This gives me the same type of feeling that religious people get in church during a good sermon. It makes the hair on my arms raise and it makes me feel indescribably joy. I could not have chosen a better career for myself. There is no greater purpose in life than the pursuit of knowledge about the laws of nature. I really, really, REALLY love science!
The knowledge that we are but reconfigured stardust considering the very origin of our existence, capable of discerning the contents and structure of the cosmos, is incomparably profound. There is no greater human endeavor.
You are not alone! I'm often brought to tears. I'm glad Sagan, Tyson, and others are such great orators and able to make such beautiful statements available for the general public.
@@mr.timjohnston546 Thinking about the vastness of the universe, it just makes you feel so insignificant all on a sudden. A humble experience like no other.
Yet still can't begin to make the scale and proportions of vast open space within the universe relatable or understandable. We are very far from understanding our own planet. The mysteries of the universe seem impossible with the path of social regression we are currently taking.
We don't know that because we can't communicate complex thoughts to any other species. As far as we know, every species on earth could view themselves as the center of all things. We are the only species we know of that can even begin to understand the vastness of the cosmos. So who's to say how other life forms view their position within it?
Dear Jesse: As long as you actively search for disagreement with someone else, you will always find it. On the other hand, if you really want to understand what someone else means by what they say, you will find you have more things in common than diferences. What I mean is: You are missing the point. I'm pretty sure David is just saying "let's be humble about our own humanity" and not a comment about self consiousness in species.
Unfortunately, if teachers tried to show Cosmos to their classes, the creationists would scream that we’re teaching children to be atheists and to hate God.
@@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack It wasn't written by someone else. The series Cosmos was based on the book by the same name that Carl Sagan wrote. It's your Bible that was written by a bunch of anonymous people. It's your religion that's all smoke and mirrors.
Finest orator who ever lived, hands down. His gift for communication was astounding. There has never been, and there probably won't ever be another human being who I have never met, yet who had the most profound impact on my life, my personality and just how I think. And for that, Carl, I will forever be grateful. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for helping molding me into the person I am today. I wouldn't be if it weren't for you.
+Paul Samartzis - I remember the day he died I came to work and said to my co-workers "Carl Sagan Died" and not one of them knew who I was talking about. That was the day I decided I had to find another job!
+Steve Clark yes , I have met many people that have never heard of him. Neil deGrasse Tyson does a great job of trying to remind us all of the great man.
HItchens used to wax eloquently about being made of stardust but equally realisysic in saying it is also nucleur watse... such is the the paradox of life ( or of nature n the universe)...
XxChuyoxX We might never meet intelligent life due to our immaturity. Would you let a kid play with your gun? Would you let them mess with the plug sockets?
+XxChuyoxX How do you know we are an immature species? Its not out of the realm of possibility to think that a species very similar to ours could have began to explore space. Maybe we are actually very mature as far as species go and that is actually the reason we have not found any others. Maybe they already destroyed themselves.
My grandfather passed away and this was the first thing I found. It gave me peace that he is now part of something greater. Whatever the afterlife is I can say this, His body has been returned to Mother Earth, his soul reunited with his beloved wife and meets at last the Great Unknown. Rest in Peace Papa
I believe that your grandfather, as with uncountable other fathers, sons, mothers, and daughters, have returned to the place from which they came, the source.
@@Sin526 Yes, physically speaking, the matter comprising our bodies is returned to whence it came....ready to be recycled once more. It doesn't mean there's any kind of Afterlife awaiting us, though.
We are attached to the universe atomically, to earth chemically and to each other biologically. I am blessed to still be here today and for however many more days I have to live. Be safe all. Take care. Enjoy the ride called life.
"Legends never die, they become a part of you."... Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Jacque Fresco contributed a lot of their thinking, their knowledge and their seeing of world to me. In other words, they become a part of me.
Let's not forget Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, and Lawrence Krause, and Neil Degrasse Tyson, and Steven Pinker, they shouldn't be forgotten. especially Christopher Hitchens he is definitely missed.
well technically trough our technology we created systems which when not maintained would destroy multiple ecosystems so it would matter if we were removed at the moment. but even then life would continue without humanity
swashim - Over 99% of every species to walk, crawl or slither the Earth are extinct and WE had nothing to do with their extinction... Most of them died before we even showed up. Stop thinking we have much control of what happens on this planet. Things are born and things die. Things melt and things freeze. That's the way this ball rolls.
@Kellying you say that like you're not fucking human. Go be anti human somewhere else. It's negative and doesn't help shit. Next time someone like hitler comes along don't be complaining because your kind of thinking is how people like that get in control in the first place. Have some humility for christ sake.
@@HardRockMiner Humans gained knowledge to dominated the earth and use most of its minerals to produce food, medicine, buildings and weapons, that can destroy life on earth , most species are declining in numbers, but Humans are I creasing at an increasing rate and live longer, we are responsible for global warming.
@Christopher Smith Carl Sagan was a climate change advocate and knew the effects of the heavy pollution our species had been been into the sky. What are you talking about?
This is absolutely beautiful. I rarely cry, but this moved me to places that words cannot begin to describe. It is so humbling to know how small we really are, and how precious and fragile our pale blue dot is. Thank you, Carl.
But we ae not small. We are precious divine souls all lost playing on this ball of dirt. We should all be trying to find our way home, which is Heaven.
I wrote him a letter of appreciation for COSMOS in December of 1981. A fortnight later I received a personal reply from Shirley Arden. She told me how much Professor Sagan enjoyed reading it.
He was a fool. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@@2fast2block .....but too slow to think, apparently. I'm calling you out, Chuckles. ONE QUESTION. Can you prove that your deity exists? Don't wave a Bible at me. That book is a claim, not proof of its stories. Don't link me to bullshit apologetic websites, because I'm not interested in rabbit-hole diatribes.. YOU. *YOU* prove to me that your god is fa'realz.
"More stars than all the grains of sand on earth" Thank for that Carl. There are countless earth like planets out there but the distances are just too great to ever visit or communicate with them.
@@tomhiggins2562 To exceed the speed of light is as Einstein stated is impossible, as as an object near light speed it’s mass increases to a point where it would fill the universe
@@colinc.8742 the equations hinting at the interstellar travel that I am referring to do not require the person or vehicle to exceed the speed of light at any time. In fact the form of transport in question does not even require there to be any movement in 3-dimensional spacetime. At all times observing Einstein's restrictions on FTL travel.
@@tomhiggins2562 There are aspect of science that are little more than verging on fiction. I agree with Brian Cox in that there are probable countless lifeforms out there but we will never confirm it.
All of us has a soul that is divine and each of us has a different amount of black karma inhibiting us from recognise our divinity.....................falun dafa.
Galaxies vary in size from just a few billion stars, to giants with 100 trillion stars. And that number... That 100 billion? It is outdated. The current estimate is 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. And this observable matter make up approximately 4% of all energy in the universe that we know of.
There's no such thing as "quality". We exist in relativity itself. The earth's conditions is not a metric of how qualitative a planet is for habitation and/or spontaneous life existence. We, for now, only understand life, as that found on a planet called earth. While keeping in mind that earth is "Earth" to us it's inhabitants alone. It will go by another name for an alien life.
@Phelan Phelan, what do you mean? We actually do know all about the nature of those stars and can calculate nearly every detail. We observe how they're born even today in stellar nebulas, we watch them grow through their life cycle from tiny blue stars into massive red giants and then explode going supernova and then collapsing into either a neutron star or a black hole depending on mass. We know exactly what kinds of particles are cooking in their nuclear cores. We can predict how fast they'll burn out and in what manner they'll do so. We can calculate how fast they're spinning around the supermassive blackholes at the centers of their galaxies. We can calculate how strong their gravity is pulling on any matter within the grasp of their solar system. We can determine where they came from and where they're moving towards. There's a beautiful, awe-inspiring and perspective-changing field of science called astronomy that you should check out more if you haven't already :)
Phelan sure I agree with you. As long as we don’t stop and become satisfied with “we don’t know”. It’s important we continue probing and studying the universe. The more we learn and understand the better we can fix and improve our own world.
Carl Sagan......sorely missed, even to this day. I can't think of anyone else who explains the immensity of it all with such profound and well chosen words.
+Alec Ludlow I agree, there are a few though. Neil Degrasse Tyson is very well spoken and has taken many of his predecessors mannerisms. Michio Kaku is also a profound speaker. Even Bill Nye can be a very well spoken individual.
Words filled with lies. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
I'm very proud to say that Carl was my best teacher in life. I literally have generated "billions and billions " (pun intended) of thoughts running through my mind thanks to him......curiosity in humans should be explored...............not suppressed May mankind learn from your knowledge for many centuries to come Thank you Carl
Carl Sagan...High Priest of Reason. It was 34 years ago that "Cosmos" made its debut, I am still mesmerized. Its beauty and logic are a symphony in my head and heart.
Carl was just a fool. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@@2fast2block -- So much Hostility. You even call Sagan a "Fool". You are obviously a believer in a "god". Which one of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Chances are it's the one you were born into. How convenient of god to make it so that no matter what god you were born into, THAT is the correct one.
@@2fast2block -- Don't deflect, it's up to YOU to Prove your specific god. You are the one claiming that Sagan will have to face "his Maker" and be thrown into the "lake of fire". You end by calling him a "fool" again. You must not believe in any of the many versions of the bibles, because in those books, calling people a "Fool" is a no no. So again I ask, which of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Allah? Mithra? Hanuman? Zeus? And can you do what no other god believer has ever done: Prove your god is real? Just a reminder here, if you need Blind Faith like ALL the other religions to believe in your god, then it is no different from all the other gods that you do not believe in. So if all you have is Blind Faith, do yourself a huge favor, and enter the world of Reality. I say that seriously. Free yourself.
@@MasterSpade From the one who's deflecting what I wrote, "Don't deflect," You're silly. Ok, you have a learning disability, not to mention a logical one too. If you could read properly, I said..."Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it." That's how it works. One does not look unless one sees reason to. Was that too hard for your learning disability? So, you are pathetic and can't get around the laws I gave.
In the vast greatness of the universe, we are all lucky enough to be able to hear Carl Sagan's voice even after his death. Oh Carl, the world needs people like you more than ever.
That is awesome - and makes me not only have a small tear in my eye at the folly of man, but also as a reminder that we mustn't forget Carl Sagan - the magical way he had of expressing Astronomy so that simple people like me could remain interested and understand was off the scale.
Man is fundamentally flawed in that each and every human being possesses a degree of pride, arrogance and to whatever level, a lust for power. The world suffers in an ongoing way from this imperfection in the human psyche. If that is ever to change, it cannot be done by man alone.
The folly? I should say so. Jesus and Buddha both came here to remind us that we all fell from heaven and should strive to return home. Instead the world has chosen to play in the mud......................falun dafa.
He was a dingbat. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
I feel like I have a religious experience, whenever I hear/revisit Dr Sagan's lectures, interviews and presentations. He always introduced a logic and reason into his chats, which we need more than ever. Remember "pale blue dot"....godspeed, Dr Sagan.
I find it amazing how our seemingly large earth is but a mote of dust adrift in the infinite emptiness we call the cosmos. In reality, it we are completely insignificant beings on a speck of dust careening through the vacuum, just trying to find a sense of importance on our tiny blue grain of sand. We all yearn for control of the world, but, in the end, does it really matter? Even if you took over earth, what would you really have accomplished? You would be like a child with a small blue marble, ignorant of all the other, larger, better, more expensive toys and such. There you'd be, just playing with your insignificant little mote of blue glass, ignorant of the fact that you have little control in the grand scheme of things. This is why I love astronomy. It truly is a humbling experience. Before, you see yourself as a being of significance, but you later come to find you are but a tiny being on a mote of dust, careening through space.
James Webb Space Telescope has even now revealed to us that the galaxies actually number in the trillions. The more we learn, the less important we are, at least in the universes grand scheme.
Amazing! Thank you! Really wanna the cheesy "bravo" haha. Whoever edited this, you did an astonishing job sir/ mam. Hope you're alive and well! Blessings!
For those that dont know, that picture at 1:50 is a picture of Earth seen through Saturns rings. Not the famous Pale Blue Dot photo but is just as remarkable.
Thank you Carl, for putting all of our seemingly all consuming problems, worries, and troubles into perspective. We are all put specs, on a pale blue dot, given no explanation nor reason to why we are experiencing this strange thing we call life at all. Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again.
"Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again". Nice sentiments, but you don't *KNOW* that to be empirically true - there may be many days for all I know, with this being just one of them.
Carl affected me so much.when as a kid I used to steal the black n white tv and watch Cosmos,; not really grasping what I was viewing intellectually, but knowing the essence of the message in my core. I knew back then I was a wonderer and dreamer. Still very much 💜💜💜
Doubtless there is a small child, somewhere in the sea of humanity, maybe here, maybe on the other side of the planet, who will take up the torch for their own generation. Perhaps that child will be the first to see our sun as a dim and seemingly insignificant star in an alien sky. The human race fills me with fear, but also with hope.
Very inspiring. Sagan is distance different from contemporary motivational speakers. He is a library of science packed in truth and theory. Best , Inspiring.
“The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
In my "humble" opinion, WE must become that benevolent force if we wish it to be so, as it most certainly does not currently exist as we might wish it.
danpt2000 One of the greatest wonders of the universe is that something truly grand and magnificent can spring from the most insignificant of things. Simple dust and gas combine to form wondrous forms such as galaxies, stars, planets, and even life itself. The fact is, we have the choice to become whatever we wish to be, and if what we choose ultimately turns out to be a benevolent force working throughout the universe to cultivate greater order and beauty from chaos, then we will be as close to God as it comes without being one with Him entirely.
But "benevolent" and "force" are subjective experiences of this reality. We cannot look beyond this reality, that's why I subscribe to the Muslim view of God: God cannot be given a form, or represented in any way, for it is beyond our conception which is forever bound to this reality. Knowing the universe is like knowing your own body, if all you had was your own eyes and had no mirrors, no ponds or even other people's reactions to base your ideas on. You could get somewhere I guess, but you would never see the inside (which constitutes most of your body), or know where any of it came from. The more I, as a scientist, search this vast wilderness of the cosmos, the more convinced I am that whatever the reason is, it is INFINITELY more superior than I am, for it eludes me perfectly. And therein I get my reassurance.
Carl Sagan, scientist, genius, orator. The Pale Blue Dot monologue is up there with Shakespeare's finest works for it's ability to convey images and meaning with a beautiful, lyrical economy of words. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest human beings to have ever lived. He would have loved the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
“My Existence” I exist somewhere in between, Yesterday’s sun, And tonight’s darkness, Standing on the edge of tomorrow, Waiting for a shooting star...💫 I discovered this in a hauntingly beautiful poetry book, “12:12 Midnight” by Danielle Ever Rose... It was a great read📚✨
@@jeffforsythe9514 it’s just poetry, it’s how this person feels, it’s not saying where the earth is, it’s probably saying where that person’s mind is at. Just waiting for a shooting start.✌️✨
Too bad there isnt a Sagan church to go to on Sundays. I'd be there every week. Not to worship or have a faith in something, but simply to appreciate, learn and grow. Science survives by the practice of breaking rules. Religion survives by the practice of making rules.
X Files not all religions. And I thought this was a good comment section without any arguments. Let's just live in peace and not question atheism or religion as none can be proved.
Wow, just wow. Maybe I'll build a temple here in Bangalore with Sagan as the god. Build a physical idol of him, then have a speakers constantly play his speeches on and on in order, and people are just welcome to come and listen to him if they feel lost and they feel like they need help.
Carl Sagan's voice was my first ASMR experience. Decades before ASMR was explored or named. Thank you Carl. I dont know how many times I've read your masterpiece "Cosmos".
Humility is sorely lacking in an era where everyone needs attention and "likes". I wish I could fast forward a few centuries, but I'm afraid of what we are going to become.
It was back in the early 80s after watching Cosmos that i as a child , began to look and wonder at the sky , at the cosmos and myself in it . It opened my mind to thoughts that were no longer childish . Thankyou Carl Sagan for opening my eyes .
I've always found that the vastness of space and our smallness within it is a comforting rather than intimidating thought. The infinite potential, the limitless creativity, is truly mind-blowing. All things are possible.
No, not all things are possible. We have limits and Carl ignored them. Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@Scientific Humanist wow, so here's what you consider evidence to prove what I wrote is wrong... "Are you in an INSANE ASYLUM? If so, you have my PITY! Now, don’t forget to take your pills!" Well, to a dingbat like you, that's considered evidence.
If what little we are, what little we have is so wondrous to me, what greatness and mystery await when we step out of our cradle into the greater world? I revel in my insignificance, because it is but a taste of what awaits.
We need more Carl Sagan's . Thanks for all the lifetime of interest that you have instilled into me ! I hope to keep leaning until the next person picks up the baton !
"One philosopher asserted that he knew the whole secret. He surveyed the two celestial strangers from top to toe, and maintained to their faces that their persons, their worlds, their suns, and their stars, were created solely for the use of man. At this assertion our two travelers let themselves fall against each other, seized with a fit of inextinguishable laughter." That's from Voltaire's Micromegas in 1752 In the seventeenth century there was still some hope that, even if the Earth was not the center of the Universe, it might be the only "world." But Galileo's telescope revealed that "the Moon certainly does not possess a smooth and polished surface" and that other worlds might look "just like the face of the Earth itself." The Moon and the planets showed unmistakably that they had as much claim to being worlds as the Earth does-with mountains, craters, atmospheres, polar ice caps, clouds, and, in the case of Saturn, a dazzling, unheard-of set of circumferential rings. After millennia of philosophical debate, the issue was settled decisively in favor of "the plurality of worlds." They might be profoundly different from our planet. None of them might be as congenial for life. But the Earth was hardly the only one. This was the next in the series of Great Demotions, down lifting experiences, demonstrations of our apparent insignificance, wounds that science has, in its search for Galileo's facts, delivered to human pride. Well, some hoped, even if the Earth isn't at the center of the Universe, the Sun is. The Sun is our Sun. So the Earth is approximately at the center of the Universe. Perhaps some of our pride could in this way be salvaged. But by the nineteenth century, observational astronomy had made it clear that the Sun is but one lonely star in a great self-gravitating assemblage of suns called the Milky Way Galaxy. Far from being at the center of the Galaxy, our Sun with its entourage of dim and tiny planets lies in an undistinguished sector of an obscure spiral arm. We are thirty thousand light years from the Center. Well, our Milky Way is the only galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy is one of billions, perhaps hundreds of billions of galaxies notable neither in mass nor in brightness nor in how its stars are configured and arrayed. Some modern deep sky photographs show more galaxies beyond the Milky Way than stars within the Milky Way. Every one of them is an island universe containing perhaps a hundred billion suns. Such an image is a profound sermon on humility. The long standing view, as summarized by the philosopher Immanuel Kant, that "without man the whole of creation would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final end" is revealed to be self-indulgent folly. A Principle of Mediocrity seems to apply to all our circumstances. We could not have known beforehand that the evidence would be, so repeatedly and thoroughly, incompatible with the proposition that human beings are at center stage in the Universe. But most of the debates have now been settled decisively in favor of a position that, however painful, can be encapsulated in a single sentence: We have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama. Perhaps someone else has. Perhaps no one else has. In either case, we have good reason for humility." -Carl Sagan
No she meant literally not old in age. And people that were not so good and most of the time were thinking only of themselves are getting old. In general I see it around me too. But I don't know why that is. Maybe the real good people make more self sacrifice and therefore are not caring enough for their own health.
fanfam well, while many have gone early, Galileo lived 70 years, and the average life span then was 40. And newton and Einstein. We just remember the ones that died early more, it just averages out in the end. In fact, most great people are quite wealthy so they can afford better health care as well, but it's just humans and them remembering more bad things than good things.
One thing is for sure, we’re part of this universe. We’re the part of the universe that understands itself, likely one among many other life forms. We’re the tiny and insignificant representatives of a beautiful and vast universe. Whether or not we’re important, we can always enjoy the small amount of freedom the universe has gifted us.
The sad fact is that "we" - everyone alive in the world today, will never know what is truly out in the universe. And maybe for several hundred, if not, thousands of generations later. As long as the human race doesn't fuck up, we WILL one day go out and explore that endless ocean of darkness and light. However for us in this day and age, we can only look up, and wonder. Wonder if there is a great destiny of exploration, discovery, hardships and triumph, carved out for us in the grandest stage of all - the cosmos. Or are we just a random blip of life in a speck of dust, that has no destiny or purpose. Doomed to disappear into nothing with the rest of the universe. Some may believe that. However I implore everyone to believe in the former. For without that great destiny to hold us together and drive us forever onward, then we as a species have nothing left.
Sam Osborne Halfway through said century! and now after finding the big, we're exploiting the laws of the very small. That's why I can speak to all of you at lightspeed. Zetabytes of data are being transfered every year. Perhaps the endless universe is a trivial pursuit, and the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom here on earth will bring us closer to being able to know all of the universe like the back of our hand and travel instantly. Invest in education, steer our culture.
"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other." - Carl Sagan Destiny is another concept made up by men to feel itself important. It's highly likely we are just some random species, emerged from some random organic, genetic evolutionary line, on some random rock called earth, orbiting some random star, in a random corner of a random galaxy, some random region of the universe. We are extremely lucky to emerge on a habitable planet as earth, yet we show our thanks by heavily polluting it. If that's destiny, then I refuse to believe your former.
Everytime I disparage a fool on the global stage, everytime I lose my sense of control, everytime I cringe at the thought of desertification, poisoned aquifers, temperatures rising, and everytime I think my way is the best way, Mr. Sagan's words calm me down. I cannot express enough how this humble man's wisdom will last longer than all of us.
You have done a wonderful job on this delightful video montage. Thank-you, I have always had a secret(No more, lmfao) crush on Sagan...He made science, space, astronomy understandable to so many who struggle with concepts of the vastly infinite universe...
It's truly agonizing wondering how many other planets hold life out there (surely many), what life is like on those planets, and if a civilization (or many) like ours is asking similar questions to us...
Anti-theist One of the reasons why we have not seen any other civilizations is because the transition between Type 0 to Type 1 civilizations (as Michio Kaku puts it) is the most dangerous. Type 1 is efficient, collaborative, united planet. But we are either going to have world peace or blow ourselves up. Crazy stuff to think about
Laurence Yu is right, and that being said, is all the more reason to speculate less on questions we are incapable of knowing right now, and plenty reason to think more about what to do with our own planet and our own species right now
2 aliens are talking in outer space, looking down on Earth. "It seems the inhabitants of planet Earth have created nuclear technology and missiles" says one alien "are they showing signs of intelligence?" asks the other I dont think so. They seem to be aiming at themselves"
For sure, I just sent the above link to my family and said in a way I'm glad he's not around to see what the 9th of November could signify for our beautiful planet and all life.
I had just thought that. I rewatched Cosmos just this week. I thought, I'm glad Carl Sagan doesn't have to witness this nation in it's current iteration. I felt shame for our species and sorry for our future generations.
+Justin Knutson we can still change things each of us...its up to us "we know who speaks for the nations,but who speaks for the species? ,who speaks for Earth?!🌎".
he would tell you all precisely that one man will not destroy our species. from a pov of hating everyone if we as a country survived 16 years of bush then obama well survive anything!
Wake up and believe! Your life will be so much easier to navigate when you are humbled to a grain of sand...and believe that there is a loving God who is aware of and concerned about even your single grain.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be." Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939 Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was. Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to... Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence. His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is. So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are. Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@@2fast2block There is NO creationist theory that can withstand the scrutiny of science!! Who made god is a perfectly logical question you total and utter dickbrain!
I know you can't hear this, Carl, but for what it's worth: thank you.
I think he already knew when he was making the entire thing :)
You're fulfilling a prophecy XD
And I'm glad you are
He might. Somewhere out there.
It's worth nothing.
fuckin ninjas cutting onions. this damn comment set me off
And who are we to say that he cant hear us if we told him thankyou. Maybe not but Maybe
This gives me the same type of feeling that religious people get in church during a good sermon. It makes the hair on my arms raise and it makes me feel indescribably joy. I could not have chosen a better career for myself. There is no greater purpose in life than the pursuit of knowledge about the laws of nature.
I really, really, REALLY love science!
The knowledge that we are but reconfigured stardust considering the very origin of our existence, capable of discerning the contents and structure of the cosmos, is incomparably profound. There is no greater human endeavor.
You are not alone! I'm often brought to tears. I'm glad Sagan, Tyson, and others are such great orators and able to make such beautiful statements available for the general public.
Right on John England, Many of us feel the same way. Thanks..
thank you. you described my emotions perfectly.
The only difference is that the feelings of the religious are thanks to their blissful ignorance.
_"We're 30,000 light years from the center(of our galaxy)"_
This line hits home
The light emitted from stars near the galactic center, at the dawn of human civilization, is not yet reached the halfway point on its journey to us.
imagine just our galaxy and there are billions!!
@@mr.timjohnston546 Thinking about the vastness of the universe, it just makes you feel so insignificant all on a sudden. A humble experience like no other.
It's almost too difficult to contemplate
Yet still can't begin to make the scale and proportions of vast open space within the universe relatable or understandable. We are very far from understanding our own planet. The mysteries of the universe seem impossible with the path of social regression we are currently taking.
Only man is arrogant enough to stand atop a grain of sand drifting through the void of infinity and proclaim himself the center of all things.
We don't know that because we can't communicate complex thoughts to any other species. As far as we know, every species on earth could view themselves as the center of all things. We are the only species we know of that can even begin to understand the vastness of the cosmos. So who's to say how other life forms view their position within it?
Dear Jesse: As long as you actively search for disagreement with someone else, you will always find it.
On the other hand, if you really want to understand what someone else means by what they say, you will find you have more things in common than diferences.
What I mean is: You are missing the point. I'm pretty sure David is just saying "let's be humble about our own humanity" and not a comment about self consiousness in species.
David Snead LOL
ED Shawn The universe does not need , want , or not want us it doesn't even care if we are here or not
Not this1
Every child everywhere should be shown Sagan's _Cosmos_
Unfortunately, if teachers tried to show Cosmos to their classes, the creationists would scream that we’re teaching children to be atheists and to hate God.
True so true ❤
@@believe-in-yourself Very true!
Dude has a 100 degree black belt in prose and articulation! I could listen to this Man, without end, for the entirety of my life
When Carl Sagan died, humanity was lessened.
@@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack It wasn't written by someone else. The series Cosmos was based on the book by the same name that Carl Sagan wrote.
It's your Bible that was written by a bunch of anonymous people. It's your religion that's all smoke and mirrors.
I knew I wasnt the only one that felt like that. ❤
Me too
He is not dead, he is exploring the universe in the ship of our imagination.
I have a feeling this comment is going to stay with me
05Rudey 😊
In a way... he inspired generations of scientists... and more
Poetic
To a timeless being he will always exist
Finest orator who ever lived, hands down. His gift for communication was astounding. There has never been, and there probably won't ever be another human being who I have never met, yet who had the most profound impact on my life, my personality and just how I think.
And for that, Carl, I will forever be grateful. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for helping molding me into the person I am today. I wouldn't be if it weren't for you.
I can relate
Such beautiful words and I wholeheartedly agree with you.
"The Chinese Farmer," maybe?
How pitiful that you so idolize a mere MAN, and not the Creator of the universe itself.
@@mojo7495 How pitiful that you need to invoke a fanciful and fictional creator to compensate for your lack of insight and imagination.
I always give this a listen when I feel my problems are overwhelming me.
Yeah, but he left a little bit of himself behind which adds to his brilliance. and we should be thankful for that.
Carl Sagan is always missed.
But never forgotten.
+Shannmeister Never forgotten.
+Paul Samartzis - I remember the day he died I came to work and said to my co-workers "Carl Sagan Died" and not one of them knew who I was talking about. That was the day I decided I had to find another job!
+Steve Clark yes , I have met many people that have never heard of him. Neil deGrasse Tyson does a great job of trying to remind us all of the great man.
you sure are a badass
Be humble for you are made of Dung, Be noble for you are made of Stars .
We are both the children of the stars but we come from microbes and muck.
HItchens used to wax eloquently about being made of stardust but equally realisysic in saying it is also nucleur watse... such is the the paradox of life ( or of nature n the universe)...
We are made of star stuff
@@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack how narrow minded you are... sad.. Winston Churchill was also a drunk... lots listened to him thankfully
@@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack I would be glad if people treated scripture more like literature and not like a science textbook.
This man saved my life. Rest in peace good sir. :(
One of the most beautiful people to have ever lived.
Still a mote in the greater scale
@@egodeathrow1786 This actually highlights a flaw in the arguments from size and distance. Greatness knows no size.
@@alfa-psi propose another
Ya, but if you were to ask him if ufo's/aliens are real he would of told you that you are crazy!
He is now Starstuff. He was wonderful.
Seeing how immature we are as a species, it's probably a good thing we haven't made contact with any other life in the universe.
XxChuyoxX We might never meet intelligent life due to our immaturity. Would you let a kid play with your gun? Would you let them mess with the plug sockets?
+XxChuyoxX maybe that's why we haven't been contacted either. They might be waiting to see if we grow up first.
+XxChuyoxX How do you know we are an immature species? Its not out of the realm of possibility to think that a species very similar to ours could have began to explore space. Maybe we are actually very mature as far as species go and that is actually the reason we have not found any others. Maybe they already destroyed themselves.
+XxChuyoxX I'm afraid we have much evolving to do to warrant the attention of a species capable of interstellar travel.
+XxChuyoxX Seeing our immaturity should show you we wont make contact.. but it will be made with us
Carl Sagan brings a tear of joy to my eye every time i hear his beautifully articulate words. Carl, you are sorely missed.
My grandfather passed away and this was the first thing I found. It gave me peace that he is now part of something greater. Whatever the afterlife is I can say this, His body has been returned to Mother Earth, his soul reunited with his beloved wife and meets at last the Great Unknown. Rest in Peace Papa
I believe that your grandfather, as with uncountable other fathers, sons, mothers, and daughters, have returned to the place from which they came, the source.
@@Sin526 Yes, physically speaking, the matter comprising our bodies is returned to whence it came....ready to be recycled once more. It doesn't mean there's any kind of Afterlife awaiting us, though.
I'm sorry for your loss. I am glad for your peace
We are attached to the universe atomically, to earth chemically and to each other biologically. I am blessed to still be here today and for however many more days I have to live. Be safe all. Take care. Enjoy the ride called life.
@@Turrican60 The Spirit lies within our bodies and is eternal, think of a person driving a car
Carl Sagan knew how to make you feel humility in such an eloquent way. We miss you Carl!
Yes. The total opposite of Neil DeGarass Tyson. Yet the guy uses Carl's name all of the time and took on his show 'Cosmos' as the host
"Legends never die, they become a part of you."... Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Jacque Fresco contributed a lot of their thinking, their knowledge and their seeing of world to me. In other words, they become a part of me.
Indeed
Soooo, you like Atheists which prove that there is no G-d to whom one must show moral obedience.
Let's not forget Sam Harris Christopher Hitchens.
Let's not forget Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, and Lawrence Krause, and Neil Degrasse Tyson, and Steven Pinker, they shouldn't be forgotten. especially Christopher Hitchens he is definitely missed.
Sean Carroll and Brian Cox too.
Hitchens RIP❤
we also forget that we are not the centre stage on Earth either
well technically trough our technology we created systems which when not maintained would destroy multiple ecosystems so it would matter if we were removed at the moment. but even then life would continue without humanity
swashim - Over 99% of every species to walk, crawl or slither the Earth are extinct and WE had nothing to do with their extinction... Most of them died before we even showed up. Stop thinking we have much control of what happens on this planet. Things are born and things die. Things melt and things freeze. That's the way this ball rolls.
Well said captain.
@Kellying you say that like you're not fucking human. Go be anti human somewhere else. It's negative and doesn't help shit. Next time someone like hitler comes along don't be complaining because your kind of thinking is how people like that get in control in the first place. Have some humility for christ sake.
@@HardRockMiner Humans gained knowledge to dominated the earth and use most of its minerals to produce food, medicine, buildings and weapons, that can destroy life on earth , most species are declining in numbers, but Humans are I creasing at an increasing rate and live longer, we are responsible for global warming.
I wish Carl was still alive. such an amazing human being.
+1234jigglegirl He lives on through these videos we are watching... ;)
we are lucky to have lived in a time (or he lived in a time)where his voice and ideas could be preserved for future hungry minds
Still do..
@Christopher Smith Carl Sagan was a climate change advocate and knew the effects of the heavy pollution our species had been been into the sky. What are you talking about?
Christopher Smith No he wouldn’t. You are full of it and do not know him you hypocritical arrogant so and so.
RIP Mr. Sagan. You are unable to read this, but you helped me become interested in space, and I thank you.
Carl Sagan = Legend
Carl Sagan > Legend
Carl Sagan Infinitely > Legend
Carl Sagan
no clue what you're talking about
uh huh! As Metallica says nothing else matters!
His voice is just so calming Q_Q
Love his voice.
Rivals Bob Ross.
I agree Chris. I feel privileged listening to his words.
@@alfa-psi what the fuck
This is absolutely beautiful. I rarely cry, but this moved me to places that words cannot begin to describe. It is so humbling to know how small we really are, and how precious and fragile our pale blue dot is.
Thank you, Carl.
But we ae not small. We are precious divine souls all lost playing on this ball of dirt. We should all be trying to find our way home, which is Heaven.
@@jeffforsythe9514cringe
Humility is enlightenment.
Carl Sagan was the perfect figure for popularizing science. It's such a shame he left us so soon.
A legacy left for us to discover. Like a time traveler whispering in our ear.
We will all be stars & join him on his voyage of the Cosmos. ✨
Which branch of science are you referring to?
I wrote him a letter of appreciation for COSMOS in December of 1981. A fortnight later I received a personal reply from Shirley Arden. She told me how much Professor Sagan enjoyed reading it.
Have you noticed how a lot of these disgusting Evangelical televised preachers live for so long though
Yes… respect for science has steadily declined since…
It was a sad day when this brilliant man left our world. RIP Carl, and thank you.
It's been sad decades since as there's no other.
When he said "We have not been given the lead, in the cosmic drama" chills went down my spine, what a fantastic and truthful line.
Pity about the music.
If Sagan was born in the Middle Ages he would be either be revered as a saint or burned at a stake as a heretic.
Jovan Mitrić
Chances are he would have died before he was 4 years old.
Ray Pellerin "true ... And, I was ... Just Kidding !"
WELCOME....Fellow Heretics. Live long and prosper!!!!!!!!!!!!
Definitly burned
Only ignorance would do such a thing!!
The GREAT Carl Sagan...❤
i feel a sense of elated happiness hearing his voice after reading 'cosmos'
sugeeban ! It was quite a book. I have read it many times . One of the only compilations of thought I can say that about.
Me too!
He was a fool.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@@2fast2block .....but too slow to think, apparently. I'm calling you out, Chuckles.
ONE QUESTION. Can you prove that your deity exists?
Don't wave a Bible at me. That book is a claim, not proof of its stories. Don't link me to bullshit apologetic websites, because I'm not interested in rabbit-hole diatribes.. YOU. *YOU* prove to me that your god is fa'realz.
@@xaenon Got him
Perhaps the greatest communicator of all time. Carl, you'll inspire even the children orbiting of far away stars in the distant future.
"More stars than all the grains of sand on earth" Thank for that Carl. There are countless earth like planets out there but the distances are just too great to ever visit or communicate with them.
Only for now. Temporarily. Equations already begin to hint at how it might be done..
@@tomhiggins2562 To exceed the speed of light is as Einstein stated is impossible, as as an object near light speed it’s mass increases to a point where it would fill the universe
@@colinc.8742 the equations hinting at the interstellar travel that I am referring to do not require the person or vehicle to exceed the speed of light at any time. In fact the form of transport in question does not even require there to be any movement in 3-dimensional spacetime. At all times observing Einstein's restrictions on FTL travel.
@@tomhiggins2562 There are aspect of science that are little more than verging on fiction. I agree with Brian Cox in that there are probable countless lifeforms out there but we will never confirm it.
Humans are like a rhinestone on the dress of an Oscar winner. Arrogantly believing that the entire show is designed around their little sparkle.
not even
All of us has a soul that is divine and each of us has a different amount of black karma inhibiting us from recognise our divinity.....................falun dafa.
not 100 thousand …… not 100 million ………. 100 billion galaxies ………. i'm crying
Galaxies vary in size from just a few billion stars, to giants with 100 trillion stars. And that number... That 100 billion? It is outdated. The current estimate is 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe.
And this observable matter make up approximately 4% of all energy in the universe that we know of.
There's no such thing as "quality". We exist in relativity itself. The earth's conditions is not a metric of how qualitative a planet is for habitation and/or spontaneous life existence. We, for now, only understand life, as that found on a planet called earth. While keeping in mind that earth is "Earth" to us it's inhabitants alone. It will go by another name for an alien life.
@Phelan Phelan, what do you mean? We actually do know all about the nature of those stars and can calculate nearly every detail. We observe how they're born even today in stellar nebulas, we watch them grow through their life cycle from tiny blue stars into massive red giants and then explode going supernova and then collapsing into either a neutron star or a black hole depending on mass. We know exactly what kinds of particles are cooking in their nuclear cores. We can predict how fast they'll burn out and in what manner they'll do so. We can calculate how fast they're spinning around the supermassive blackholes at the centers of their galaxies. We can calculate how strong their gravity is pulling on any matter within the grasp of their solar system. We can determine where they came from and where they're moving towards.
There's a beautiful, awe-inspiring and perspective-changing field of science called astronomy that you should check out more if you haven't already :)
Phelan sure I agree with you. As long as we don’t stop and become satisfied with “we don’t know”. It’s important we continue probing and studying the universe. The more we learn and understand the better we can fix and improve our own world.
Cry not - but rather marvel of who or whatever created 'Existence' ! 🙂
*"We have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama."* - Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan......sorely missed, even to this day. I can't think of anyone else who explains the immensity of it all with such profound and well chosen words.
+Alec Ludlow I agree, there are a few though. Neil Degrasse Tyson is very well spoken and has taken many of his predecessors mannerisms. Michio Kaku is also a profound speaker. Even Bill Nye can be a very well spoken individual.
@Zeek Banistor : cretinous comment.
Words filled with lies.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
his words might sound profound and wonderful,,,,,,,,,,,but they're ALL WRONG,,,,,,,,,,DON'T FALL FOR HIS LIES AND THEREBY FOLLOW HIM INTO HELL......
I could show you things that would make your jaw drop.
If you are big enough to realise that you're small enough, then you have enough humility to be at peace with yourself,..
An absolute legend....his series "Cosmos" is an unmatched masterpiece!!
I'm very proud to say that Carl was my best teacher in life.
I literally have generated "billions and billions " (pun intended) of thoughts running through my mind thanks to him......curiosity in humans should be explored...............not suppressed
May mankind learn from your knowledge for many centuries to come
Thank you Carl
Carl Sagan...High Priest of Reason. It was 34 years ago that "Cosmos" made its debut, I am still mesmerized. Its beauty and logic are a symphony in my head and heart.
Carl was just a fool.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@@2fast2block -- So much Hostility. You even call Sagan a "Fool". You are obviously a believer in a "god". Which one of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Chances are it's the one you were born into. How convenient of god to make it so that no matter what god you were born into, THAT is the correct one.
@@MasterSpade let me know when you have something to prove what I wrote is wrong.
@@2fast2block -- Don't deflect, it's up to YOU to Prove your specific god. You are the one claiming that Sagan will have to face "his Maker" and be thrown into the "lake of fire". You end by calling him a "fool" again.
You must not believe in any of the many versions of the bibles, because in those books, calling people a "Fool" is a no no.
So again I ask, which of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Allah? Mithra? Hanuman? Zeus?
And can you do what no other god believer has ever done: Prove your god is real? Just a reminder here, if you need Blind Faith like ALL the other religions to believe in your god, then it is no different from all the other gods that you do not believe in. So if all you have is Blind Faith, do yourself a huge favor, and enter the world of Reality. I say that seriously. Free yourself.
@@MasterSpade From the one who's deflecting what I wrote, "Don't deflect,"
You're silly.
Ok, you have a learning disability, not to mention a logical one too.
If you could read properly, I said..."Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it."
That's how it works. One does not look unless one sees reason to. Was that too hard for your learning disability?
So, you are pathetic and can't get around the laws I gave.
In the vast greatness of the universe, we are all lucky enough to be able to hear Carl Sagan's voice even after his death. Oh Carl, the world needs people like you more than ever.
That is awesome - and makes me not only have a small tear in my eye at the folly of man, but also as a reminder that we mustn't forget Carl Sagan - the magical way he had of expressing Astronomy so that simple people like me could remain interested and understand was off the scale.
Man is fundamentally flawed in that each and every human being possesses a degree of pride, arrogance and to whatever level, a lust for power. The world suffers in an ongoing way from this imperfection in the human psyche. If that is ever to change, it cannot be done by man alone.
The folly? I should say so. Jesus and Buddha both came here to remind us that we all fell from heaven and should strive to return home. Instead the world has chosen to play in the mud......................falun dafa.
I love listening to Carl Sagan. His reasoning, humanity and humility are something we all need to be during our lifetime
He was a dingbat.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
I feel like I have a religious experience, whenever I hear/revisit Dr Sagan's lectures, interviews and presentations. He always introduced a logic and reason into his chats, which we need more than ever. Remember "pale blue dot"....godspeed, Dr Sagan.
I find it amazing how our seemingly large earth is but a mote of dust adrift in the infinite emptiness we call the cosmos. In reality, it we are completely insignificant beings on a speck of dust careening through the vacuum, just trying to find a sense of importance on our tiny blue grain of sand. We all yearn for control of the world, but, in the end, does it really matter? Even if you took over earth, what would you really have accomplished? You would be like a child with a small blue marble, ignorant of all the other, larger, better, more expensive toys and such. There you'd be, just playing with your insignificant little mote of blue glass, ignorant of the fact that you have little control in the grand scheme of things.
This is why I love astronomy. It truly is a humbling experience. Before, you see yourself as a being of significance, but you later come to find you are but a tiny being on a mote of dust, careening through space.
Wow, amazing comment.
James Webb Space Telescope has even now revealed to us that the galaxies actually number in the trillions. The more we learn, the less important we are, at least in the universes grand scheme.
I disagree, if we're the only sign of intelligent life in a Universe filled with galaxies in the trillions, we actually matter far more.
Amazing! Thank you! Really wanna the cheesy "bravo" haha. Whoever edited this, you did an astonishing job sir/ mam. Hope you're alive and well! Blessings!
Incredibly humbling, and so justly... I wish I could remind myself of this every time I give someone hard time, or vice versa....
Humility is learned only through suffering.
For those that dont know, that picture at 1:50 is a picture of Earth seen through Saturns rings. Not the famous Pale Blue Dot photo but is just as remarkable.
Very happy to see this, my father and myself would watch every episode of cosmos together, each week years ago. Thanks,
Thank you Carl, for putting all of our seemingly all consuming problems, worries, and troubles into perspective. We are all put specs, on a pale blue dot, given no explanation nor reason to why we are experiencing this strange thing we call life at all. Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again.
"Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again". Nice sentiments, but you don't *KNOW* that to be empirically true - there may be many days for all I know, with this being just one of them.
Putting our faith in the Lord is a much wiser path.
always gives me chills. moving on such a deep level. i am lucky to be alive, to experience the world we live in.
What an amazing science communicator he was. He left us, but his passion for science lives within us.
i watch this video everyday at mornings ..i just love it
4 voxel I like the video too but every single day? Sema-dow-nah
Almost like religious adherence! Good.
Actually a very good mantra: we have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama....Damn man. It gets sad
That's amazing! I used to do the same thing with a different Sagan video called 'The universe was not made for us.'
Great way to start a day
Carl affected me so much.when as a kid I used to steal the black n white tv and watch Cosmos,; not really grasping what I was viewing intellectually, but knowing the essence of the message in my core. I knew back then I was a wonderer and dreamer. Still very much 💜💜💜
This is beautiful
Absolutely incredible quote. You were a gift to the world, Carl.
A great light went out when he passed. A wise and powerful voice went silent. But i remember.
Yeah, but he left a little bit of himself behind which adds to his brilliance. and we should be thankful for that.
Doubtless there is a small child, somewhere in the sea of humanity, maybe here, maybe on the other side of the planet, who will take up the torch for their own generation. Perhaps that child will be the first to see our sun as a dim and seemingly insignificant star in an alien sky. The human race fills me with fear, but also with hope.
Very inspiring. Sagan is distance different from contemporary motivational speakers. He is a library of science packed in truth and theory. Best , Inspiring.
“The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
In my "humble" opinion, WE must become that benevolent force if we wish it to be so, as it most certainly does not currently exist as we might wish it.
Sin526 How do dust become a benevolent force?
danpt2000 One of the greatest wonders of the universe is that something truly grand and magnificent can spring from the most insignificant of things. Simple dust and gas combine to form wondrous forms such as galaxies, stars, planets, and even life itself.
The fact is, we have the choice to become whatever we wish to be, and if what we choose ultimately turns out to be a benevolent force working throughout the universe to cultivate greater order and beauty from chaos, then we will be as close to God as it comes without being one with Him entirely.
is there a particular video I can see this quote?
But "benevolent" and "force" are subjective experiences of this reality. We cannot look beyond this reality, that's why I subscribe to the Muslim view of God: God cannot be given a form, or represented in any way, for it is beyond our conception which is forever bound to this reality. Knowing the universe is like knowing your own body, if all you had was your own eyes and had no mirrors, no ponds or even other people's reactions to base your ideas on. You could get somewhere I guess, but you would never see the inside (which constitutes most of your body), or know where any of it came from. The more I, as a scientist, search this vast wilderness of the cosmos, the more convinced I am that whatever the reason is, it is INFINITELY more superior than I am, for it eludes me perfectly. And therein I get my reassurance.
Carl Sagan, scientist, genius, orator. The Pale Blue Dot monologue is up there with Shakespeare's finest works for it's ability to convey images and meaning with a beautiful, lyrical economy of words. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest human beings to have ever lived. He would have loved the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
His voice is like music to my ears and mind!
What key?
“My Existence”
I exist somewhere in between,
Yesterday’s sun,
And tonight’s darkness,
Standing on the edge of tomorrow,
Waiting for a shooting star...💫
I discovered this in a hauntingly beautiful poetry book,
“12:12 Midnight”
by Danielle Ever Rose...
It was a great read📚✨
Not exactly. Earth is located between Heaven and Hell. Live a good life and return here, an evil life, bring an asbestos suit.
@@jeffforsythe9514 it’s just poetry, it’s how this person feels, it’s not saying where the earth is, it’s probably saying where that person’s mind is at. Just waiting for a shooting start.✌️✨
Too bad there isnt a Sagan church to go to on Sundays. I'd be there every week. Not to worship or have a faith in something, but simply to appreciate, learn and grow.
Science survives by the practice of breaking rules. Religion survives by the practice of making rules.
X Files not all religions. And I thought this was a good comment section without any arguments. Let's just live in peace and not question atheism or religion as none can be proved.
Eucalyptus and yet religion proclaims the exact opposite of what sagan is saying. it puts us humans and our planet in the centre of the cosmos
So make a church be proactive.
There is one. Just walk outside every night and look up to everything there is and just reach out with your mind as far as you can imagine.
Wow, just wow. Maybe I'll build a temple here in Bangalore with Sagan as the god. Build a physical idol of him, then have a speakers constantly play his speeches on and on in order, and people are just welcome to come and listen to him if they feel lost and they feel like they need help.
Carl Sagan's voice was my first ASMR experience. Decades before ASMR was explored or named. Thank you Carl. I dont know how many times I've read your masterpiece "Cosmos".
R.I.P Carl Sagan. One of the great minds of our time. Oh how we miss a man of your quality and sound, sober thought in this day.
i can assure you benjamin that he is not resting in peace,,,,,,,,,,,,THEIR IS NO REST OR PEACE IN HELL..........
Humility is sorely lacking in an era where everyone needs attention and "likes". I wish I could fast forward a few centuries, but I'm afraid of what we are going to become.
Idiocracy
Good work, let his voice echo through out humanity till the very end.
Why?
A wise voice from across the chasm. He is sorely missed.
Sagan is the whole package: poet and scientist, human and superhuman. What a treasure he was and is.
"Such an image is a profound sermon on humility." Thank you Carl and carry on!!!
One learns humility through suffering not words.
He speaks so beautifully, emphatically, humbly. Love it.
And yet, in all this vastness and wonder, there is only one of you, and one of me, and one Carl Sagan. I find that both extraordinary and humbling.
It was back in the early 80s after watching Cosmos that i as a child , began to look and wonder at the sky , at the cosmos and myself in it . It opened my mind to thoughts that were no longer childish . Thankyou Carl Sagan for opening my eyes .
His voice is so calming ❤️
I've always found that the vastness of space and our smallness within it is a comforting rather than intimidating thought. The infinite potential, the limitless creativity, is truly mind-blowing. All things are possible.
No, not all things are possible. We have limits and Carl ignored them.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@Scientific Humanist No, just a deep thinker. Try it some time.
@Scientific Humanist wow, so here's what you consider evidence to prove what I wrote is wrong...
"Are you in an INSANE ASYLUM? If so, you have my PITY! Now, don’t forget to take your pills!"
Well, to a dingbat like you, that's considered evidence.
If what little we are, what little we have is so wondrous to me, what greatness and mystery await when we step out of our cradle into the greater world?
I revel in my insignificance, because it is but a taste of what awaits.
Your words or Carl's?
I aint trying to sound like anything. Its what I think.
And yes those are my words.
Thomas Henry Respect.
4:17 chilling to the bone, what Sagan ends up saying is the single sentence that defines all of our existence.
Hi, Nefzeni!
Thank you for your page and your Sagan post! I love Carl Sagan! 🥂
Eric
Poetry in motion..gone but not forgotten..for Carl.
what a brilliant man
We need more Carl Sagan's . Thanks for all the lifetime of interest that you have instilled into me ! I hope to keep leaning until the next person picks up the baton !
"One philosopher asserted that he knew the whole secret.
He surveyed the two celestial strangers from top to toe,
and maintained to their faces that their persons,
their worlds, their suns, and their stars,
were created solely for the use of man.
At this assertion our two travelers let themselves fall
against each other, seized with a fit of inextinguishable laughter."
That's from Voltaire's Micromegas in 1752
In the seventeenth century there was still some hope that,
even if the Earth was not the center of the Universe,
it might be the only "world."
But Galileo's telescope revealed that
"the Moon certainly does not possess a smooth and polished surface"
and that other worlds might look
"just like the face of the Earth itself."
The Moon and the planets showed unmistakably that they had
as much claim to being worlds as the Earth does-with mountains,
craters, atmospheres, polar ice caps, clouds,
and, in the case of Saturn, a dazzling,
unheard-of set of circumferential rings.
After millennia of philosophical debate, the issue was
settled decisively in favor of "the plurality of worlds."
They might be profoundly different from our planet.
None of them might be as congenial for life.
But the Earth was hardly the only one.
This was the next in the series of Great Demotions,
down lifting experiences, demonstrations of our apparent insignificance,
wounds that science has, in its search for Galileo's facts,
delivered to human pride.
Well, some hoped, even if the Earth isn't at the center of the Universe,
the Sun is.
The Sun is our Sun.
So the Earth is approximately at the center of the Universe.
Perhaps some of our pride could in this way be salvaged.
But by the nineteenth century, observational astronomy had made it clear
that the Sun is but one lonely star in a great self-gravitating assemblage
of suns called the Milky Way Galaxy.
Far from being at the center of the Galaxy,
our Sun with its entourage of dim and tiny planets lies in an
undistinguished sector of an obscure spiral arm.
We are thirty thousand light years from the Center.
Well, our Milky Way is the only galaxy.
The Milky Way Galaxy is one of billions, perhaps hundreds of billions
of galaxies notable neither in mass nor in brightness
nor in how its stars are configured and arrayed.
Some modern deep sky photographs show more galaxies beyond the Milky Way
than stars within the Milky Way.
Every one of them is an island universe containing perhaps a hundred billion suns.
Such an image is a profound sermon on humility.
The long standing view, as summarized by the philosopher Immanuel Kant,
that "without man the whole of creation would be a mere wilderness,
a thing in vain, and have no final end" is revealed to be self-indulgent folly.
A Principle of Mediocrity seems to apply to all our circumstances.
We could not have known beforehand that the evidence would be,
so repeatedly and thoroughly, incompatible with the proposition that
human beings are at center stage in the Universe.
But most of the debates have now been settled decisively in favor of a position that,
however painful, can be encapsulated in a single sentence:
We have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama.
Perhaps someone else has.
Perhaps no one else has.
In either case, we have good reason for humility."
-Carl Sagan
Thank you !
Thank You, Sagan, and you!
The hearing impaired of the universe thank you.
My mother told me when I was little, that the great and good people are the first to go. I still don't know why.
fanfam because by the time you grow upnthe people you deem great look up to usually sre old and prrished
No she meant literally not old in age. And people that were not so good and most of the time were thinking only of themselves are getting old. In general I see it around me too. But I don't know why that is. Maybe the real good people make more self sacrifice and therefore are not caring enough for their own health.
fanfam well, while many have gone early, Galileo lived 70 years, and the average life span then was 40. And newton and Einstein. We just remember the ones that died early more, it just averages out in the end. In fact, most great people are quite wealthy so they can afford better health care as well, but it's just humans and them remembering more bad things than good things.
Not true - I AM STILL HERE ! Ha ha ha ! 😊 😊 😊
Perhaps they graduated earlier....
One thing is for sure, we’re part of this universe. We’re the part of the universe that understands itself, likely one among many other life forms. We’re the tiny and insignificant representatives of a beautiful and vast universe. Whether or not we’re important, we can always enjoy the small amount of freedom the universe has gifted us.
Still here in 2019, listening to the wisdom of Mr. Sagan 😊
The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering.
The sad fact is that "we" - everyone alive in the world today, will never know what is truly out in the universe. And maybe for several hundred, if not, thousands of generations later. As long as the human race doesn't fuck up, we WILL one day go out and explore that endless ocean of darkness and light. However for us in this day and age, we can only look up, and wonder. Wonder if there is a great destiny of exploration, discovery, hardships and triumph, carved out for us in the grandest stage of all - the cosmos. Or are we just a random blip of life in a speck of dust, that has no destiny or purpose. Doomed to disappear into nothing with the rest of the universe. Some may believe that. However I implore everyone to believe in the former. For without that great destiny to hold us together and drive us forever onward, then we as a species have nothing left.
With the rate of technological development anything is possible. We went from no planes at the start of the 20th century to landing on the moon.
Sam Osborne Halfway through said century!
and now after finding the big, we're exploiting the laws of the very small. That's why I can speak to all of you at lightspeed.
Zetabytes of data are being transfered every year.
Perhaps the endless universe is a trivial pursuit, and the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom here on earth will bring us closer to being able to know all of the universe like the back of our hand and travel instantly. Invest in education, steer our culture.
"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other." - Carl Sagan
Destiny is another concept made up by men to feel itself important. It's highly likely we are just some random species, emerged from some random organic, genetic evolutionary line, on some random rock called earth, orbiting some random star, in a random corner of a random galaxy, some random region of the universe.
We are extremely lucky to emerge on a habitable planet as earth, yet we show our thanks by heavily polluting it. If that's destiny, then I refuse to believe your former.
This was so beautiful nearly made me cry 😢. Thumbs up 👍
Everytime I disparage a fool on the global stage, everytime I lose my sense of control, everytime I cringe at the thought of desertification, poisoned aquifers, temperatures rising, and everytime I think my way is the best way, Mr. Sagan's words calm me down. I cannot express enough how this humble man's wisdom will last longer than all of us.
Carl unites us all.
You have done a wonderful job on this delightful video montage. Thank-you, I have always had a secret(No more, lmfao) crush on Sagan...He made science, space, astronomy understandable to so many who struggle with concepts of the vastly infinite universe...
Wow. Thanks Carl.
It's truly agonizing wondering how many other planets hold life out there (surely many), what life is like on those planets, and if a civilization (or many) like ours is asking similar questions to us...
Anti-theist Or, what other questions they are asking that we have not yet thought of
Anti-theist One of the reasons why we have not seen any other civilizations is because the transition between Type 0 to Type 1 civilizations (as Michio Kaku puts it) is the most dangerous. Type 1 is efficient, collaborative, united planet. But we are either going to have world peace or blow ourselves up. Crazy stuff to think about
Laurence Yu is right, and that being said, is all the more reason to speculate less on questions we are incapable of knowing right now, and plenty reason to think more about what to do with our own planet and our own species right now
Probable as many as there are grains of sand on our beaches ! Or not ! ?
2 aliens are talking in outer space, looking down on Earth.
"It seems the inhabitants of planet Earth have created nuclear technology and missiles" says one alien
"are they showing signs of intelligence?" asks the other
I dont think so. They seem to be aiming at themselves"
Carl Sagan talking of humility? Now that's a good one! :)
I can't help but feel amazing when I imagine how happy he would be if he saw the incredible technology we currently have to view the stars.
today on this election day i will need the voice of sagan to calm my soul of the things to come. we could use your voice today sir, gone too soon
For sure, I just sent the above link to my family and said in a way I'm glad he's not around to see what the 9th of November could signify for our beautiful planet and all life.
I had just thought that. I rewatched Cosmos just this week. I thought, I'm glad Carl Sagan doesn't have to witness this nation in it's current iteration. I felt shame for our species and sorry for our future generations.
+Justin Knutson we can still change things each of us...its up to us "we know who speaks for the nations,but who speaks for the species? ,who speaks for Earth?!🌎".
Certainly better than the other candidate, Hillary.
he would tell you all precisely that one man will not destroy our species. from a pov of hating everyone if we as a country survived 16 years of bush then obama well survive anything!
Wake up and believe! Your life will be so much easier to navigate when you are humbled to a grain of sand...and believe that there is a loving God who is aware of and concerned about even your single grain.
The mental gymnastics needed to state that is both impressive and disappointing smh
A great great man ,never get fed up listening to him
And thus, the uploader gifted us this masterpiece 10 years ago this year of 2020. And was never heard from again.
Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.
@@2fast2block There is NO creationist theory that can withstand the scrutiny of science!! Who made god is a perfectly logical question you total and utter dickbrain!