We lost one of our greatest that day. I was 9 years back at that time and I'm really happy that I can still watch his speeches on yt today. Everybody should.
GAY GAY I think you’re the one who is failed by your school (you should get your money back) as you obviously do not understand The concept of figurative speech
@@gaygay5676 with a name like GAY GAY i think you are definitely the one that's failed you obviously don't understand English literature with a stupid comment like that
Adam Fierro Thank the godless universe we have michio kaku - open minded about ET being here, more humble about mankinds current knowledge and just way smarter than sagan all around.
Its not that he is smarter than sagan its because of the time period difference, if sagan where to be alive still he would have updated his knowledge and still be the amazing intelligent man. Science/Astronomy is always advancing with new discoveries and is always evolving, Sagan would have done as so aswell if we'd still have him today.
Adam Fierro I understand what you're saying - I'm not talking about that. I think Sagan was very unfair and didn't do good science in regards to good ufo cases, honest witnesses and also dismissing psi phenomenon (that has had so little money spent on it's investigation.)
Sagan's goal was to teach the masses about the great mysteries of the universe and the cosmos. He taught us about our true origins and made us gaze at the stars to see how we came to be. He opened our eyes on how humanity needed to work after seeing the astonishing picture of voyager 1 of the pale blue dot and built upon that to open our eyes about how small we are. He led the masses to a way of compassion, not only did he taught us astronomy but the true connection we have with each other. UFO's are nothing but the work of charlatans, we had yet to receive a visit from other beings. That sagan knew that it would be absurd to think we're alone in this vast expanding universe is another thing, and he touched that topic many times. Sagan was a scientist and a astronomist, not a UFO investigator. UFO's are mere scifi they are fraud. If we were to get visited either our government would hide it from us which they're very good at that, or they would have stopped by for a couple of minutes and left quickly to see such mediocre life forms dividing themselves by land and killing their own kind, and we would had never known they were here.
Adam Fierro If you were taught to think by Carl Sagan, clearly he failed. This is part of what I'm talking about. You Sagan clones. Very unimaginative thinkers, very in the box and overly confident. On the other hand Michio Kaku is a true intellect (as opposed to sagan) because Kaku can say - if an ET civilization is 1 million years ahead of us we can't say what they can and can't do. They could be here and he adds 5% of ufos seem to defy laws of physics we know. Close encounters don't really have any good psychological explanation for us to dismiss them as far as I can see. Kaku doesn't insult experiencers of these things like Sagan did. Sagan was a debunker, which is an agenda that goes beyond skepicism and in his case involved many clumsy lies about the phenomenon and in effect might have held us back from very important discovery by creating a laughter curtain. Bad, bad science.
He gave you enough interest, You studied you did the homework you are the one who made you a scientist. Now as the Burden Lies with you to be a Interesting TEACHER and go the distance. As my Friend Professor Ryan Pacheco at University of Michigan. Physics Mathematics and Astrology, Only 31. A great kid I wish he was my son.
I was raised to believe in the God of the Holy Bible and was dragged to church and Sunday school as a child. I always wanted the existence of God to be a reality, but in my mind, I had doubts. I watched some of the cosmos series broadcasts back in the 70's and was absolutely fascinated by the knowledge and storytelling prowess of this great man. I took a lot of heat from the Christian crowd over it too. Truth is, at 59 I still haven't reached a personal conclusion on the God/no God thing, but I do believe what Mr.Sagan showed me helped give me courage to break away from the narrow minded thought processes and consider other logical possibilities. He also helped me realize that, with an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, a lifetime of humility might serve me well. so far, it has. The world lost a great man on the day of his passing.
Hello Rick, With the question God/no God issue i am the same. Probably always will be. He was a very brave man 'taking on' whoever disagreed with him. Great man who is missed. my email: dmarsden2001@yahoo.co.uk if anyone would like to discuss this feel free to contact me. David.
Like Carl Sagan, I was brought up with Reform Judaism - though under very different circumstances. I am a proud Bar Mitzvah and still remember some of the Hebrew I learned back then. _Cosmos_ came to PBS at a critical point in my adolescence, and played a crucial role in making me a secular humanist, along with the writings of Stephen Jay Gould and Isaac Asimov. None of us has any problem with the general concept of the supernatural - which by definition can't be tested by science, which concerns itself exclusively with the natural Universe. But as soon as claims are made that _are_ scientifically testable - about the origin of the Universe, of life in general and in its specific forms, about historical and observable events - then we run into problems. When religious people treat their holy books as science and history textbooks, and demand that the rest of us do so as well, we've got a *big* problem. As long as religious people treat their holy books as works of literature, allegory, and poetry, and reject a simplistic, literalistic treatment, and rely on science to tell them the facts about the observable Universe (and as my heroes often noted, *most* religious people do this), we have no dispute with them at all.
you know how many amazing people actually contributed to science this millenium? Sagan was awesome but he didn't contribute much to sience, so more like man of the year
+Prototype Inheritance you really don't know much. Sagan helped with Nasa's projects like the Voyagers and find the answer the Venus long held debate of why it is so hot. The list goes on but you should do your own research.
Popularizing and simplifying (for the sake of explanation) Science is still a benefit to Science itself even if Sagan wasn't a pioneering scientist making tons of new discoveries himself. Try to think about this for more than 1 second, more than 1 layer deep, +Prototype Inheritance
I want to talk about Carl Sagan. To many people Carl Sagan was a voice of reason. He was a kind and intelligent man who took on the position of educating the masses. His lectures and presentations were edifying and helpful in promoting enlightenment among the masses. I say bullshit! I say that Carl Sagan was a propagandist who spread hate and division amongst the masses. Under the guise of scientific enlightenment, he justified condescension and derision towards Christians and other believers. And he does it in a sneaky and passive/aggressive way, which makes him even more despicable! Science is owned by the people who fund it. If science didn't help to make profits for industrialists or if it didn't feed the war machine, then it wouldn't exist except for maybe in cloister. Sagan worked for NASA. I think for PR as much as anything. His presence made NASA look like it had a peaceful, beneficial to humanity mission. NASA was publicly funded R&D for defense contractors. Data obtained through the projects at NASA helped the defense establishment to build ICBM's. Sagan was certainly a part of the Military Industrial Complex. In his own little way, he contributed to the war machine. (Sagan wasn't very bright and I am sure he was just a useful idiot.) Sagan and his modern counterparts are copies of each other. They all say the same thing. None of them will ever talk about the dark side of the technocracy. They will never mention that science has enabled copious amounts of pollution. They will never talk about how science feeds the war machine. Leaving out a large part of the story makes him deceptive. Public Broadcasting isn't funded by hippies. It is funded by serious businesspeople who work at large, worldwide, corporations. Big oil, big agriculture. I have seen where BP and Archer Daniels have underwritten PBS presentations. Why would such wealthy, smart and powerful people be so interested in indoctrinating the masses? I don't know! As far as the science he was pushing: Big Bang cosmology is highly theoretical. In order to find out if the hypotheses about the big bang are true, we would have to get in a space cruiser and get a closer look. I doubt that will ever happen. Evolution is just plain stupid. There never has been a clear demonstration of speciation. If you want to believe that slime on a rock turned into Beethoven that is your business. It is also true to say that one can reject evolution and it will in no way hurt the quality of their life. Evolution is a hobby that is used for atheist propaganda. In science theory means no practical value as much as anything else. Carl Sagan got the job because of his nerdy good looks and warm demeanor. It is just show business. Carl is an atheist equivalent to a televangelist preacher. Carl got the job because he looked good on television and his handlers knew that would help the indoctrination to sink in the minds of the public. With Carl Sagan one doesn't get the full story. One only hears what the people who sign his paycheck want them to hear.
@@ScienceisStupid-f3r Also I can tell by your name "Science is Stupid" That you're just a lazy internet troll who tries to get a rise out of people. Hahaha
I met him in Tucson 1993 at the University of Arizona and he was and is one of the most incredible human beings that has ever existed. He helped so many understand that there is more to our lives than the rules and stupidity on this speck of dust. R.I.P Carl.
This man changed the way I feel about and look at life. I feel like if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be the person I am now. For some reason I feel a massive connection with this man and it pains me that I will never be able to meet him. But it's wonderful to see that so many people feel the same and that he has the respect and memories he deserves. R.I.P. Carl Sagan.
He in all of are hearts,minds,books,he wrote over 30 books each one that we'll not want you to put it down,I myself love and that's all I cared about in school,mostly and today I natural have a mindset for it,the Passion and interesting characteristics and everything that has to do with simple complexity of the human in general such as DNA as we know we can cure our own cells to those facts too all the errors of Jurassic Jurassic the dinosaurs and the mass extinctions that we've had recall I believe five or six of them but somehow we transform life back until 75% nothing that includes species of plants and animals that have came back shows you that there is way more that life endures in over millions and millions of years have not been absolutely but more gratifying as if some miracle keeps occurring for our life to stay as it is the strongest planets of what we know now finding more planets super planets super like Earth's that exists now there's lot information that we do not get or just have speculation or just theory of something somebody said or they could be true and false statements just to throw people off so we don't ever find understandings,
He will be missed greatly. Missed by his loved ones and yet missed by strangers who felt him to be oddly familiar. A man who we never met or will meet. Someone who put knowledge in us and let us think more freely. It is strange that I never really new who he was until not long ago.. Yet even in the brief seconds I knew of him I can relish in his image and thoughts, I have never been so deeply moved by knowing a death of a man I have never had the pleasure of knowing. I want to shed a tear
I want to talk about Carl Sagan. To many people Carl Sagan was a voice of reason. He was a kind and intelligent man who took on the position of educating the masses. His lectures and presentations were edifying and helpful in promoting enlightenment among the masses. I say bullshit! I say that Carl Sagan was a propagandist who spread hate and division amongst the masses. Under the guise of scientific enlightenment, he justified condescension and derision towards Christians and other believers. And he does it in a sneaky and passive/aggressive way, which makes him even more despicable! Science is owned by the people who fund it. If science didn't help to make profits for industrialists or if it didn't feed the war machine, then it wouldn't exist except for maybe in cloister. Sagan worked for NASA. I think for PR as much as anything. His presence made NASA look like it had a peaceful, beneficial to humanity mission. NASA was publicly funded R&D for defense contractors. Data obtained through the projects at NASA helped the defense establishment to build ICBM's. Sagan was certainly a part of the Military Industrial Complex. In his own little way, he contributed to the war machine. (Sagan wasn't very bright and I am sure he was just a useful idiot.) Sagan and his modern counterparts are copies of each other. They all say the same thing. None of them will ever talk about the dark side of the technocracy. They will never mention that science has enabled copious amounts of pollution. They will never talk about how science feeds the war machine. Leaving out a large part of the story makes him deceptive. Public Broadcasting isn't funded by hippies. It is funded by serious businesspeople who work at large, worldwide, corporations. Big oil, big agriculture. I have seen where BP and Archer Daniels have underwritten PBS presentations. Why would such wealthy, smart and powerful people be so interested in indoctrinating the masses? I don't know! As far as the science he was pushing: Big Bang cosmology is highly theoretical. In order to find out if the hypotheses about the big bang are true, we would have to get in a space cruiser and get a closer look. I doubt that will ever happen. Evolution is just plain stupid. There never has been a clear demonstration of speciation. If you want to believe that slime on a rock turned into Beethoven that is your business. It is also true to say that one can reject evolution and it will in no way hurt the quality of their life. Evolution is a hobby that is used for atheist propaganda. In science theory means no practical value as much as anything else. Carl Sagan got the job because of his nerdy good looks and warm demeanor. It is just show business. Carl is an atheist equivalent to a televangelist preacher. Carl got the job because he looked good on television and his handlers knew that would help the indoctrination to sink in the minds of the public. With Carl Sagan one doesn't get the full story. One only hears what the people who sign his paycheck want them to hear.
@@Rich.psychopath don't worry he is now with God and with his ancestors , studying the universe and more. Studying our world and being kind are somethings that God want us to do, and Carl did it.
Didn't knew I was going to cry tears of cosmic dust. I miss you Sagan.. I trust you and I will never accept anything without reason.. without science. You made me think and stop from getting slipped along with the structure of society that has made us pursue career oriented life . Yes you changed everything.
That's the problem *****. You're bias towards your religion and pretty much everyone on the planet. Whether it's Jesus, buddha, zeus or mohammed. So Bias that you choose to dismiss one of the fundamental concept in biology.
Yes indeed. December 20th will mark twenty years since his death. He had a huge impact on millions of people. I wonder how he might comment on "current events"?
Neil Degrasse Tyson is NOT the same as Carl Sagan. I love Neil a lot but Carl was comforting to me and said things better for me than anyone i have ever heard. He made me interested in many things and I miss him but am so thankful for what he gave us and what he left us. He said things sooo pretty. Neil is no replacement, just another person doing a good thing.
A beautiful man with a beautiful personality and beautiful mind. A voice from the past that still speaks to us. Rest in peace, Carl Sagan! You have done more than enough for us. From many perspectives, because of you, the journey continues.
I, unfortunately, didn't find Carl Sagan until after he had already passed. But he still made an incredibly large impact on my life. He's still inspirational, thought provoking, eye opening, and is still alive through everyone he's inspired. He is still a great man and always will be.
"When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl." -Ann Druyan
Carl's atoms will always be with us, on this earth. Some of his atoms will become a person again, the same way the collections of atom we called Carl Sagan came into being in the first place. A way of reincarnations, if you will. That way he will always be with us, among us, for as long as the earth shall live for billions of years.
Adam Fierro Cold comfort, imo. His legacy in science & role as science popularizer are the meaningful ways he lives on. The atoms that he was comprised of carry no trace of his essence.
love will prevail Yeah, I can understand you. I don't take much comfort from the idea that our essence is preserved in a molecular way, rather that our most fundamental state is shared by everything that is, and has been forever.
Samuel Schulte Consciousness needs to survive in some form for death to have any romance, imo. I don't derive any comfort from the idea that my atoms are eternal.
Millions became interested in Science and Reason because of Carl. We cannot possibly pay him back ever. "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
I used to suffer depression to the point of having suicidal tendencies. When I watched his show Cosmos, something clicked inside me, and I wanted to live my life to the fullest in order to understand the world and the universe. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I remember the day he died. I heard the news on my car radio on the way to work when I got there I said to my few coworkers, Carl Sagan died, not one person in our small office knew who I was talking about. It was then I realized I had to find another job.
I just finished his book "Cosmos" a week ago. I cried two times while reading. The first was the inspiring, yet tragic story of Hypatia of the Library of Alexandria. Second, was about 30 seconds after finishing the last word in the last sentence in the last paragraph, knowing that this brilliant man was no longer here to provide guidance to us all.
It's amazing how much I can say that I feel connected to this man and sincere genuine sadness to his death to man whom I've never met. Such an inspiring person.
And so passed a legend, and we are left in a dimmer, less brilliant world. He helped inspire me to love science as a child, even though I was only 14 when he passed away. I have now just submitted my PhD thesis, I honestly do not know if I would have embarked on this path without his inspiration and passion. He taught me to look at us not as countries, as indivduals fighting one another for dominance, but as a species, trapped together on this pale blue dot in the vastness of space. Thank you.
Precious and rare, we can all be like Carl Sagan if we dare! Reading through the comments, it's not hard to see how we deify the dead. Not to diminish his achievements in life, since he is one of my very few heroes, I just wish people believed in them selves as much as they believed Sagan. Wouldn't the world be better if we where all philosophizing scientific communicators?
He changed my thought process 30 years ago, when I was in my early teens, by planting the seed of skeptical thinking and appreciation of the the wonders of the universe.
Before we are born we are one with it, during our life we are one with it and after we die we are still one with it. One with the universe (or Cosmos as Carl would put it). Carl is still with us, he is part of us all and will always be as we are all one with this universe.
Person of the week?????? What the hell is wrong with this world?!?!?!?!? It reminds me of a TV "documentary" here in Greece where they made a Top 100 of Greeks, and some jerk politicians and celebrities of the past decade surpassed Aristotle and Heraclitus. Carl Sagan should definitely be in the top 10 of USA and in the top 100 of the world.
It's a shame really, he just missed the digital age taking off. Politics aside, I bet he'd be fascinated with today's technology. Also, I wonder what he would think about the new interest in UFOs and the government's acknowledgement that they exist. I'd be willing to bet that even the way we look at and use cellphones and the internet would be different. He could bring things into perspective in a way that we would use them more productively. He was respected and very influential - the world needs a Carl Sagan. Rest in Peace....assuming that we rest when we die. If not, enjoy the journey.
Even today in 2022 the genius that was Carl Sagan lives on in our hearts, minds and ever increasing knowledge that was born in this velvet and inspiring voice. R.I.P Carl Sagan.
A true gentleman and a TRUE scholar, he had that ability to make even the most complicated subject fit within the grasp of the layman , I raise my glass to you sir, and we may debate if it is half full or half empty, but I can assure you with all certainty that it will soon be empty, but as with the cosmos it will soon be full again, for the cosmos is full of beer, and we drink thereof.
Creationists maybe.... but lets not give the impression that all people with conservative views are religious,, or vice versa. There are many people who are not polarized in their beliefs and opinions and don't fit into pre-conceived categories.
Remember, Carl will be with us for at least 42 billion years in every direction, taking into account the age of the universe and the math involved in its bigger size since the initial big bang. With the speed of light being a constant, and Carls pbs special traveling outward from earth on waves, he has not only returned to stardust, but waves of energy. As I free electrons in his honor I remember also to thank him. Thank you Carl, I have learned. . .
Why did the creators of this video destroy the conclusion by inserting an overpoweringly inappropriate music at 4:50 that killed any emotional appreciation we may have felt about Mr. Sagan. Shame!
Why do we have holidays celebrating imaginary beings and events? We should have holidays celebrating brilliant people like Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking.
Carl Sagan will be terribly missed. One of my greatest hero's and teachers. His legacy still lives on . I like to imagine his souls exploring all of the cosmos.
Those are not mutually exclusive terms. If you had listened to a fraction of Sagan's stuff, you'd know he didn't believe in any gods. "Belief" is the key word. I've never said he wasn't an agnostic.
He has been gone 20yrs now and Im still sad.
+Elliott Salazar indeed
I feel you :(
me too. :'(
Me too.😢
We lost one of our greatest that day. I was 9 years back at that time and I'm really happy that I can still watch his speeches on yt today. Everybody should.
Carl never died . He lives in our hearts and our minds.
oneilluminatus "One who lives in the hearts of many, never dies" ---Carl Sagan
he never dies as the atoms that made him are now spread across the globe and also within us.
No if he lived in our hearts in minds he couldn’t breath also their would be no food or water, I feel sorry that school failed you so badly
GAY GAY I think you’re the one who is failed by your school (you should get your money back) as you obviously do not understand The concept of figurative speech
@@gaygay5676 with a name like GAY GAY i think you are definitely the one that's failed you obviously don't understand English literature with a stupid comment like that
The whole Planet Earth, Humanity lost an amazing man.
Adam Fierro Thank the godless universe we have michio kaku - open minded about ET being here, more humble about mankinds current knowledge and just way smarter than sagan all around.
Its not that he is smarter than sagan its because of the time period difference, if sagan where to be alive still he would have updated his knowledge and still be the amazing intelligent man. Science/Astronomy is always advancing with new discoveries and is always evolving, Sagan would have done as so aswell if we'd still have him today.
Adam Fierro I understand what you're saying - I'm not talking about that. I think Sagan was very unfair and didn't do good science in regards to good ufo cases, honest witnesses and also dismissing psi phenomenon (that has had so little money spent on it's investigation.)
Sagan's goal was to teach the masses about the great mysteries of the universe and the cosmos. He taught us about our true origins and made us gaze at the stars to see how we came to be. He opened our eyes on how humanity needed to work after seeing the astonishing picture of voyager 1 of the pale blue dot and built upon that to open our eyes about how small we are. He led the masses to a way of compassion, not only did he taught us astronomy but the true connection we have with each other. UFO's are nothing but the work of charlatans, we had yet to receive a visit from other beings. That sagan knew that it would be absurd to think we're alone in this vast expanding universe is another thing, and he touched that topic many times. Sagan was a scientist and a astronomist, not a UFO investigator. UFO's are mere scifi they are fraud. If we were to get visited either our government would hide it from us which they're very good at that, or they would have stopped by for a couple of minutes and left quickly to see such mediocre life forms dividing themselves by land and killing their own kind, and we would had never known they were here.
Adam Fierro If you were taught to think by Carl Sagan, clearly he failed. This is part of what I'm talking about. You Sagan clones. Very unimaginative thinkers, very in the box and overly confident. On the other hand Michio Kaku is a true intellect (as opposed to sagan) because Kaku can say - if an ET civilization is 1 million years ahead of us we can't say what they can and can't do. They could be here and he adds 5% of ufos seem to defy laws of physics we know. Close encounters don't really have any good psychological explanation for us to dismiss them as far as I can see. Kaku doesn't insult experiencers of these things like Sagan did. Sagan was a debunker, which is an agenda that goes beyond skepicism and in his case involved many clumsy lies about the phenomenon and in effect might have held us back from very important discovery by creating a laughter curtain. Bad, bad science.
You made me a scientist Dr.Sagan.
He's going to make me an astronomer soon. I Loved this guy i hate how he had to leave because of some stupid disease.
He gave you enough interest, You studied you did the homework you are the one who made you a scientist.
Now as the Burden Lies with you to be a Interesting TEACHER and go the distance.
As my Friend Professor Ryan Pacheco at University of Michigan. Physics Mathematics and Astrology, Only 31.
A great kid I wish he was my son.
Same here
Yeah, me too :)
You’re a scientist. I hope you find the cure to all cancer one day
I was raised to believe in the God of the Holy Bible and was dragged to church and Sunday school as a child. I always wanted the existence of God to be a reality, but in my mind, I had doubts. I watched some of the cosmos series broadcasts back in the 70's and was absolutely fascinated by the knowledge and storytelling prowess of this great man. I took a lot of heat from the Christian crowd over it too. Truth is, at 59 I still haven't reached a personal conclusion on the God/no God thing, but I do believe what Mr.Sagan showed me helped give me courage to break away from the narrow minded thought processes and consider other logical possibilities. He also helped me realize that, with an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, a lifetime of humility might serve me well. so far, it has. The world lost a great man on the day of his passing.
Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable.
Hello Rick,
With the question God/no God issue i am the same.
Probably always will be.
He was a very brave man 'taking on' whoever disagreed with him.
Great man who is missed.
my email: dmarsden2001@yahoo.co.uk
if anyone would like to discuss this feel free to contact me.
David.
Like Carl Sagan, I was brought up with Reform Judaism - though under very different circumstances. I am a proud Bar Mitzvah and still remember some of the Hebrew I learned back then.
_Cosmos_ came to PBS at a critical point in my adolescence, and played a crucial role in making me a secular humanist, along with the writings of Stephen Jay Gould and Isaac Asimov.
None of us has any problem with the general concept of the supernatural - which by definition can't be tested by science, which concerns itself exclusively with the natural Universe.
But as soon as claims are made that _are_ scientifically testable - about the origin of the Universe, of life in general and in its specific forms, about historical and observable events - then we run into problems. When religious people treat their holy books as science and history textbooks, and demand that the rest of us do so as well, we've got a *big* problem.
As long as religious people treat their holy books as works of literature, allegory, and poetry, and reject a simplistic, literalistic treatment, and rely on science to tell them the facts about the observable Universe (and as my heroes often noted, *most* religious people do this), we have no dispute with them at all.
Rick Jordan Now there's an estimated 1 to 2,000,000,000,000 galaxys in the universe.....damn!!
Theres a 100 trillion more than that!
DAVID.
1:15 person of the week??
Fuck that...
Person of the Millennium.
you know how many amazing people actually contributed to science this millenium? Sagan was awesome but he didn't contribute much to sience, so more like man of the year
+Prototype Inheritance you really don't know much. Sagan helped with Nasa's projects like the Voyagers and find the answer the Venus long held debate of why it is so hot. The list goes on but you should do your own research.
Popularizing and simplifying (for the sake of explanation) Science is still a benefit to Science itself even if Sagan wasn't a pioneering scientist making tons of new discoveries himself. Try to think about this for more than 1 second, more than 1 layer deep, +Prototype Inheritance
To resonate with all... How about educator of the millenium?
Millennium, but he was wonderful.
Carl died once, we will not let him die a second time. Let's keep Carl's message live as long as humanity allows.
I want to talk about Carl Sagan.
To many people Carl Sagan was a voice of reason. He was a kind and intelligent man who took on the position of educating the masses. His lectures and presentations were edifying and helpful in promoting enlightenment among the masses.
I say bullshit! I say that Carl Sagan was a propagandist who spread hate and division amongst the masses. Under the guise of scientific enlightenment, he justified condescension and derision towards Christians and other believers. And he does it in a sneaky and passive/aggressive way, which makes him even more despicable!
Science is owned by the people who fund it. If science didn't help to make profits for industrialists or if it didn't feed the war machine, then it wouldn't exist except for maybe in cloister.
Sagan worked for NASA. I think for PR as much as anything. His presence made NASA look like it had a peaceful, beneficial to humanity mission.
NASA was publicly funded R&D for defense contractors. Data obtained through the projects at NASA helped the defense establishment to build ICBM's. Sagan was certainly a part of the Military Industrial Complex. In his own little way, he contributed to the war machine. (Sagan wasn't very bright and I am sure he was just a useful idiot.)
Sagan and his modern counterparts are copies of each other. They all say the same thing. None of them will ever talk about the dark side of the technocracy. They will never mention that science has enabled copious amounts of pollution. They will never talk about how science feeds the war machine. Leaving out a large part of the story makes him deceptive.
Public Broadcasting isn't funded by hippies. It is funded by serious businesspeople who work at large, worldwide, corporations. Big oil, big agriculture. I have seen where BP and Archer Daniels have underwritten PBS presentations. Why would such wealthy, smart and powerful people be so interested in indoctrinating the masses? I don't know!
As far as the science he was pushing:
Big Bang cosmology is highly theoretical. In order to find out if the hypotheses about the big bang are true, we would have to get in a space cruiser and get a closer look. I doubt that will ever happen.
Evolution is just plain stupid. There never has been a clear demonstration of speciation. If you want to believe that slime on a rock turned into Beethoven that is your business. It is also true to say that one can reject evolution and it will in no way hurt the quality of their life. Evolution is a hobby that is used for atheist propaganda.
In science theory means no practical value as much as anything else.
Carl Sagan got the job because of his nerdy good looks and warm demeanor. It is just show business. Carl is an atheist equivalent to a televangelist preacher. Carl got the job because he looked good on television and his handlers knew that would help the indoctrination to sink in the minds of the public.
With Carl Sagan one doesn't get the full story. One only hears what the people who sign his paycheck want them to hear.
@@ScienceisStupid-f3r Also I can tell by your name "Science is Stupid" That you're just a lazy internet troll who tries to get a rise out of people. Hahaha
I met him in Tucson 1993 at the University of Arizona and he was and is one of the most incredible human beings that has ever existed. He helped so many understand that there is more to our lives than the rules and stupidity on this speck of dust. R.I.P Carl.
dudeer mananer I live in tucson, small world
You are Very Lucky!!!!
It must of been an incredible experience!.
This man changed the way I feel about and look at life. I feel like if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be the person I am now. For some reason I feel a massive connection with this man and it pains me that I will never be able to meet him. But it's wonderful to see that so many people feel the same and that he has the respect and memories he deserves. R.I.P. Carl Sagan.
He in all of are hearts,minds,books,he wrote over 30 books each one that we'll not want you to put it down,I myself love and that's all I cared about in school,mostly and today I natural have a mindset for it,the Passion and interesting characteristics and everything that has to do with simple complexity of the human in general such as DNA as we know we can cure our own cells to those facts too all the errors of Jurassic Jurassic the dinosaurs and the mass extinctions that we've had recall I believe five or six of them but somehow we transform life back until 75% nothing that includes species of plants and animals that have came back shows you that there is way more that life endures in over millions and millions of years have not been absolutely but more gratifying as if some miracle keeps occurring for our life to stay as it is the strongest planets of what we know now finding more planets super planets super like Earth's that exists now there's lot information that we do not get or just have speculation or just theory of something somebody said or they could be true and false statements just to throw people off so we don't ever find understandings,
He will be missed greatly. Missed by his loved ones and yet missed by strangers who felt him to be oddly familiar. A man who we never met or will meet. Someone who put knowledge in us and let us think more freely. It is strange that I never really new who he was until not long ago.. Yet even in the brief seconds I knew of him I can relish in his image and thoughts, I have never been so deeply moved by knowing a death of a man I have never had the pleasure of knowing. I want to shed a tear
I want to talk about Carl Sagan.
To many people Carl Sagan was a voice of reason. He was a kind and intelligent man who took on the position of educating the masses. His lectures and presentations were edifying and helpful in promoting enlightenment among the masses.
I say bullshit! I say that Carl Sagan was a propagandist who spread hate and division amongst the masses. Under the guise of scientific enlightenment, he justified condescension and derision towards Christians and other believers. And he does it in a sneaky and passive/aggressive way, which makes him even more despicable!
Science is owned by the people who fund it. If science didn't help to make profits for industrialists or if it didn't feed the war machine, then it wouldn't exist except for maybe in cloister.
Sagan worked for NASA. I think for PR as much as anything. His presence made NASA look like it had a peaceful, beneficial to humanity mission.
NASA was publicly funded R&D for defense contractors. Data obtained through the projects at NASA helped the defense establishment to build ICBM's. Sagan was certainly a part of the Military Industrial Complex. In his own little way, he contributed to the war machine. (Sagan wasn't very bright and I am sure he was just a useful idiot.)
Sagan and his modern counterparts are copies of each other. They all say the same thing. None of them will ever talk about the dark side of the technocracy. They will never mention that science has enabled copious amounts of pollution. They will never talk about how science feeds the war machine. Leaving out a large part of the story makes him deceptive.
Public Broadcasting isn't funded by hippies. It is funded by serious businesspeople who work at large, worldwide, corporations. Big oil, big agriculture. I have seen where BP and Archer Daniels have underwritten PBS presentations. Why would such wealthy, smart and powerful people be so interested in indoctrinating the masses? I don't know!
As far as the science he was pushing:
Big Bang cosmology is highly theoretical. In order to find out if the hypotheses about the big bang are true, we would have to get in a space cruiser and get a closer look. I doubt that will ever happen.
Evolution is just plain stupid. There never has been a clear demonstration of speciation. If you want to believe that slime on a rock turned into Beethoven that is your business. It is also true to say that one can reject evolution and it will in no way hurt the quality of their life. Evolution is a hobby that is used for atheist propaganda.
In science theory means no practical value as much as anything else.
Carl Sagan got the job because of his nerdy good looks and warm demeanor. It is just show business. Carl is an atheist equivalent to a televangelist preacher. Carl got the job because he looked good on television and his handlers knew that would help the indoctrination to sink in the minds of the public.
With Carl Sagan one doesn't get the full story. One only hears what the people who sign his paycheck want them to hear.
The man who fought against Ignorance for decades.
He himself was ignorant...now he knows it..but he is being said it's too late,you had 62 years to understand God
@@Rich.psychopath don't worry he is now with God and with his ancestors , studying the universe and more. Studying our world and being kind are somethings that God want us to do, and Carl did it.
@@joebejjani3579
There is a god for psychopaths and maybe Carl Sagan is with some other god.
@@redblade8160 you are trying to be intellectual
@@Rich.psychopath
Intellectuality, and an idiot like you don't mix! So don't play your pretend games.
It's 2018, and we still miss him as though he passed away just yesterday. I am thankful that he ever existed.
Over a decade later and you are still inspiring us. You made this world a better place and still give us hope for a better tomorrow.
Let's simply celebrate Carl Sagan's day! We will always miss you Carl!
Didn't knew I was going to cry tears of cosmic dust. I miss you Sagan.. I trust you and I will never accept anything without reason.. without science. You made me think and stop from getting slipped along with the structure of society that has made us pursue career oriented life . Yes you changed everything.
The best piece of Star Dust that the Cosmos has created
He must be a Republican who voted for Trump.
I missed Carl. Just his mannerism is enough for me.
91lilfrozone23 Amen Michael Brown You will burn in your hell for that comment.
You two guys are pretty funny. If you don't like him, don't comment. It's very simple. It's a public share and what you've done is unnecessary.
And you will too.
That's the problem *****. You're bias towards your religion and pretty much everyone on the planet. Whether it's Jesus, buddha, zeus or mohammed. So Bias that you choose to dismiss one of the fundamental concept in biology.
Nope. You haven't offended me at all. I understand totally.
This was an AMAZING human being. Our species need more like him.
+Jack Chesnut
Welp, sadly this species is full of delusional idiots. Carl Sagan was one of those very smart and inspirational few.
Tim Slee
Yes he was.
Bo Huggabee
We all share a common ancestor with apes my friend. Sagan was a genius.. What point are you trying to make?
Jack Chesnut the ape is self aware, the ant isn't…your cultural hive minds are blinding you as the queen of the colony eating another queen.
Bo Huggabee
I still don't understand what you are trying to say.
Carl Sagan would be disappointed if he saw us right now...
Mai mult ca sigur , i-ar fi rupt inima situatia critica de astazi .
atomixfang you cant kill an idea, ideas are bulletproof
light the fire
He had already predicted it, more hopeful than disappointed :)
atomixfang ... Shit, he was disappointed back then!
From stardust to superstar to... superstardust?
Wolfgang Kenshin works for me.
😭😭😭
Watching this in Dec 2016, I am saddened again. RIP Dr. Sagan.
Yes indeed. December 20th will mark twenty years since his death. He had a huge impact on millions of people. I wonder how he might comment on "current events"?
Carl did not die. His body did. Carl is still with us.
Never have I ever known such a terrible loss. One of the best people to ever exist, We must preserve his memory so the future can hear his voice...
Twenty years ago today we lost a great mind and a great man. People like Carl come around only every so often. RIP Carl - you are missed
Neil Degrasse Tyson is NOT the same as Carl Sagan. I love Neil a lot but Carl was comforting to me and said things better for me than anyone i have ever heard. He made me interested in many things and I miss him but am so thankful for what he gave us and what he left us. He said things sooo pretty. Neil is no replacement, just another person doing a good thing.
Sagan was able to communicate effectively to the language of his generation. Neil Degrasse, same thing for his respective generation.
He died 2 months after my father. 1996 was a horrible year.
A beautiful man with a beautiful personality and beautiful mind. A voice from the past that still speaks to us. Rest in peace, Carl Sagan! You have done more than enough for us. From many perspectives, because of you, the journey continues.
I, unfortunately, didn't find Carl Sagan until after he had already passed. But he still made an incredibly large impact on my life. He's still inspirational, thought provoking, eye opening, and is still alive through everyone he's inspired. He is still a great man and always will be.
"When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don't ever expect to be reunited with Carl." -Ann Druyan
Carl's atoms will always be with us, on this earth. Some of his atoms will become a person again, the same way the collections of atom we called Carl Sagan came into being in the first place. A way of reincarnations, if you will. That way he will always be with us, among us, for as long as the earth shall live for billions of years.
What a beautiful way to say it
novazee Same can be said of Hitler. You probably ate a Hitler sandwich at some point.
Adam Fierro Cold comfort, imo. His legacy in science & role as science popularizer are the meaningful ways he lives on. The atoms that he was comprised of carry no trace of his essence.
love will prevail Yeah, I can understand you. I don't take much comfort from the idea that our essence is preserved in a molecular way, rather that our most fundamental state is shared by everything that is, and has been forever.
Samuel Schulte Consciousness needs to survive in some form for death to have any romance, imo. I don't derive any comfort from the idea that my atoms are eternal.
Millions became interested in Science and Reason because of Carl. We cannot possibly pay him back ever.
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."
I used to suffer depression to the point of having suicidal tendencies. When I watched his show Cosmos, something clicked inside me, and I wanted to live my life to the fullest in order to understand the world and the universe. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Carl Sagan's voyage is eternal.
Carl... you are missed but never forgotten.
of all the scientists who died, Carl was literally the most inspiring and most enjoyable to listen too
The best teacher I never had. Thank you Dr. Sagan, We love you so much...
That was a very sad day for humanity the day we lost one of the most important people that has ever lived. God bless you Carl Sagan. We all love you.
He has gone, but he left a wonderful legacy.
Make me sad every time I think that he is no longer around. I wish I could do what he did.
I remember the day he died. I heard the news on my car radio on the way to work when I got there I said to my few coworkers, Carl Sagan died, not one person in our small office knew who I was talking about. It was then I realized I had to find another job.
I just finished his book "Cosmos" a week ago. I cried two times while reading. The first was the inspiring, yet tragic story of Hypatia of the Library of Alexandria. Second, was about 30 seconds after finishing the last word in the last sentence in the last paragraph, knowing that this brilliant man was no longer here to provide guidance to us all.
GENIUS.. Gone but not forgotten.. R.I.P. CARL.... :-)
It's amazing how much I can say that I feel connected to this man and sincere genuine sadness to his death to man whom I've never met. Such an inspiring person.
When this video was posted, it had only been 10 years since his death. Now it is practically 30 years.
And so passed a legend, and we are left in a dimmer, less brilliant world. He helped inspire me to love science as a child, even though I was only 14 when he passed away. I have now just submitted my PhD thesis, I honestly do not know if I would have embarked on this path without his inspiration and passion. He taught me to look at us not as countries, as indivduals fighting one another for dominance, but as a species, trapped together on this pale blue dot in the vastness of space. Thank you.
Nice how this video was posted 10 years after his death
we are all too petty in our aspirations to appreciate how great He was...His kind and quality will never come this way again
Never is a long time
No, there is one here.
R.I.P Mr Carl Sagan we miss you!
Wonderful person, always remembered
We miss you....carl... we need you back..i wish you rebirth
Thanks for loading this. Gotta to have passion. Science is passion : )
I miss him so much.
I love science because of Carl Sagan.
He would be forever in my memory
Carl Sagan's Brain lives on
Futurama approves
If there is a man who deserved to live forever, is Sagan. We need him now more than never
I'm 64 but I will never be as old and wise as Carl.
15 years since the world lost one of the greatest minds in recent history :( Thank you, Carl, for everything you did for humanity.
He is the only man I would want to meet from the past, given a chance...
I wish I knew him before he died.
This man was so brilliant!
I truly love this man ❤️
I’m an old retired scientist (octogenarian). I miss him very much. I enjoyed every encounter I had with him.
To live on in the hearts of those you leave behind is to never die
It surely was a sad day. Humble bows to this great man.
At 62? too early :( you're the best thing that's happened to TV
You mean the world 😊
Precious and rare, we can all be like Carl Sagan if we dare! Reading through the comments, it's not hard to see how we deify the dead. Not to diminish his achievements in life, since he is one of my very few heroes, I just wish people believed in them selves as much as they believed Sagan. Wouldn't the world be better if we where all philosophizing scientific communicators?
Carl Sagan was a brilliant scientist and human being. Sorely missed but never forgotten.
A very moving tribute.........thank you!
One of the biggest losses to the modern world. What I WOULDNT give to listen to him today!! It breaks my heart really
He had a fascinating way / tone of speaking
sooo much respect and love goes out to carl sagan
i have learn so much of Sagan i still thank him for this R.I.P
He changed my thought process 30 years ago, when I was in my early teens, by planting the seed of skeptical thinking and appreciation of the the wonders of the universe.
A person only dies when he's being forgotten.
A short life for most yet he did far more than most could ever do in those 62 years, he's a legend, no question 😊
It's very disturbing when good people die early. It make that worse when there's so many bad or mediocre people that live so long.
He's dead but his inspiration and humbleness is immortal and he will live in our hearts rentlessly forever ❤
We won't forget you 😔
You are immortal ♾
yes.. i always feel upset.. frm INDIA
@@VIKASHSINGH-hf3kt from Turkey
Before we are born we are one with it, during our life we are one with it and after we die we are still one with it.
One with the universe (or Cosmos as Carl would put it).
Carl is still with us, he is part of us all and will always be as we are all one with this universe.
We miss you carl
My deepest gratitude to the man who gave us the power to think.
Thank you Carl, we will forever miss you.
The world lost a truly gifted and optimistic man that day....he was my biggest inspiration growing up and still is....may he RIP among the stars....
Person of the week??????
What the hell is wrong with this world?!?!?!?!?
It reminds me of a TV "documentary" here in Greece where they made a Top 100 of Greeks, and some jerk politicians and celebrities of the past decade surpassed Aristotle and Heraclitus.
Carl Sagan should definitely be in the top 10 of USA and in the top 100 of the world.
an amazing man. one of my heros.
It's a shame really, he just missed the digital age taking off. Politics aside, I bet he'd be fascinated with today's technology. Also, I wonder what he would think about the new interest in UFOs and the government's acknowledgement that they exist. I'd be willing to bet that even the way we look at and use cellphones and the internet would be different. He could bring things into perspective in a way that we would use them more productively. He was respected and very influential - the world needs a Carl Sagan. Rest in Peace....assuming that we rest when we die. If not, enjoy the journey.
Even today in 2022 the genius that was Carl Sagan lives on in our hearts, minds and ever increasing knowledge that was born in this velvet and inspiring voice. R.I.P Carl Sagan.
I can't get through this video. Just constantly hearing it is fills me with sadness. The world was lucky to have him as long as we did.
A true gentleman and a TRUE scholar, he had that ability to make even the most complicated subject fit within the grasp of the layman , I raise my glass to you sir, and we may debate if it is half full or half empty, but I can assure you with all certainty that it will soon be empty, but as with the cosmos it will soon be full again, for the cosmos is full of beer, and we drink thereof.
+1ginner1 I'll have what you are having
Get your own and leave mine alone.lol
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than a mind closed by belief...
I miss you too Carl.
the only people to dislike this are conservative creationists
You assume people see him as no more than just his view on how we got here. How petty.
No reason to dislike that negative and attracts more, you put them on the defensive and they cant see then.
Creationists maybe.... but lets not give the impression that all people with conservative views are religious,, or vice versa. There are many people who are not polarized in their beliefs and opinions and don't fit into pre-conceived categories.
You are not wrong
@EyeWitnessChinaAnd....there is
Remember, Carl will be with us for at least 42 billion years in every direction, taking into account the age of the universe and the math involved in its bigger size since the initial big bang. With the speed of light being a constant, and Carls pbs special traveling outward from earth on waves, he has not only returned to stardust, but waves of energy. As I free electrons in his honor I remember also to thank him. Thank you Carl, I have learned. . .
Carl never died his atoms and molecules, are in stars and may he stay in our hearts and minds forever. 😔❤️
Why did the creators of this video destroy the conclusion by inserting an overpoweringly inappropriate music at 4:50 that killed any emotional appreciation we may have felt about Mr. Sagan. Shame!
The country didn't lose him... THE WHOLE COSMOS LOST HIM.
Salute. Respect.
Why do we have holidays celebrating imaginary beings and events? We should have holidays celebrating brilliant people like Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking.
Certainly one of the greatest teachers who ever lived. We have never needed his kind more than we do now.
I only discovered him years later. You'll live on in our memories.
Any one of us could do a lot worse than
be loved, and so live on in people's hearts.
He would proud of elon musk
No God. No religion. This is TRUTH 💝👍.
Cosmos is masterful television. We are not alone. Reach out and explore the mysteries of life!
Carl Sagan will be terribly missed. One of my greatest hero's and teachers. His legacy still lives on . I like to imagine his souls exploring all of the cosmos.
Those are not mutually exclusive terms. If you had listened to a fraction of Sagan's stuff, you'd know he didn't believe in any gods. "Belief" is the key word. I've never said he wasn't an agnostic.
2:25 is horribly depressing.