Carl Sagan - A Worthy Goal

"Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal." - Carl Sagan (excerpt from "A Pale Blue Dot")

[@seemamomin7337]

Thank you for not adding an annoying background music. This is perfect, right here. Carl's voice. That is all that's required.

[@SpencersBrainDump]

Really carl sagan's voice says the deeper truth.

[@MarkBond1111]

lol, yes sometimes the music is louder than the voice over which makes it hard to hear. Good to get fixed!

[@kenhandler3277]

@@SpencersBrainDump ppòkk.

[@samwlodawskitheone]

Honestly, I appreciate people who like just his words or words with Music the fact is it can be appreciated either way because it's wisdom.

[@ParticularFix]

But bro, the Inception theme is so good! /s

[@daniellimmer1949]

This should be played to every child at school

[@amputee1967]

I'd take science over religion every time.

[@mr.timjohnston546]

why weren't these the types of men that ruled our world??

[@gen-x-zeke8446]

That's just it. We all hide behind screens.

[@thanos.at.mountains]

great job thank you :)

[@dougboggio7098]

I just took a hit of some kickass weed in your honor ........... Curiosity is the cure for boredom ........there is no cure for curiosity Pot gives me a never ending source of curiosity

[@bunnyboilerification]

Smokin,while watching the stars at night and listening to Carl Sagan, triple hit of mind medicine.

[@kurtromer2272]

For real. Its because of pot I ever started watching these kinds of things. Because I was bored.

[@dougboggio7098]

Fuckjewgle Damnnit I have tried shrooms..........just made me paranoid.........pot makes my mind ask questions...........if it ain't broke don't fix it

[@dougboggio7098]

Obiden bama candidate Oh yea........that's some serious curiosity

[@dougboggio7098]

Kurt Römer Smoke and learn my friend. Your mind is a warehouse of curiosity that is yet to be revealed.......until you reveal it

[@memetica]

Chalmers: "Myeh..."

[@IlSqueak]

Amen

[@MsKariSmith]

I never get tired of listening to this brilliant man.

[@henkknaap8781]

What a beautiful and honest sound is the voice of Carl Sagan, I love that man.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

I’m not a scientist but I recognise that Sagan is one of the greatest thinkers and communicators of my lifetime.

[@CDX7]

Carl Sagan monologues make me feel what I imagine devout religious people feel during a sermon. It just sounds so right, makes so much sense, puts me at peace.

[@fridaywithmateobonus2477]

I loved what he said about parents saving us from our childish mistakes ... so true, so true

[@Psalm1101]

120million killed by atheism science by Lenin Stalin Hitler Mao in 100 yrs

[@Ta2dwitetrash]

My state just past a law stopping me from doing just that. They can take my kids away now if we don't agree. We really need people to snap out of it already...

[@adityamaharaya7477]

@@Psalm1101 mohammad kill more

[@donalddeorio2237]

A brilliance who had a gift to make the profound workings of the universe, understandable and fascinating stoking the fire of curiosity to know more.

[@AYVYN]

I still remember that DNA consists of nitrogen and hydrogen because of Carl Sagan. Such a remarkable orator.

[@liberty-matrix]

*"The trap door beneath our feet swings open, we find ourselves in bottomless freefall. We are lost in a great darkness, and there's no one to send out a search party!"* _- Carl Sagan_

[@dangunn6961]

@Lina Morgana It means if humanity continues like we have. We will all die. There is no one to save us from ourselves. There is no evidence that God will save us.

[@charliearango3116]

Speechless.

[@projectcontractors]

*'The meaningless absurdity of life, is the only incontestable knowledge accessible to man!"* - Leo Tolstoy

[@drew8443]

So much meaning in a single short sentence

[@FizzVizard]

He was a Christian, he wrote 'the kingdom of God is in you'

[@mr.timjohnston546]

I just found this today Dec 21st 2020... Wonder what he would say about whats going on today.. As he said starting at 0:30

[@jgee3369]

We are so insignificant on this planet we call Earth. We kill and hate. Imagine peace. Imagine . . . 💐

[@Gr8Success]

we don't deserve Carl Sagan

[@GamePlayEditsbySk]

Carl's voice😇

[@Russ51000]

Great thoughts to pay attention to

[@projectcontractors]

*Our existence is a miracle and we really shouldn't let a day go by without acknowledging it!*

[@جلادالكلابالمسعورة]

There are no miracles in science. Miracle is rather used in theological or folkloric sense.

[@mrdadelus]

@@جلادالكلابالمسعورة Is there no room for kindness in a world where the elegant scientific beauty of life and reality can be generously viewed as miraculous?

[@kevinkerr9310]

@@mrdadelus It's miraculous we were able to isolate pseudoscience and religious myths from scientific beauty.

[@IDontReadReplies42069]

@@جلادالكلابالمسعورة its called metaphor brother.

[@caramason56]

Knowledge is preferable to ignorance ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alexshi9320]

The truth is too great to bear. We can either find comfort in religion, or among ourselves.

[@greengiant9739]

Nature rule rules ... Science opened up many things to utilize ... Let's stop taking things for granted.. as the world has done over the years.. overdoing everything.. humbling can be inspiration when it comes to the laws of the universe that science has discovered.. laws of nature...screw the hype that we've been fed.... More so these days...

[@thewhizbang]

"These Debates have Bread and Buttered Consequences" I love it

[@icelsikupingmerah]

Einstein cempreng hehe

[@morganevans1772]

Yay no annoying music !

[@helmsylvanian]

this was beautiful, thank you Carl i wish i could just give you a hug

[@FlyingAce1016]

is there a video of this entire talk? I always find either just the pale blue dot part or this part but never the whole lecture

[@whatsonchannelB]

No, the video was lost in the SF fire of 1906

[@joeespindola6574]

this is an audio from the audio book of cosmos! I highly recommend either buying or scavenging the web for it! :)

[@DreableNeebal10]

It's the audio book of one of his books. Pale Blue Dot's a great audiobook, but Carl only narrated part of it because... well... he died =(

[@katherandefy]

Well it’s incredible what a narrator he is, in these recordings. I could almost imagine he is here still among us.

[@micheals1992]

I sometimes think of the garden of Eden of a story in a different context, like the part from hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy "For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reasons." I think in order for this perspective to flip we need to provide a minimum standard of living to people who are unemployed. We jump through hoops doing tricks our whole lives to earn money to provide basic things like food and shelter.

[@nandoosbindaas]

Garden custom made for human... This beautiful mother Earth

[@arcadiagreen150]

We could not have remained happily ignorant forever. Theists: speak for yourself carl

[@wp2746]

What a prophet

[@icelsikupingmerah]

Hi, mr. Sagan..

[@jlinnlinn4241]

Guess what? That trap door is open Guess what? Bye.....bye. good knowin ya padray.

[@johannalee6677]

Focused prompt for us to continue on with great passion, humility and love! Thank you!

[@Rogerfon2010]

Good, my friend! Very good!

[@jamielunes1841]

Agreed😎

[@turkeyroaster11]

Kind of a copy of the Sagan Series, but good none the less.

[@jlinnlinn4241]

Than do something to save this....mess.

[@LordCristianWaters]

🔮👽🛸, go ahead and intervene. Make sure I get my ancient nobility/royal line title - Duke of Carthage. I will provide the science fiction entertainment you want from planet Earth. Since, this is what we can offer the cosmos.

[@LordCristianWaters]

🔮👽🛸: Adjust the timeline, accordingly. You could erase the lineages of several individuals.

[@icelsikupingmerah]

Masih gapaham gw bhs. Jerman 😂😢

[@せのおなおこ-u7s]

the narration sounds like verses, not as oblique as nostra dames 4 line one.

[@icelsikupingmerah]

Close student.😢

[@larrydavis185]

Unwillingness of the controllers to know more.

[@OUTSIDER40]

Deep

[@mikewnith9294]

Trying to convince you there's no creater and how you are unimportant

[@justicegusting2476]

All one has to do to recognize the presence of a creator is to follow the various works of Beethoven.

[@salmonflavored]

I'd rather have no children die of cancer

[@justicegusting2476]

@@salmonflavored Yeah? Some children would choose death over losing an eye early in life. Ever think about that?

[@Indrapayne]

Shallow reassurense... I don't think so

[@HannahBirzes]

??

[@katherandefy]

We got a 50/50 shot... either we do or we don’t prove to be as awesome as Sagan says. And so far we’re still here.

[@Psalm1101]

His science is wrong rip

[@jimmybrice6360]

i like carl sagan. but i do tire of his constant bashing of god. he now realizes how incorrect he was !!

[@michaelhall2709]

I’ll wager it gives you great satisfaction, the thought of this decent man suffering in Hell for the sin of believing what his (God-given?) intelligence informed him was rational, while encouraging his audience to be kind to one another. That’s why you’re a Christian.

[@Psalm1101]

His science was all wrong research today 1. Are star is not a common star its a stable g2 rare 80percent of stars are little redwarfs life killers and on and on

[@XX-sy4rs]

At least type properly if you’re going to make these absurd claims

[@Psalm1101]

​​@@XX-sy4rs It's called Science Mdwarfs stars make up 80 perc of all stars. Kepler scientist agree 40 world's maybe 3 but when they researched there evidence 0 world's in are galaxy. Physicist Brian Cox Cool World scientist all do the science and chemist prot-life scientist Dr. James tour agree life has not been made in the lab not even ribosomes give science not old Carl Sagan atheist human pride. Learn the science of life stellar evolution and probability