    @electricbadgercollc8146 5 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Humanity has been greatly enriched because Carl Sagan was, for a brief moment in time, part of it.

    • @seemlyme
      @seemlyme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ElectricBadgerCo LLC System is the problem 🏡 Our Life should be around these Great Qualities.....
      1, Show all living creatures; all the love and kindness as much as you can.
      2, Only try to be honest with yourself. If you try to be honest with others, you will get into big trouble soon or later.
      3, Aim only one target at a time; otherwise you are chasing two rabbits and you will miss both. So, the reason behind it. Have one powerful reason and never ever give up the one you want the most.
      4, Don't try to be good person only but be the powerful person. We will grow to be the one or we will die. There is no other choice.
      5, Always learn and look for to improve something your life.
      6, You are not alone. Love and faith the high power reduces unnecessary stress in life. But never completely rely on it.
      7, Success and happiness are the byproducts of our usefulness. So, always increase the possibility of success.
      8, Life is not going to be easy. Because of our unnecessary things. Eliminate all the unnecessary things as much as you can by organising yourself well with the environments.
      9, Never believe anything without the proper evidences.
      10, Always try to give more than you take.
      Because it is dignity/ character of the divinity within you.
      🌎 As long as people continue to see themselves as separate from everything else, they lend themselves to being completely enslaved. Success depends on how well we relate to everything around us. Joy comes from that bliss of connectedness. I believe that unarmed truth and love will have the final word in reality. To love; you should have good heart. I am a good person until I see a person better than my standard of goodness. Being good is the progress towards a worthy cause. Love is God. Whoever lives in love, lives forever. How selfish it is to try to keep something forever? Love is all about nourishing, nurturing, sharing and expanding the love within you for all. The principle to which we adhere to is that we have kindness of love at heart for the whole of mankind. As long as there is the unnecessary differences within us; we can not live peacefully so we have to eliminate all the unnecessary differences among us so we can love all. People abilities may vary but not there true love. If we love a person/ God for a reason then we love the reason but not the person. No reason is the reason to love the person because true love never fails. So do not compare or measure the true love as first or the last but love all truly. If you love people truly then you can understand people. If you don't love then you don't understand people at all.
      People are controlled by system why?
      The Cyclical Consumption is the current economy all over the World. It is making the scarcity problems of the earth finite resources to deteriorate day by day. Current Monetary System is legalised theft. Real money is Gold and Silver. Scarcity gives the money more value. Real money won't lose it's value. When Governments stay away from Gold & Silver then very easy to transfer the wealth / resources to upper class the Rich (Corporatocracy) Elite. When the Governments are printing out more new fiat currency with reserve banks, our old currency is losing its purchasing power everyday. They are printing millions of currency everyday. All governments and laws are existing right now to transfer wealth to upper class the rich elite. The USA Government & other Governments are in many countries, bailed the investment banks & financial institutions in 2008 against the majority of the people. There is no democracy in any countries. Because of the Money System based on profits motive only above all else even humans lives and well-being. So, we do not have freedom to protect our values with the money so on. The violence, bankruptcy & all the negativities are build into the Monetary System of our society. All are owned (including ourselves) by Reserve Bank. Which is private cartel the corporation. So, in legal system, we are legally considered as chattel the properties. They make money in the capital markets with our birth certificates. They do not consider us as Humans. That's the truth. We are at the invisible war with the Elites (Corporatocracies). We have to fight for our Freedom. Resource Based Economy is the Solution. We have to declare the earth resources as the heritage of all the people of this world. So everyone has access to it. Please have your research about zeitgeist movement then you know the truth more.
      Truth About Health/Drugs Industry Because Of It Your Life At High Risk The drug industry is a 1/2 trillion dollars a year worldwide conglomerate. Almost 300 billions dollars just in North America. That is really big business. What would happen if everyone were well? There is no money in health. You see, good health makes a lot of sense but it doesn't make a lot of dollars. Because everything they do is toxic. Every drug they use, prescription drugs, all drugs are liver toxic, bar none. If you've had amalgam fillings put in your mouth by dentists. It is highly toxic. There's cancer because most of the chemos are themselves carcinogens. To view the tumor as the cancer and we know the tumor is not the cancer. The cancer industry is 200 billions dollars a year. The more work they get, the more profit there is. You have to dismantle; If the truth ever came out about what we would need to do. 30% of people of females in America are at risk of getting, will get cancer of the breast. The ones that are already dead have been grossly mistreated by the medical profession and by the government that supposedly is supposed to encourage free research and development of all possibilities. Why would medical doctors who studied medicine and practice medicine and are heavily funded by pharmaceutical companies why would they go and look into vitamins? That they never had the answer orthomolecular. And as more and more of our population start taking their health into their own hands, there's going to be even more and more of changes. It can't go on the way it is. The system is failing apart. We must make nutrition the primary prevention strategy for the population. You are what you eat. You are everything that you have ever done to yourself. The choices you make directly affect the outcome of your life. - (Food Matters Documentary in Netflix)
      😊 Well, I truly love God. I am not religious but very spiritual person. So, I believe 1) Religion is the beliefs in someone experiences But spirituality is having my own experiences. The mainstream religions people promote religious ideology by giving guidelines and guide but In my spiritual life; I do not want anyone or anything between God and me to restrict my freedom to worship God. 2) We do not need any authorities to do good work. The god work is the good work always. In contrast; organised mainstream religions are claiming that they have the authorities to do God works as leaders so on. 3) God is not capable of doing wrong thing, change the past for us and create anything out of nothing for us. Nothing means not anything. So, even God is limited. The mainstream religious people believe that God is unlimited. 4) God wants us to take responsibilities for our righteousness life but not for all the consequences of our actions because they are continued to exist among us. So, How can god punish us for all our consequences? The mainstream religious people believe we are full of sins because of all our actions. 5) Freewill is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. So, we do not have choices all the time. In contrast teachings of the mainstream religions are promoting people to do god's will always because we all have choices of freewill always. 6) We can not separate everything into groups. So, everything for good and evil and there's no success and failure for everything. If everything is real then real things can not be threatened. Once you come to understand that God/The Holy Spirit is in each of us, You will no longer need a Book to tell you how to live. Then why we need religious scriptures? The Virtue is the expression of the basic goodness in our actions. The Basic goodness is the fundamental worthiness of every individuals. We are worthy to God always in everything. 7) Beliefs in a cruel God makes a cruel man. No matter what; every living creatures has the right to live and What makes their life cheap? Everything depends on everything. Nothing too big or too small in value. We can not love and hate at the same time; Being a vegetarian means love without cruelty happily. The mainstream religious people are killing people and sacrificing animals in the name of God. They promote God's cruel punishments. The Punishment is endless for Sinners/Devil according to religious scriptures. But God is love always. Overcome hate with love. If all religions for peace, unity? No way. Because they are not for peace. 8) Well, The God gave us everything to go from moment to moment in our lives as we do our part and pray only to thank god then the Love is in progress. The Love is always for everyone. We are always worthy of the God's love. Our greatest fear is; not to be loved by anyone but we are all loved by someone. When we eliminate all our unnecessary differences among us then true peaceful life is possible with the true love. If we can't find the peace within ourselves then we will never find it anywhere else. 9) This is the Fight for independence and freedom of humanity to worship God freely without religious guide and guidelines to restrict us. Unnecessarily, We do not want third party controls over us in anything ; especially in spirituality. 10) Revive Survive Thrive. Sincerely, The Real Peacemaker against religious oppression.
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    • @russpaxman3660
      @russpaxman3660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As profound as mr Sagan himself.

    • @Martine1love
      @Martine1love 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Undoubtedly!

    • @Rainyumz
      @Rainyumz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my hero too :))

    • @Martine1love
      @Martine1love 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RAYGERVATO Undoubtedly!! 673 right now!!

  • @robertbrown3064
    @robertbrown3064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I know hero worship is dangerous. But I can think of no better role model to hold up as one than this man. We need more people who think this way.

    • @araujotavares5015
      @araujotavares5015 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Indeed. I had a near death experience and I thought about him, not Jesus or any other divine being. Maybe because he was responsible for the way I understand the universe. And for that I am forever grateful

    • @davidthomas9190
      @davidthomas9190 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ❤​@@araujotavares5015

    • @thomashugus5686
      @thomashugus5686 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I enthusiastically agree200%!!!😊😊

  • @SinceretheGhost
    @SinceretheGhost 10 ปีที่แล้ว +798

    "The idea is to withhold belief, until there is compelling evidence.."
    Such a simple idea, but so tragically ignored by almost all.

    • @avigindratt7608
      @avigindratt7608 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Absolutely. I'm guilty of it too, yet Sagan is someone I wholeheartedly look up to.

    • @rdingo1
      @rdingo1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      "...and if the universe does not comply with our predispositions, OK, then we have the wrenching obligation to accommodate to the way the universe really is."
      -Carl Sagan

    • @northerngamer2573
      @northerngamer2573 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kyle T. Sasloe I agree, but everybody has beliefs based on poor evidence

    • @TheRealSandorClegane
      @TheRealSandorClegane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kyle T. Sasloe only when it comes to religion, in every other aspect humans will usually think rationally, but not when it comes to their sky daddy

    • @thethinking1
      @thethinking1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Tyler Durden Rubbish. Humans aren't driven by pure rationality. Even the scientific community starts with belief in a possibility. Einstein started off with a dream of running so fast down a hill that the stars and light began to change in appearance. where was the 'rationality in that. inspirational thought drives us. What you call 'fact' now, started that way...

  • @ImranSahir1
    @ImranSahir1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    He was the reason I came to appreciate reason and rationality.
    He was the light that lit my being up.
    He was the human who made me proud to be a human.
    He was and continues to be one of the best representatives of our glorious species.
    Thank you, Carl.

    • @phant0mwolf421
      @phant0mwolf421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👍

    • @user-qc8vj3vp9v
      @user-qc8vj3vp9v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I totally agree. Dr. Castle Sagan was a brilliant mind, and a very humble man. He is greatly appreciated and missed.❤🕉🙏🏽

    • @saganandroid4175
      @saganandroid4175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glorious species? That remains to be seen.

    • @sciencedavedunning3415
      @sciencedavedunning3415 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@saganandroid4175 Some of us see the 'glorious' aspects of humanity and emulate them.
      Others do not.

    • @mattorr2256
      @mattorr2256 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I second everything you stated here

  • @patbrennan6572
    @patbrennan6572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Dr Sagan has given me more comfort than all religions can combined.

    • @letsroll492
      @letsroll492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank God for that B-D

    • @sciencedavedunning3415
      @sciencedavedunning3415 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I could not agree more.

    • @Dr.Snooze-gt5yg
      @Dr.Snooze-gt5yg ปีที่แล้ว

      A few control the quirks and ruin life for all and kill all the warriors turning then against each other for their amusement when the masses could make amusement for higher profit and more fun

    • @James-ll3jb
      @James-ll3jb 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You are to be pity.

    • @renatojrodriguez7469
      @renatojrodriguez7469 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@letsroll492 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dprague
    @dprague 9 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I am 51, I grew up listening to Carl Sagan. He helped to shape my thinking. Thank you Carl Sagan.

  • @samedz3966
    @samedz3966 9 ปีที่แล้ว +728

    2:41 - "Science is after the way the universe really is and not what makes us feel good"

    • @backflp
      @backflp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      +jimmy bluebos This short but extremely accurate sentence beautifully sums up the reason why most people choose to ignore the scientific method and rather indulge in superstition. Yes, I said choose. Because it is a choice, unconcious or not.

    • @samedz3966
      @samedz3966 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Adnan R. Anyone can understand someone choosing to go down the more easier and more happy ignorance route rather than the challenging voyage of discovery. But that first route seems to be the loudest in today's world and always seeking to block the second.

    • @jursamaj
      @jursamaj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't really understand that. But then I've always been the curious sort, and don't find discovery to be "challenging".

    • @abowlofsalad8812
      @abowlofsalad8812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautiful.

    • @mac_1don
      @mac_1don 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +jursamaj simply put, science doesn't focus on before the universe was created. no deity nor supernatural being that created us. science doesn't tell us that there is an afterlife either so it doesn't give grieving people a piece of happiness to look forward to- it doesn't give anyone a reason to feel good per say. science is just the evolution of thought as objectively as possible and it's the here and now. science is a way of thinking that begs us to ask questions about the universe we interact with everyday

  • @Galvaxatron
    @Galvaxatron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    It really sucks that Carl had to leave us so early.
    Can you imagine how amazing he would have been on the podcast circuit?

    • @AntonArmsberg
      @AntonArmsberg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      His message is still heard thanks to the internet, science rocks!

    • @TaraZaraChara
      @TaraZaraChara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thankfully we have a man who is just as amazing; Neil Tyson

    • @truthseeker7815
      @truthseeker7815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TaraZaraChara, oh yeah, the fighter

    • @MMaRsu
      @MMaRsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@TaraZaraChara Ndt isnt anywhere near the genius of Carl Sagan.

    • @munumaconrat5886
      @munumaconrat5886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great Men were never meant to live forever🤐.

  • @Notrocketscience101
    @Notrocketscience101 10 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Carl, spoke poetry in the prose of science and science gave his voice to eternity.

    • @briobarb8525
      @briobarb8525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well said! Namaste!

  • @raw_pc
    @raw_pc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +590

    Emotionally intelligent & visionary man. Human race needs that kind of people to survive.

    • @protagonistscience1392
      @protagonistscience1392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      They are out there. Their voices are just being drowned out by the screamers and tantrum-throwers everybody seems to enjoy. From the Kardashians to Trump, what a waste of energy to follow anything they do.

    • @Riskijan
      @Riskijan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Philipp Markolin a lot of people like to be sheeple

    • @R4Y2k
      @R4Y2k 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All those scientists are kind of the "great philosophers" of our times but people refuse to listen. We'd need a lot more people like him as connectors between science and the people.

    • @Thomas-ni1jn
      @Thomas-ni1jn 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      spontanp We have them in large numbers. They just need that extra push.

    • @GordonGarvey
      @GordonGarvey 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you know he's emotionally intelligent?

  • @aftabkhan1961
    @aftabkhan1961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    A giant amongst men. I could listen to him for ever.

    • @letsroll492
      @letsroll492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks to God, you can

    • @mattorr2256
      @mattorr2256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@letsroll492that is what you think. No evidence supports your belief

    • @ROYALGAMERJAMES
      @ROYALGAMERJAMES ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattorr2256 is the universe itself not big enough evidence for you

    • @ghfgxijaorgf5393
      @ghfgxijaorgf5393 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ROYALGAMERJAMES is the river itself not big enough evidence for you that it must have had a creator? but rivers dont have creators, they create themselves from the water that flows from higher eleveation to the lower one, same can be said with universe, i dont deny god, but to worship someone you never saw, you dont know is real is really weird and fanatical

    • @ROYALGAMERJAMES
      @ROYALGAMERJAMES 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ghfgxijaorgf5393 I am not telling you worship but I just want you to think because I do and I don't think that universe was created by itself just like your own phone wasn't built my it's own my time it was created by someone

  • @TheEvolvedprimate
    @TheEvolvedprimate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +481

    We miss you Carl.

    • @siliconstate
      @siliconstate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The world needs him

    • @Irishbloke92
      @Irishbloke92 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +siliconstate We do have Neil degrass Tyson.

    • @siliconstate
      @siliconstate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Garreth o'Brien Yup Neil is awesome, another person directly influenced by Carl.

    • @BlahBlahUsername1
      @BlahBlahUsername1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The world needs *you*, don't depend on one man. I agree tho, Carl was the man.

    • @siliconstate
      @siliconstate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks, you're right of course. I just mean we need more people to inspire fertile minds, just like he did.

  • @strangersinlondon_
    @strangersinlondon_ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2360

    Teach kids more HOW to think and less of WHAT to think.

    • @evolvedaustin4230
      @evolvedaustin4230 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Absolutely!

    • @ShakinJamacian
      @ShakinJamacian 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      ***** Conformism. We have to keep status quo, though when one becomes critical of the status quo, you see how insoluble and illusory the whole thing is.
      Consider for a moment we have beguiled the world over that the world is in scarcity, so we have to bullshit people to "compete" with people for paper and metal goodies so they can have some of this scarcity, to keep on going. One look up at the sky at night - assuming you're not in a city - and you see a nature in pure fucking abundance. We tell people such things in a world where that doesn't match up, and it goes far deeper than my simple example.
      Our social game of egocentric tribalism is always caught in this "Us vs Them" kind of game, and so long as we are caught in this, we are permanently in conflict with one another, instead of the more sane and more plausible view of being in collaboration and cooperation with one another. Somehow it's better to have people fighting each other as if there are real "less thans" in the world instead of living each other to see the real equality one has in nature.

    • @jerrywilson4113
      @jerrywilson4113 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ***** When I was in high school decades ago, I had an extremely snoopy spinster-ish old lady for my Senior year English teacher. I had always made perfect grades in English without even trying due to my voracious appetite for reading. One day she came in and told the class to write an essay entitled, "What I daydream about...".
      Well, it only took a minute for me to realize in my adolescence that if I told the truth, it would be a pornographic essay that would get me expelled. So I wrote out a couple of pages about how I daydreamed about a world where people minded their own business and didn't try to live vicariously through other peoples' experiences, especially personal matters that were none of anyone elses' business to begin with. I handed it in before the class was even done, and got a nice smile for her for being so prompt.
      The next day, I saw her coming down the hall at the beginning time for the class and she only had a glare for me. After she got the class started, she asked me to join her outside. When we left the class, she marched me down to the principals' office, wherein she started in about how she had never been so insulted by a student in her entire career and that I should be expelled, and some licks from the principals' paddle would be appropriate as well. I was just sitting there calmly, thinking, "holy shit, I'm a senior, and I'm going to get expelled over writing a perfectly fine paper?!?!" The principal asked for my paper, and he started to read it. I could see his face get slightly red and his facial expressions betrayed that he was doing his best to not laugh out loud, as he definitely knew this old lady's proclivity for being a bitch. He just told me to write her another paper on a different subject of my choosing and he didn't have anything more to say. She went ballistic and started sobbing and saying that I should at least get some `licks', but he wasn't having any of it. I was the schools' standout speech team member and he knew that she just got back what she deserved. So we left his office with her so mad she couldn't even speak. I still wound up with an A out of that class, so I guess she finally calmed down.

    • @anaesthesia1549
      @anaesthesia1549 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thinking is not taught; it is thought!

    • @txixm
      @txixm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ari Bancale You can't teach people to think. You can only let them have consequences for their decisions so that they learn to do it.

  • @benjaminrivera3190
    @benjaminrivera3190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The beauty in speaking clearly, poetically and so rationally.

  • @sammysam2615
    @sammysam2615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Carl Sagan indirectly taught me how to observe and think critically

  • @ibizenco
    @ibizenco 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1477

    Carl Sagan must have been one of the wisest men that ever lived.

    • @yagamilight6758
      @yagamilight6758 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Jon Doe he was the wisest man that ever lived as far I'm concerned anyway

    • @johntan4718
      @johntan4718 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Jon Doe without a shadow of a doubt

    • @maxwell9999999
      @maxwell9999999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      that's what you get when you are logical, smart and especially Emotionally inteligent.

    • @Itsgdunk
      @Itsgdunk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      alan watts is another candidate for sure

    • @egassem6903
      @egassem6903 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      graham dunk Undoubtedly.

  • @onlynhmusic
    @onlynhmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Carl Sagan is 1 of the greatest men to ever walk this earth. What a beautiful mind.

  • @ProcyonAlpha
    @ProcyonAlpha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Thank you Carl Sagan, I was raised a Catholic but at age 11 I saw Cosmos and it got me questioning things, now I am 32 and have been an amateur astronomer ever since and broke free from the shackles of Religion. All 4 of my nephews were also raised Catholic but by age 8 they were all non religious thanks to me, I taught them to have question, doubt and be skeptic.

    • @OfMiceAndMegabytes
      @OfMiceAndMegabytes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just discovered Sagan and N.D. Tyson and I want to be an amateur astronomer as well! Good luck in your journey🔭

  • @modigbeowulf5482
    @modigbeowulf5482 8 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    A man of common sense, plus great intelligence.

    • @debla7532
      @debla7532 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ...and heart!
      These are not mutually exclusive concepts. He promoted integrated sensibilities, bringing all to bear in our quest, achievement and hunger for knowledge.

    • @mysticwine
      @mysticwine 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The man is incapable of common sense. His common sense is "I don't believe in chemistry, no one has explained it to me in a video or TH-cam comment in 10 or 15 minutes so that I understand it completely and intuitively, therefore chemistry does not exist. That's that. Don't argue with me. I'm right, you're wrong.

    • @emailkolar4517
      @emailkolar4517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mysticwine "That's that. Don't argue with me. I'm right, you're wrong."
      This is exactly the problem with you.

    • @mysticwine
      @mysticwine 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emailkolar4517 problem or not I am still right

    • @emailkolar4517
      @emailkolar4517 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@mysticwine Common sense is dead and has contradicted science a lot of times.
      Your argument commits a special pleading fallacy.
      Just because something isn't understood intuitively or completely, it doesn't corroborate it's non-existence.

  • @dr.OgataSerizawa
    @dr.OgataSerizawa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I really miss Carl and his words of wisdom. What a great man!

  • @quantum.starhop
    @quantum.starhop 7 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    "You imagine missing it all and suddenly it's so much more precious"
    That quote got me. I don't know why, but it really got to me.

    • @pukumahi1
      @pukumahi1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He started saying that quote at the exact time i started reading your comment

    • @seemlyme
      @seemlyme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Quantum Leap System is the problem 🏡 Our Life should be around these Great Qualities.....
      1, Show all living creatures; all the love and kindness as much as you can.
      2, Only try to be honest with yourself. If you try to be honest with others, you will get into big trouble soon or later.
      3, Aim only one target at a time; otherwise you are chasing two rabbits and you will miss both. So, the reason behind it. Have one powerful reason and never ever give up the one you want the most.
      4, Don't try to be good person only but be the powerful person. We will grow to be the one or we will die. There is no other choice.
      5, Always learn and look for to improve something your life.
      6, You are not alone. Love and faith the high power reduces unnecessary stress in life. But never completely rely on it.
      7, Success and happiness are the byproducts of our usefulness. So, always increase the possibility of success.
      8, Life is not going to be easy. Because of our unnecessary things. Eliminate all the unnecessary things as much as you can by organising yourself well with the environments.
      9, Never believe anything without the proper evidences.
      10, Always try to give more than you take.
      Because it is dignity/ character of the divinity within you.
      🌎 As long as people continue to see themselves as separate from everything else, they lend themselves to being completely enslaved. Success depends on how well we relate to everything around us. Joy comes from that bliss of connectedness. I believe that unarmed truth and love will have the final word in reality. To love; you should have good heart. I am a good person until I see a person better than my standard of goodness. Being good is the progress towards a worthy cause. Love is God. Whoever lives in love, lives forever. How selfish it is to try to keep something forever? Love is all about nourishing, nurturing, sharing and expanding the love within you for all. The principle to which we adhere to is that we have kindness of love at heart for the whole of mankind. As long as there is the unnecessary differences within us; we can not live peacefully so we have to eliminate all the unnecessary differences among us so we can love all. People abilities may vary but not there true love. If we love a person/ God for a reason then we love the reason but not the person. No reason is the reason to love the person because true love never fails. So do not compare or measure the true love as first or the last but love all truly. If you love people truly then you can understand people. If you don't love then you don't understand people at all.
      People are controlled by system why?
      The Cyclical Consumption is the current economy all over the World. It is making the scarcity problems of the earth finite resources to deteriorate day by day. Current Monetary System is legalised theft. Real money is Gold and Silver. Scarcity gives the money more value. Real money won't lose it's value. When Governments stay away from Gold & Silver then very easy to transfer the wealth / resources to upper class the Rich (Corporatocracy) Elite. When the Governments are printing out more new fiat currency with reserve banks, our old currency is losing its purchasing power everyday. They are printing millions of currency everyday. All governments and laws are existing right now to transfer wealth to upper class the rich elite. The USA Government & other Governments are in many countries, bailed the investment banks & financial institutions in 2008 against the majority of the people. There is no democracy in any countries. Because of the Money System based on profits motive only above all else even humans lives and well-being. So, we do not have freedom to protect our values with the money so on. The violence, bankruptcy & all the negativities are build into the Monetary System of our society. All are owned (including ourselves) by Reserve Bank. Which is private cartel the corporation. So, in legal system, we are legally considered as chattel the properties. They make money in the capital markets with our birth certificates. They do not consider us as Humans. That's the truth. We are at the invisible war with the Elites (Corporatocracies). We have to fight for our Freedom. Resource Based Economy is the Solution. We have to declare the earth resources as the heritage of all the people of this world. So everyone has access to it. Please have your research about zeitgeist movement then you know the truth more.
      Truth About Health/Drugs Industry Because Of It Your Life At High Risk The drug industry is a 1/2 trillion dollars a year worldwide conglomerate. Almost 300 billions dollars just in North America. That is really big business. What would happen if everyone were well? There is no money in health. You see, good health makes a lot of sense but it doesn't make a lot of dollars. Because everything they do is toxic. Every drug they use, prescription drugs, all drugs are liver toxic, bar none. If you've had amalgam fillings put in your mouth by dentists. It is highly toxic. There's cancer because most of the chemos are themselves carcinogens. To view the tumor as the cancer and we know the tumor is not the cancer. The cancer industry is 200 billions dollars a year. The more work they get, the more profit there is. You have to dismantle; If the truth ever came out about what we would need to do. 30% of people of females in America are at risk of getting, will get cancer of the breast. The ones that are already dead have been grossly mistreated by the medical profession and by the government that supposedly is supposed to encourage free research and development of all possibilities. Why would medical doctors who studied medicine and practice medicine and are heavily funded by pharmaceutical companies why would they go and look into vitamins? That they never had the answer orthomolecular. And as more and more of our population start taking their health into their own hands, there's going to be even more and more of changes. It can't go on the way it is. The system is failing apart. We must make nutrition the primary prevention strategy for the population. You are what you eat. You are everything that you have ever done to yourself. The choices you make directly affect the outcome of your life. - (Food Matters Documentary in Netflix)
      😊 Well, I truly love God. I am not religious but very spiritual person. So, I believe 1) Religion is the beliefs in someone experiences But spirituality is having my own experiences. The mainstream religions people promote religious ideology by giving guidelines and guide but In my spiritual life; I do not want anyone or anything between God and me to restrict my freedom to worship God. 2) We do not need any authorities to do good work. The god work is the good work always. In contrast; organised mainstream religions are claiming that they have the authorities to do God works as leaders so on. 3) God is not capable of doing wrong thing, change the past for us and create anything out of nothing for us. Nothing means not anything. So, even God is limited. The mainstream religious people believe that God is unlimited. 4) God wants us to take responsibilities for our righteousness life but not for all the consequences of our actions because they are continued to exist among us. So, How can god punish us for all our consequences? The mainstream religious people believe we are full of sins because of all our actions. 5) Freewill is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. So, we do not have choices all the time. In contrast teachings of the mainstream religions are promoting people to do god's will always because we all have choices of freewill always. 6) We can not separate everything into groups. So, everything for good and evil and there's no success and failure for everything. If everything is real then real things can not be threatened. Once you come to understand that God/The Holy Spirit is in each of us, You will no longer need a Book to tell you how to live. Then why we need religious scriptures? The Virtue is the expression of the basic goodness in our actions. The Basic goodness is the fundamental worthiness of every individuals. We are worthy to God always in everything. 7) Beliefs in a cruel God makes a cruel man. No matter what; every living creatures has the right to live and What makes their life cheap? Everything depends on everything. Nothing too big or too small in value. We can not love and hate at the same time; Being a vegetarian means love without cruelty happily. The mainstream religious people are killing people and sacrificing animals in the name of God. They promote God's cruel punishments. The Punishment is endless for Sinners/Devil according to religious scriptures. But God is love always. Overcome hate with love. If all religions for peace, unity? No way. Because they are not for peace. 8) Well, The God gave us everything to go from moment to moment in our lives as we do our part and pray only to thank god then the Love is in progress. The Love is always for everyone. We are always worthy of the God's love. Our greatest fear is; not to be loved by anyone but we are all loved by someone. When we eliminate all our unnecessary differences among us then true peaceful life is possible with the true love. If we can't find the peace within ourselves then we will never find it anywhere else. 9) This is the Fight for independence and freedom of humanity to worship God freely without religious guide and guidelines to restrict us. Unnecessarily, We do not want third party controls over us in anything ; especially in spirituality. 10) Revive Survive Thrive. Sincerely, The Real Peacemaker against religious oppression.
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    • @matiasbeccaglia8786
      @matiasbeccaglia8786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cause your a privilege piece of shit

    • @quantum.starhop
      @quantum.starhop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seemlyme that's the Great Wall of Text right there

    • @seemlyme
      @seemlyme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@quantum.starhop 🏳️🦋 Don’t trust anything fully 100%. If you do then your conscience won’t work fully. No one knows anything completely. One question leads to another then that question leads to another question so forth. Agnostic made the decision that we can’t know or we can know God, Atheist made the decision there is no God, Theist made the decision there is God, all are wrong. I am who I am as I am in my birthday. Source of creation is God. All depends on each other. We cannot separate anything from everything. Love your love everyday as much as you can. Live very meaningful life of joys then automatically you will share your joys with others. What you expect to do to you for happiness then do to others so you feel usefulness and gratitude to all. Only time truly you are ok when you are okay with everything. It doesn’t mean everything will stay the same forever. Everything will change. Do meditation or have sensory isolation tank experiences. Check this out instagram.com/loveisdecision/

  • @shaq-sloth
    @shaq-sloth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Years later, and I still watch this video, especially when I'm sad or feeling like I'm alone in my thoughts. This guy got it. He understood it 😭

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wouldn't be so sad if not for the whale sounds at the end and the music. Beautiful video and conversation, but it is the shame we are killing the oceans and bringing whales to the verge of extinction...

    • @shaq-sloth
      @shaq-sloth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pavel9652 I'm not talking about the video when I mention sadness. The music and the sounds help. In a way, they make me a bit more calm than sad. But think about it, at least from my perspective, when I watch this, I don't feel alone in thinking that humans can be more and do more as a collective. When you think it, you feel alone or like someone that's alienated because a lot of people don't care, but hearing Carl speak his mind in general is so refreshing in a sea of hatred and selfishness in the modern world. That's why I constantly return to this video honestly. It calms me down and reminds me that people like Carl are out there

    • @OkieBobby
      @OkieBobby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shaq-sloth I find great solace in this video as well.

    • @meetghelani5222
      @meetghelani5222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too.

    • @likable72
      @likable72 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes indeed, I find peace listening to Carl.

  • @shahzadaayub
    @shahzadaayub 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Carl Sagan was not an atheist, he was not a believer, he was a sceptic with a lot of respect for science. A humble guy with true passion for knowledge.

    • @James-ll3jb
      @James-ll3jb 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      He was an atheist 😅

  • @stevewaclo167
    @stevewaclo167 8 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    On life after death. In a South Park episode, Cartman was visiting the bedside of a dying friend who asked, "Cartman, what's it like after I die?". Cartman thought for a moment and replied, "I think it's a lot like before you were born."

    • @jlms69
      @jlms69 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Steve Waclo, leave it to a cartoon to explain the most philosophical and intriguing question of all humankind. All religions and dogmas trying to give you this BS of heaven and hell.

    • @rocioaguilera3613
      @rocioaguilera3613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Steve Waclo Life is a lighting between two infinite nights. Vladimir Nabokov

    • @craigw1379
      @craigw1379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Deep

    • @staffyforme
      @staffyforme 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brilliant

    • @cgme7076
      @cgme7076 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yup. Nonexistence.

  • @nosafetyswitch9378
    @nosafetyswitch9378 8 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    This video should have 441 million views. We still have a long way to go...

    • @johntan4718
      @johntan4718 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Theo papa getting there slowly but I believe, surely.

    • @sharkieshasdadgoku1898
      @sharkieshasdadgoku1898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that booty is mighty big tho..but nothing compared to the wonder nd enlightenment carl sagan has brought to my life I can die smiling knowing i had my fun in this short life we all get..nicki just helped me rub one out with her music videos on mute

    • @kyanysh3170
      @kyanysh3170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Richard DeSilvey there's not enough people with Internet to get 7billion views

    • @codiefitz3876
      @codiefitz3876 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Despacito

    • @nosafetyswitch9378
      @nosafetyswitch9378 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MichaelKingsfordGray and that you affect anything how exactly?

  • @HiThereImFootloose
    @HiThereImFootloose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When I was growing up, he was the kind of guest they’d have on night time talk shows. How the level of discourse has fallen! God how I miss Carl. Thanks for this.

  • @jeffreytan2948
    @jeffreytan2948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    You begin to appreciate life more when you consider that nothing comes after death

    • @hananemouflih
      @hananemouflih 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who knows??

    • @Dothreban
      @Dothreban 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I disagree. If there is only oblivion after life, then life is a meaningless aberration.

    • @hananemouflih
      @hananemouflih 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @William Shakespeare i think that smart poeple loves theire creator, makes the difference between bad and good, enjoying their living and prepared for the idea of death...it's my opinion, what do you think?

    • @hananemouflih
      @hananemouflih 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @William Shakespeare is it just your opinion or you are one of them?

    • @hananemouflih
      @hananemouflih 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @William Shakespeare poetic answer

  • @Zopdoz
    @Zopdoz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    What a man, i dearly look up to Carl, he's a marvellous human being with a beautiful mind! Thanks for bringing me out of the dark pits of extended superstition & into the realm of rationality & science, i'll be forever in your debt! I was 4 when he passed away, it would be another 16 years till i came to know of his work. I remember watching his *"Cosmos: A Personal Voyage series"* & being so inspired & enthralled by the way he explained the universe & i've been hooked ever since! HAIL SAGAN!

    • @diictodonsynapsida3106
      @diictodonsynapsida3106 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fellow middle eastern freethinker 😀

    • @Zopdoz
      @Zopdoz 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Diictodon Synapsida East African actually, but it's all good. :)

    • @bruth3659
      @bruth3659 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Yusuf Omar (Zopdoz) Sagan Showed us what is

    • @atheist1855
      @atheist1855 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Yusuf Omar (Zopdoz) He believed the universe was created. He believed very strongly in human spirituality, crucial to solve society s problems. Does that surprise you?

    • @Zopdoz
      @Zopdoz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      carl violante Evidence please?

  • @ahmadsallam7466
    @ahmadsallam7466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Today, Perseverance Rover landed over Mars. A good time to remember Carl Sagan 💜

  • @37Dionysos
    @37Dionysos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    "The combination of ignorance and power is bound to blow up in our faces..."

    • @fitzpatric12
      @fitzpatric12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is true now days!

    • @soencoda754
      @soencoda754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's it!
      That's exactly why I am both a science lover (learning, teaching, sharing knowledge to fight against ignorance)
      and an anarchist (and by that I mean that I advocate for order without power, some kind of radical direct democracy to fight against private profits and dogmatism)!

    • @tycko4
      @tycko4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@soencoda754 100% with you, way I see it however, we'll wise up however, we just gotta survive long enough.😃

    • @Being_Unidirectional
      @Being_Unidirectional 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sooner or later

    • @37Dionysos
      @37Dionysos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MichaelKingsfordGray WTF you blabbin' about?

  • @fayerelic2488
    @fayerelic2488 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Carl Sagan was a big influence on my dad when he was still alive, and my dad helped pass that thirst for knowledge and sense of wonder to me and that's something i will always be grateful for.

  • @georgecorrea8530
    @georgecorrea8530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is emotionally powerful. Carl Sagan was a brilliant man. He is sorely missed.

  • @TheRealSandorClegane
    @TheRealSandorClegane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +650

    Looking at these videos and others like it I cannot help but become infuriated at all the time our species has wasted fighting each other over unprovable beliefs, creating power struggles, wars, class systems, and doing harm to each other so that those on top can stay on top, when we could be working together as one species (which is what we are) to create a sustainable planet, feed and educate every human, and explore the cosmos together. If aliens have been watching they must think we are a bunch of fucking morons. All this technology and we are still primitive as ever. We need to wake the fuck up. Before it's too late.

    • @aminofuel2801
      @aminofuel2801 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I would like that way of thinking, probably a lot of people too. But there are some intrinsic properties of the human nature that limit us like for example competition, selfishness that are coded in our brain shaped by evolution so deep in our unconscious that only few people are able to dismiss in a certain way.

    • @TheRealSandorClegane
      @TheRealSandorClegane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      amino fuel agreed

    • @mkl88t
      @mkl88t 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tyler Durden Wouldn't that be great.. Some day, maybe! I try to be hopeful :) Certain recent developments are getting my hopes up, but it will be a long time before humans can shake off the hardcoded behaviours formed over thousands of years. Let's hope humans will get it together before humans destroy themselves.
      Btw, i'm in absolute awe of Carl Sagan and other scientists alike. They are of the rare breed who live on another, higher level of conciousness - at least that's what I choose to believe.

    • @TheRealSandorClegane
      @TheRealSandorClegane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** lol please do it, beat the fuck out of me!!! beat me hard!!!!

    • @mmx2731
      @mmx2731 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tyler Durden I think it's also insane to believe that alien civilizations are socially better than us. I bet from a survey of advanced alien civilizations (whenever we discover them) would show that they do have leaders much like Thanos (yes, I'm a Marvel fan). You shouldn't get so emotionally charged to where it clouds your honesty. I think people tend to do that too much.

  • @koleksiflac2178
    @koleksiflac2178 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking." Carl Sagan

  • @RobertWarren-s7g
    @RobertWarren-s7g ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I was in Viet Nam from 1970-1973. While there I had a 30 day leave back home. On my way back to the war I found in a newstand a copy of Sagan’s “Intellegent Life in the Universe.” I read the entire book crossing the Pacific. It forever change me and how I view and try to understand man and his place in the Universe, the COSMOS. Thank you Carl.

    • @Kangrej98
      @Kangrej98 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Beautifull story. Carl inspired so many people across the world he made it really a better place for all of us.

    • @briobarb8525
      @briobarb8525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing that! Namaste!

  • @Astrostevo
    @Astrostevo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Carl Sagan. Poet of science and truth. One of my favourite humans ever. Thankyou.

  • @alexandrakalandarishvili4901
    @alexandrakalandarishvili4901 8 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    teared up when he was talking about his parents

    • @Gangularis
      @Gangularis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Seriously, that hit me so hard...

    • @anupamthapa.
      @anupamthapa. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Alex_Klandy I held it till that video where he talked about how hard it'd be for his family if he passed.. Sagan was such a gentle soul. So intellectual yet so gentle...

    • @ImPrismuh
      @ImPrismuh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Brandon J Okay BJ

    • @bhushankaduful
      @bhushankaduful 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Adam J yeah you are right. But may be some of us love existence and all this experience so much that we feel sad to know its going to end. May be you are not built that way and thats ok. Thats all.

    • @BrainFoodCafe
      @BrainFoodCafe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are a beautiful soul yourself.

  • @hikingwithmarty
    @hikingwithmarty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Christmas 2020, this is the messages we all need.

  • @CSyoshoro
    @CSyoshoro 9 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Carl Sagan and even Neal deGrasse Tyson seriously make me contemplate my entire life plan. I am inspired by these people to discover and have an impact on the human race. People are so focused on entertainment and self-interest such as social networking, partying, and making money. This doesn't make me proud or hopeful in my humanity. We need to spend more time educating the public, ourselves, and pulling together for the advancement of our race and discovery of new technology and sustainability.

    • @loxleyfarmlet6165
      @loxleyfarmlet6165 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Dustin Fowler Then you definitely need to read this: waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/the-cook-and-the-chef-musks-secret-sauce.html It's long, but very much worth it! :)

    • @MetalOfSweden
      @MetalOfSweden 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's just what I needed to get of my chst today as well :)

    • @mikemiller828
      @mikemiller828 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Try to be the hopeful change!
      Rational carl segan would say that.

    • @commenteroftruth9790
      @commenteroftruth9790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sure education and knowledge is great. But living life solely for the purpose of spreading knowledge is pretty gay. Live life for life, enjoy it and make the most out of it. You dont have to be a fucking robot.

    • @tuneboyz5634
      @tuneboyz5634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Neil doesn't come close to Carl!

  • @tylerc850
    @tylerc850 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Why are people complaining about the whale songs at the end and calling it "weird" and asking for its removal? That is what made the video complete to me. Nothing "weird" about the end, what's weird is people complaining about nature on a nature video.

    • @floydsghost
      @floydsghost 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whoop! Ah Aaaaah.

  • @phant0mwolf421
    @phant0mwolf421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Carl Sagan and his words will live in my heart and mind until the day I die.
    He really was a gift to humanity.

  • @j.d.schultzsr.9215
    @j.d.schultzsr.9215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    "Dr.Sagan, do you believe in God?"
    "Which one?"
    "There is only one."
    "That's what they all say."

    • @chicxulub2947
      @chicxulub2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Technology...
      Have you every heard about Technotheism?

    • @scienceexplains302
      @scienceexplains302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Of course, that is not true. There are polytheists, e.g. in Nepal and India. Even the Bible indicates multiple gods. Muslims treat the concept of Muhammed like a god. (Edit after several comments - 32% of Muslims in Britain thought violence may be justifiable sometimes against people who draw Mohammed and 78% were offended by such drawings www.bbc.com/news/uk-31293196)

    • @bigdaddy2372
      @bigdaddy2372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@scienceexplains302 I wouldn't go so far as saying that Muhammed is treated like a God in islam. There is a difference between respecting someone and actually comparing to god. I don't know of any muslims that treats him like god. He is high up there..but God has different position entirely.

    • @scienceexplains302
      @scienceexplains302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bigdaddy2372 So why kill people (I realize that only a small minority may support this) for drawing Mohammed?

    • @bigdaddy2372
      @bigdaddy2372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@scienceexplains302 it's much deeper than that..there are different groups..usually ur not supposed to draw any religious figure whatsoever, its prohibited. But there are those who does it and it comes to which group of thought you follow..

  • @Chris-fe1kx
    @Chris-fe1kx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Idk how but this cures some of my anxiety.

    • @katherandefy
      @katherandefy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Black Coffee yes

    • @Galvaxatron
      @Galvaxatron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Reading Carl Sagan helped end my multi-year depression.
      Hope, wisdom and wide eyed wonder.

    • @noahmcdaniel4920
      @noahmcdaniel4920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He reminds you that there is a rational way

    • @seemlyme
      @seemlyme 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chris System is the problem 🏡 Our Life should be around these Great Qualities.....
      1, Show all living creatures; all the love and kindness as much as you can.
      2, Only try to be honest with yourself. If you try to be honest with others, you will get into big trouble soon or later.
      3, Aim only one target at a time; otherwise you are chasing two rabbits and you will miss both. So, the reason behind it. Have one powerful reason and never ever give up the one you want the most.
      4, Don't try to be good person only but be the powerful person. We will grow to be the one or we will die. There is no other choice.
      5, Always learn and look for to improve something your life.
      6, You are not alone. Love and faith the high power reduces unnecessary stress in life. But never completely rely on it.
      7, Success and happiness are the byproducts of our usefulness. So, always increase the possibility of success.
      8, Life is not going to be easy. Because of our unnecessary things. Eliminate all the unnecessary things as much as you can by organising yourself well with the environments.
      9, Never believe anything without the proper evidences.
      10, Always try to give more than you take.
      Because it is dignity/ character of the divinity within you.
      🌎 As long as people continue to see themselves as separate from everything else, they lend themselves to being completely enslaved. Success depends on how well we relate to everything around us. Joy comes from that bliss of connectedness. I believe that unarmed truth and love will have the final word in reality. To love; you should have good heart. I am a good person until I see a person better than my standard of goodness. Being good is the progress towards a worthy cause. Love is God. Whoever lives in love, lives forever. How selfish it is to try to keep something forever? Love is all about nourishing, nurturing, sharing and expanding the love within you for all. The principle to which we adhere to is that we have kindness of love at heart for the whole of mankind. As long as there is the unnecessary differences within us; we can not live peacefully so we have to eliminate all the unnecessary differences among us so we can love all. People abilities may vary but not there true love. If we love a person/ God for a reason then we love the reason but not the person. No reason is the reason to love the person because true love never fails. So do not compare or measure the true love as first or the last but love all truly. If you love people truly then you can understand people. If you don't love then you don't understand people at all.
      People are controlled by system why?
      The Cyclical Consumption is the current economy all over the World. It is making the scarcity problems of the earth finite resources to deteriorate day by day. Current Monetary System is legalised theft. Real money is Gold and Silver. Scarcity gives the money more value. Real money won't lose it's value. When Governments stay away from Gold & Silver then very easy to transfer the wealth / resources to upper class the Rich (Corporatocracy) Elite. When the Governments are printing out more new fiat currency with reserve banks, our old currency is losing its purchasing power everyday. They are printing millions of currency everyday. All governments and laws are existing right now to transfer wealth to upper class the rich elite. The USA Government & other Governments are in many countries, bailed the investment banks & financial institutions in 2008 against the majority of the people. There is no democracy in any countries. Because of the Money System based on profits motive only above all else even humans lives and well-being. So, we do not have freedom to protect our values with the money so on. The violence, bankruptcy & all the negativities are build into the Monetary System of our society. All are owned (including ourselves) by Reserve Bank. Which is private cartel the corporation. So, in legal system, we are legally considered as chattel the properties. They make money in the capital markets with our birth certificates. They do not consider us as Humans. That's the truth. We are at the invisible war with the Elites (Corporatocracies). We have to fight for our Freedom. Resource Based Economy is the Solution. We have to declare the earth resources as the heritage of all the people of this world. So everyone has access to it. Please have your research about zeitgeist movement then you know the truth more.
      Truth About Health/Drugs Industry Because Of It Your Life At High Risk The drug industry is a 1/2 trillion dollars a year worldwide conglomerate. Almost 300 billions dollars just in North America. That is really big business. What would happen if everyone were well? There is no money in health. You see, good health makes a lot of sense but it doesn't make a lot of dollars. Because everything they do is toxic. Every drug they use, prescription drugs, all drugs are liver toxic, bar none. If you've had amalgam fillings put in your mouth by dentists. It is highly toxic. There's cancer because most of the chemos are themselves carcinogens. To view the tumor as the cancer and we know the tumor is not the cancer. The cancer industry is 200 billions dollars a year. The more work they get, the more profit there is. You have to dismantle; If the truth ever came out about what we would need to do. 30% of people of females in America are at risk of getting, will get cancer of the breast. The ones that are already dead have been grossly mistreated by the medical profession and by the government that supposedly is supposed to encourage free research and development of all possibilities. Why would medical doctors who studied medicine and practice medicine and are heavily funded by pharmaceutical companies why would they go and look into vitamins? That they never had the answer orthomolecular. And as more and more of our population start taking their health into their own hands, there's going to be even more and more of changes. It can't go on the way it is. The system is failing apart. We must make nutrition the primary prevention strategy for the population. You are what you eat. You are everything that you have ever done to yourself. The choices you make directly affect the outcome of your life. - (Food Matters Documentary in Netflix)
      😊 Well, I truly love God. I am not religious but very spiritual person. So, I believe 1) Religion is the beliefs in someone experiences But spirituality is having my own experiences. The mainstream religions people promote religious ideology by giving guidelines and guide but In my spiritual life; I do not want anyone or anything between God and me to restrict my freedom to worship God. 2) We do not need any authorities to do good work. The god work is the good work always. In contrast; organised mainstream religions are claiming that they have the authorities to do God works as leaders so on. 3) God is not capable of doing wrong thing, change the past for us and create anything out of nothing for us. Nothing means not anything. So, even God is limited. The mainstream religious people believe that God is unlimited. 4) God wants us to take responsibilities for our righteousness life but not for all the consequences of our actions because they are continued to exist among us. So, How can god punish us for all our consequences? The mainstream religious people believe we are full of sins because of all our actions. 5) Freewill is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. So, we do not have choices all the time. In contrast teachings of the mainstream religions are promoting people to do god's will always because we all have choices of freewill always. 6) We can not separate everything into groups. So, everything for good and evil and there's no success and failure for everything. If everything is real then real things can not be threatened. Once you come to understand that God/The Holy Spirit is in each of us, You will no longer need a Book to tell you how to live. Then why we need religious scriptures? The Virtue is the expression of the basic goodness in our actions. The Basic goodness is the fundamental worthiness of every individuals. We are worthy to God always in everything. 7) Beliefs in a cruel God makes a cruel man. No matter what; every living creatures has the right to live and What makes their life cheap? Everything depends on everything. Nothing too big or too small in value. We can not love and hate at the same time; Being a vegetarian means love without cruelty happily. The mainstream religious people are killing people and sacrificing animals in the name of God. They promote God's cruel punishments. The Punishment is endless for Sinners/Devil according to religious scriptures. But God is love always. Overcome hate with love. If all religions for peace, unity? No way. Because they are not for peace. 8) Well, The God gave us everything to go from moment to moment in our lives as we do our part and pray only to thank god then the Love is in progress. The Love is always for everyone. We are always worthy of the God's love. Our greatest fear is; not to be loved by anyone but we are all loved by someone. When we eliminate all our unnecessary differences among us then true peaceful life is possible with the true love. If we can't find the peace within ourselves then we will never find it anywhere else. 9) This is the Fight for independence and freedom of humanity to worship God freely without religious guide and guidelines to restrict us. Unnecessarily, We do not want third party controls over us in anything ; especially in spirituality. 10) Revive Survive Thrive. Sincerely, The Real Peacemaker against religious oppression.
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    • @jevonchan2297
      @jevonchan2297 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @dorandacolbert5973
    @dorandacolbert5973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you, Carl Sagan, for sharing the love, truth, and beauty of our universe.

  • @IntheKillfire
    @IntheKillfire 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    my eyes water when I so much as hear his voice. the overwhelming question I somberly ask myself: "how can I inspire someone the way he inspires me?" powerful stuff.

    • @JaySandesara94
      @JaySandesara94 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Kevin Ross He touches something so deep inside, you cant help but feel it. Makes me sad everytime I think how he could have inspired so many more people today when they need it the most.

    • @BlahBlahUsername1
      @BlahBlahUsername1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Jay Sandesara He can and does. As does science itself. A single man cannot bear the burden of informing all of us, we have to do it ourselves. With a bit of inspiration, of course. But we have to inspire one another.

    • @hephaestusfitness4758
      @hephaestusfitness4758 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You just have the be the most real and true human you can be

  • @Halflife12no3
    @Halflife12no3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    What a beautiful mind

  • @IExist496
    @IExist496 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Crumbly, But Good” - Carl Sagan
    Away from jokes, Sagan was one of the greatest men the 20th century has produced, his contribution will never be forgotten.

    • @MikeAnn193
      @MikeAnn193 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha, I might be one of a few hundred people in the _world_ who recognize that line from his magnificent mini-series "Cosmos: A Personal Journey." For those who don't know, he's cutting an apple pie, and talking about cutting it into smaller and smaller pieces until you get down to the molecular (or atomic?) level. His cuts are naturally imperfect, inciting him to say that line. I've seen it several times, and it always makes me hungry for apple pie. (Oh yeah, it stimulates my _mind,_ too.)

  • @brandonrisner1063
    @brandonrisner1063 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Carl has such a way of talking... I could always listen to him explain things...

  • @ThePS4Gamer2014
    @ThePS4Gamer2014 9 ปีที่แล้ว +617

    I actually cried watching this

    • @DavidRN85
      @DavidRN85 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Yeah you're not the only one. Especially the last two minutes.

    • @Celestezinha1
      @Celestezinha1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chris K Yeah, me too!

    • @samedz3966
      @samedz3966 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Chris K Can we replace Sunday sermons with this please

    • @KevZen2000
      @KevZen2000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      jimmy bluebos No, because then people are too smart for religion, which hurts the billion dollar business of religion, with no taxes paid.

    • @samedz3966
      @samedz3966 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      KevZen2000 Money and power - the two of three pillars of religion. (The third being ignorance)

  • @DrStevenHobbs
    @DrStevenHobbs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    His voice is still guiding us and he's been gone almost 30 years. He lives on in each of us...*that* is a hero.

  • @jellenaechelon
    @jellenaechelon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This man is so humble, yet so smart and inspirational. I wish I could've had the privilege to meet him. He really is my hero and person who is shaping me as a person. Thank you, Carl. I wish we had more people like you on this precious Earth you loved and advocated for so much.

    • @nachtwaandler
      @nachtwaandler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JohnyBoy take a look on jellytree.eu . It's a new blog which is also a lot about philosophy, thoughts and so on. Really interesting because there are many authors and even you can write an anymous article there.

  • @matthewzaccone
    @matthewzaccone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It’s a beautiful thing to hear the great minds of our time on video, just imagine how much wisdom we could of had if we interviewed Isaac Newton or Galileo. Carl Sagan is the voice of humanity! Truly miss him!

    • @yak_diver
      @yak_diver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. I miss him as well

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great point, never thought about interviewing Newton or Galileo. I am glad we have capabilities to document achievements of people such as Sagan and that they are accessible in a split of a second for free or almost free. I wish more people exercised this ability daily.

  • @amritsharma5373
    @amritsharma5373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    One of the best communicator of all time!!

  • @TheHorsebox2
    @TheHorsebox2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Even without his knowledge and wisdom, this man's voice is hypnotic.

  • @richardobrien6269
    @richardobrien6269 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Sagan is one we should all aspire to be.

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Humility and inquisitiveness, two words which fits perfectly with this wonderful human being.

  • @hor_ger
    @hor_ger 9 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    I think I finally became a Saganist.

    • @roadzombie666
      @roadzombie666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Hail Sagan!

    • @gammkrab
      @gammkrab 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuzzy Pixelz Its not just the ideas its his personality that is inspiring if he would have been a shoe salesmen he would still been a positive mark on history

    • @TheDrB0B
      @TheDrB0B 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You'd be misinterpreting everything he stood for then, no man holds the absolute truth or perception, and if you don't look for your own heart you'll end up falling into other's control

    • @RobertDMoore
      @RobertDMoore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      interesting, auto-edit just changed Sagan into Satan, wtf? LOL

    • @debajyotichakraborty5050
      @debajyotichakraborty5050 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      True. And like pagans , there should evolve a religion called “Sagans”.

  • @BiffTannenBTTF
    @BiffTannenBTTF 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I don't understand how you could make it through this without tears....

  • @NJcruiser
    @NJcruiser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Truly one of my heroes which I don't have many of. I could listen to him talk forever.

  • @Martine1love
    @Martine1love 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Carl Sagan: one of my favourite people of all time. Miss him so much!!!

  • @rdingo1
    @rdingo1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Dr. Sagan represents what we humans aspire to be at our best; a powerful and beautiful spirit combined with profound brilliance and understanding. You changed mine and many other lives for the better, Carl, and you are truly, truly missed.
    "These are some of the things that hydrogen atoms do given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution." -Carl Sagan

  • @prototropo
    @prototropo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Every day I hear Carl’s voice or read something he said, I miss him and think, he’s always giving us one, last, perfect day.

  • @ItsEasyIfYouThink
    @ItsEasyIfYouThink 9 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I'm going to show this video to my children.

    • @TheBestCouchPotato
      @TheBestCouchPotato 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Nishant Pillai Why is having kids a bad idea?

    • @ItsEasyIfYouThink
      @ItsEasyIfYouThink 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** While I really appreciate the open dialogue happening here, and I definitely agree with you, I can't help but feel your comment is somewhat unwarranted. In my comment, I simply said that I'd show this video to my children. I don't have children, but when I do one day, I will show them this wisdom, so they can be better prepared and make fewer of humanity's past mistakes. I actually already plan on adopting children, as well as having several naturally. It is a beautiful thing to raise and care for children, but only - as you say - when prepared.

    • @txixm
      @txixm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** You miss the entire point. We are biologically programmed to want to have kids, but there is a much more important reason to do it. It is a reason that most people understand even if it doesn't occur to them to say it. To have a child is to give a gift that you cannot give to anyone who exists, because the gift is existence. We have children so they can be born and exist, the same way we got to be born and exist.

    • @txixm
      @txixm 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Life can be ugly, but it is better to have life than not to have it. A person who is living can choose not to continue. A person who doesn't exist cannot choose to exist, because they don't exist.
      A nurturing environment is over-rated. Many people exist today who didn't have spoiled, sheltered lives as children and who do not regret being born. Some of them had down-right terrible lives. Who are you to speak for the unborn?
      I don't feel any need to debate the word "gift" with you. It seems like a gift to me, but it really doesn't matter what you call it.

    • @txixm
      @txixm 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nishant Pillai I am not speaking for anyone. No one is forced to be alive. Like I said, we can all exit whenever we want. The same is not true for being born. It doesn't really matter if anyone ever figures out interstellar travel. It's all just a ride. We have to make the best of life while we are here. I don't know what I would do if I were in Pakistan, and it doesn't matter because I am not. Nobody knows what they would do or think in a certain circumstance unless they are actually in it.

  • @Aikidragon_Prime
    @Aikidragon_Prime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the greatest thinkers of our time, he has been missed. Thank you Carl for all you taught me and the world.

  • @Mike-ks6qu
    @Mike-ks6qu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    If Carl believed in such things I would say, he had a beautiful soul. ❤

    • @nathgraza9408
      @nathgraza9408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Soul ???? Are you a fairy religion 😂

    • @EloySerra
      @EloySerra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nathgraza9408 Well, AFAIK, souls was the ancient concept of "what makes life animated". So it's not necessarily a religious concept. Just happens that the word keep attached to religious explainations of that concept, but through science and reason we can reach others (evidence based) explainations of the edges of what makes life animated.

    • @nathgraza9408
      @nathgraza9408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EloySerra 😆

    • @briobarb8525
      @briobarb8525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@EloySerra Well said. Namaste!

  • @beadelmiro
    @beadelmiro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Thanks Carl Sagan for all 💜

  • @darrylanton9323
    @darrylanton9323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "The shear joy of being alive" What wisdom, what a great man he was!

  • @danmiller6462
    @danmiller6462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We need more people like Carl Sagan. He was truly one of a kind. I wish I knew about him a long time ago. He really put life in perspective.

  • @Gangularis
    @Gangularis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I've rewatched this video a ridiculous amount of times.. Thanks for making it!

  • @Unclefo
    @Unclefo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is the single most important inspiring man ive ever met other than my dad

  • @ISRAELGUERRERO-y1e
    @ISRAELGUERRERO-y1e 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    HE IS IN BETTER PLACE ALREADY "HEAVEN",THIS GUY DID A LOT FOR THIS WORLD,HE WAS PURIFIED ALL THE TIME,I KNOW HE DOESN'T NEED MORE BLESSINGS BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY BLESSED,BUT STILL I'M GONNA PUT IT TO CONTINUE MY LEARNING,"GOD BLESS CARL SAGAN"!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @nigelcrad
    @nigelcrad 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A wonderful thinker, still very dearly missed in this world.

  • @calebbird445
    @calebbird445 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Carl Sagan had such a beautiful mind, I wish he were still here. What an amazing person he was, to explain things with such clarity.

    • @LordArioh
      @LordArioh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he left us with his priceless speeches, and I hope they will spread widely, because they tend to change people for better.

    • @katherandefy
      @katherandefy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He sort of still is here. And because of the internet we can listen to his words and consider his ideas at great length. Cosmos was an amazing show and I didn’t know it exists in recordings until I came across the melodysheep mixes on youtube.

    • @lordofelectrons4513
      @lordofelectrons4513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is still here! In the minds of those willing to listen to genuine wisdom.
      I am thankful there is a ample record of his brief existence among his
      fellow humans. Hopefully new young minds will learn from his example
      and the future will not be lost to superstition.

  • @enedinocortes4267
    @enedinocortes4267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    His words never get old may he rest in peace

  • @mrfafaa96
    @mrfafaa96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "We don't know if it's there, we don't know if it's not there, let's look."

  • @Mystique7
    @Mystique7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We are the universe. The highest truth is that you create your own reality. No one's controlling you. It's all vibrational resonance. It's all by agreement. People just need awareness.

    • @briobarb8525
      @briobarb8525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing your view and understanding. Namaste!

    • @James-ll3jb
      @James-ll3jb 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Vibes. Sure. Go change your bongwater lol

  • @nevertruelylost
    @nevertruelylost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The human race owes so much to this man. Not the least of which was the pale blue dot. That inspires me every day.

  • @05Rudey
    @05Rudey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I always love the soundtrack to GATTICA. And Sagan is possibly the best speaker of the English language since Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles.

    • @The22on
      @The22on 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gattaca music goes soooo well with his voice. The music is so majestic, so striving, so hopeful.

    • @danieljmartinez-pagan2619
      @danieljmartinez-pagan2619 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      one of the best movies ever

  • @ApocaIypse666
    @ApocaIypse666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    its because of this man I have doubts about religion and eventually left and I am thankful for opening my eyes for the 1st time in my life

    • @susanwilliamson8558
      @susanwilliamson8558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn, me too. So very glad I did

    • @ApocaIypse666
      @ApocaIypse666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@susanwilliamson8558 I wish more great WISE WIZARDS like him walks in this world where ignorance runs rampant and out of control as we speak

    • @dr.OgataSerizawa
      @dr.OgataSerizawa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      tinwoods
      Yes, but,......you get what they mean, right?

    • @ICOWBOYIM
      @ICOWBOYIM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe in the God our father in heaven, Christ his son and the Holy Ghost as "witnessed evidence" 100%. Even if there is only a fraction of 1% chance of life after death to have any chance at all towards eternal life in heaven is worth believing in in the Trinity of God. I have nothing to loose but but so much to gain! May God bless the nonbelievers that they may come to understand what they'll be eternally missing. God wants you to love him but it's up to you, he wants it to be your discussion, it's meaningless any other way...✝️

    • @ICOWBOYIM
      @ICOWBOYIM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dr.OgataSerizawa God loves us because he created us in his image, Jesus told us so as an eye witness for evidence. Do you not love your ignorent nieve children that you made/have knowing that they have potential for developing and improving. God knows we have flaws and forgives us of our sins, if we are sincere, through the death of Jesus Christ (eye witness of evidence) and the resurrection of his Hole Ghost as witnessed by others/disciples. What more does one need to believe in God and life after death? The proof is there if one wants to believe. The words of proof are in the Bible, it is good news not fake news to a believer. What news network do you watch/believe CNN or FOX? Obviously the one with the least fake news from todays advanced technology and science! Think of The Bible as a good news network open to believers...✝️

  • @larrykhanmiller9971
    @larrykhanmiller9971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the best videos on the whole internet .......everyone should watch this .....to learn about human ignorance, ideologies, unscientific religions and the corruption of the human mind ......we are here because we were curious ......we are progressive because of the innovation and inventions that helped us ........the universe is a complex thing......we are apart of it , come from it, therefore it is our duty to understand it and be curious always and be humble by it.
    Everyone please ......keep learning and be curious just like when you were a child ......achieve what you are capable of doing in this short life we have, worry about what you can do ...not what you can't do ......as a human being it is because you are part of a bigger picture of just being a part of life with all the other life on this planet.........don't take life for granted.....it's miraculous when you think about it on a larger scale.

  • @xaenon
    @xaenon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dr. Carl Sagan, the science teacher I wish we'd ALL had.

  • @dennissalewi8594
    @dennissalewi8594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A man of explicit class, debonair and grit. Once upon a time, there was humanity --Sir, thank you!

  • @rubbersoul3144
    @rubbersoul3144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This man's work and life were an inspiration to Millions.

  • @willmpet
    @willmpet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    "Belief when there is no evidence is a mistake."

    • @masoodahmedansari6923
      @masoodahmedansari6923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What if there is an evidence and u choose to ignore it intentionally

    • @mahender1
      @mahender1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@masoodahmedansari6923 which belief have evidence bro?

    • @masoodahmedansari6923
      @masoodahmedansari6923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mahender1 so how it can a mistake if there is no evidence

    • @rustyarizona4630
      @rustyarizona4630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For a scientific guru he sure made a big mistake dismissing God

    • @rustyarizona4630
      @rustyarizona4630 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@masoodahmedansari6923 agreed! Right on the money

  • @LnLwLDD
    @LnLwLDD 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Another of my heroes I aspire to be more like. It was such a sad moment when we lost him.

  • @mathewhale3581
    @mathewhale3581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Dr Carl,
    Thank you for inspiring a love of science, history, humanity and the cosmos.
    My grandmother had Cosmos (and others) at her flat and I would just drool over it as a pre teen. Eventually, she told me to take it home because I was there to see her, not read books, which was fair enough and I could then fully absorb it and reread at leisure. Job well done Carl :)

  • @fe12rrps
    @fe12rrps 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    @1:58 where Sagan refers to Thomas Jefferson. The people have to be educated otherwise we don't run the government. The government runs us. Truer words were never spoken. In a plutocracy, which is effectively what we have now, the key is to keep the public in ignorance.

    • @dr.OgataSerizawa
      @dr.OgataSerizawa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Tucker
      So you mean the government has done a damned good job of keeping us ignorant OR the government has done a damned good job of TRYING to keep us ignorant? Two totally different things. Please explain.

    • @thoughtaddict2739
      @thoughtaddict2739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dr.OgataSerizawa look up evil of campaign money, the evil of the supreme court and the distortion of American elections. If you look hard enough you'll find that the system is made today supports the rich and the politicians to keep them in power.
      In order to do that you need a ignorant society. Look how expensive college is and how both Democrat and Republican try too limit their public speaking about education. How they rarely ever mention it. Sometimes they even ruin the education system. USA used to be in the top ten now look at the education system today. It's pathetic.

    • @shrewd1245
      @shrewd1245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thoughtaddict2739 Well said. I never felt that there was much of a difference between the Dems and Repubs. Both parties are controlled by powerful interests (media, high finance/big business, military industrial complex) that work to preserve their own power. They like Washington just the way it is. Nothing gets done they don't like, and none of them are held accountable. And now we have an imbecile in office who feels that pseudoscience is preferable to real science (what can one expect when said imbecile thinks the moon is a part of Mars??), and has his followers believing in conspiracy theories. You are right, we have already fallen too far as a country. Especially when it comes to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), we are getting our proverbial asses kicked. That does not bode well for our future at all.

  • @Rhezoloution
    @Rhezoloution 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was lucky enough to first hear of Carl Sagan (through Cosmos) at the age of 13. It molded me from then on. He is missed to this day.

  • @edmundpotrzeba6094
    @edmundpotrzeba6094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If ever there was a beautiful man with a beautiful mind it is Carl Sagan , he is a light in the darkness ❤️

  • @PaleBlueDott
    @PaleBlueDott 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I would give my life away if that would bring a person such as Carl Sagan back to life...

    • @SlothinGames
      @SlothinGames 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      GamingFunz14 Why? What was Carl Sagan capable of that you're not? There will only ever be one Carl Sagan, and only one of you also; so why not instead help carry the collective torch for humankind in your time just as he did in his time? This Universe doesn't imbue us with any value upon our arrival, and we'll only ever leave it with that which we created for ourselves

    • @PaleBlueDott
      @PaleBlueDott 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Slothin'Games You make a good point.My point is that Carl Sagan's influence to the scientific community was very positive and if he was still alive his influence may have reached sociopolitical levels and his wisedom work as a guide though the scientifically and politically controversial times we are going through.I believe the future of mankind is more important than my life and I would gladly give mine to ensure a better future.

    • @hephaestusfitness4758
      @hephaestusfitness4758 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it costs 2 I'll gladly chip in mine too for that cause!

  • @AFMMD-q8
    @AFMMD-q8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dr. Sagan your inspirations continues to guides us towards our personal liberation. You continue to inspire Billions and Billions of us, Hail Sagan!!

  • @BingeWorthit
    @BingeWorthit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love his voice so badly, it shocks my how much I wanna this man to be alive today.

  • @ghostbusterz
    @ghostbusterz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It is hard not to feel alone in the world when surrounded by so much lunacy.