Carl Sagan - COSMOS - Evolution

[@michalwalks]

I loved the quote "...eyes evolved and now the cosmos could see"

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Yes, indeed. Carl was much more poetic than people probably imagined. For all his science... his artistic mind was the one most... obscured. Even after writing "Contact". Eleanor Arroway. Based on someone he knew. :)

[@youtubeacademy6761]

@@Novastar.SaberCombat righty

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@Michael Walks "The human brain is a means for the Universe to know itself." - C. Sagan. 😌

[@michalwalks]

@@PercivalBlakeney Thanks for adding that. I'm going to screenshot it and put it in my quotes folder :) Very nice.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@@michalwalks I was quoting from memory, so you may want to do a bit more digging to ensure its veracity. There's also an Arthur C Clarke quote that, in so many words, reminds us that "the human brain is manufactured by unskilled labour." ... which explains a lot about the state of the World.

[@The1SuperAtheist]

If we only had more people like Carl Sagan this world would be a much better place

[@stewartrich-mn4wq]

Yes,Religions has done nothing to humanity but hatred and sufferings while science has done so much better for humanity especially at medical fields

[@IndogaKirai]

​@@stewartrich-mn4wqwe would be cavemen scavenging for food without religion. It's what build civilizations. Religion is a Cancer but we as human developed as these because of the knowledge religion gave us

[@bitw434]

@@stewartrich-mn4wq yeah, like atomic bombs?

[@pauljam8197]

@@bitw434 What a STUPID comment.

[@tipurawat1539]

Yes, like you were born? Your mother took help of religion and not science

[@mizaelgaytan7109]

I came here to express my deepest condolences to Vangelis, who with his wonderful music was also an important part of Cosmos to hook us along with Sagan's great eloquence on that great journey through the universe.

[@richardvoyer5697]

Too loud

[@Shatfacekiller]

I got another round left in me. I bet they did too. Stay ready.

[@andrewhill4986]

Wow, never knew.!

[@JanetPappagallo-Caraci]

@@richardvoyer5697 I love the music but I agree with you, it should be lower so we can focus only on Carl Sagan. I wish he was still with us to convince the world leaders to spend more money on telescopes instead of war technology. On of great minds of our civilization.

[@mattorr2256]

@@richardvoyer5697what is? It’s a great comment in my opinion. I cannot see any issue with it but I do not nit pick

[@nishparadox]

Carl Sagan's voice is a healer. The articulation of these words feels like some form of enchanting to reach transcendental state...

[@faridperez]

And sometimes sounds like Agent Smith from the Matrix...

[@odarge]

True 😊

[@sajadicadi7880]

He just speaks in arrogant way , anyone can do that

[@sajadicadi7880]

He just speaks in arrogant way , anyone can do that

[@sajadicadi7880]

He just speaks in arrogant way , anyone can do that

[@uyesbeecable]

I will never understand how creationists and evangelists hate these concepts and this man. Watching this, especially his words about trees at the end, gave me more awe and emotional connection to our natural world than any scripture or religion can. All living things are one, and we are all made of the earth itself. We are the Earth exploring itself.

[@AttilatheNun-xv6kc]

"I will never understand how creationists and evangelists hate these concepts and this man." Basically, if all species developed through the process of evolution and our own species arose from the same process, that means the Divine Creation scenario and the resulting Garden of Eden episode - the Fall of Man, Original Sin and so on - all go out the window. That would mean there was no need for salvation and the whole "Jesus died for our sins" part of Christian doctrine falls flat. For their sects to survive, they need the process of Evolution by Means of Natural Selection to fail.

[@uyesbeecable]

@@AttilatheNun-xv6kc my comment was meant to be a bit rhetorical ofcourse, and also including the frustration of the fact that people would abandon the beauty of what I mentioned in favour of delusion. You are right 👍🏽

[@santiagomm3878]

That’s not really true since in an allegorical sense all of what happened in the Bible might be true it’s all a matter of faith. Surely creation should be interpreted as a kind of fable of human development not a literal recollection of facts. The Bible isn’t really about facts it’s more about shared memories or preconceptions and faith. God and the world in whatever form we understand it to be in are compatible with each other It’s just our theology that is wrong, but if someone has real faith there are much more important things than theology I’m not a christian I’m agnostic

[@dgbucko]

@@santiagomm3878 We are all agnostic (gnostic is to know). No one knows for sure if there is a god or not.

[@Saurabh00646]

There is no god​@@dgbucko

[@ealing456]

"Those are some of the things molecules do, given 4 billion years of evolution." I love how carefree and simply he states that. Genius. As if not a great deal, yet at the same time the greatest of all.

[@bobobandy9382]

It's nothing but true.

[@trollala_555]

Watch out you guys thats blasphemy. We all know the world was created in 7 days. 😅

[@laswan5]

@@trollala_555 😡

[@scintillam_dei]

There's nothing genius about his circular reasoning assertion and regurgitation of the atheist dogma that time plus things equals magical creation mindlessly, equivlanet and worse than the notion of SOS writing itself in the sand, you superstitious deluded hypocrites, ingrates against God, who will pay.

[@joshuakithyoma9575]

It sounds good and smart but Primordial soup is nonsense and all mythical stuff.

[@jobbythehutt]

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. " A great man.

[@scintillam_dei]

No. A hypocrite who bashed magic yet was so superstitiuos and insane, that he believed mindless objects suddenly (plot device) got awareness. Absolute NON SEQVITVR fallacy. You're all deluded and going to hell.

[@Shatfacekiller]

You were everything right a human evolution of DOOM

[@tgstudio85]

@@scintillam_dei Only hypocrite here is you kiddo. He was intelligent science orator, known by millions, you are just no one. Sagan will be known for centuries, your name will be forgotten the day you die.

[@mattorr2256]

He was the absolute best.

[@mattorr2256]

@@Shatfacekillerwhat? That doesn’t make sense. I think I understand your point, however unnecessary and irrelevant it is. No one cares about your imagined “doom”

[@Mau365PP]

Carl Sagan explaining life with Bach's music in the background... This is like the introduction to heaven

[@waseem7195]

The Church would disagree

[@kademcarthur5362]

@@waseem7195 there actually are people who do believe in both God and evolution.

[@nevergonnagiveyouup1853]

@@kademcarthur5362 maybe 1 minute for God was 100 years for the earth?

[@alfredowaltergutierrezmald834]

no more accurate explanation than this!

[@ricoyochanan]

Except Carl Sagan doesn't believe in heaven.

[@alexandrafaulds738]

My first exposurer to Darwin's therory of Evolution. I was five, a profound experience that I never forgot. Thank u Dr. Sagan & Ann Dryan

[@6stringsbrainfingers]

Carl Sagan was the rock star of science..... Rock on Carl!...we all miss you:)

[@searats20]

Definitely agree, I can't help but to gaze in awe and amazement but smile at the same time whenever Carl Sagan is speaking...he really IS a scientific poet.

[@ignaciobazan4445]

perfect explained

[@ernesthill4017]

"Scientific Poet" I like it!

[@mattorr2256]

The absolute best

[@notamilkdud]

Lots of people in my class were told by a substitute that we didn't evolve from anything we were just placed on the earth so I showed my class this brilliant video.

[@Hichem90]

How was their reaction to the video?

[@notamilkdud]

@@Hichem90 lmao I posted this like 2 years ago I totally forgot

[@harrietharlow9929]

Hopefully it opened other young minds.

[@carlosenriquegonzalez-isla6523]

Congrats my friend. This world needs more people like you.

[@Fenrir72]

Yup. We evolved alright but something sped it up! the % difference between Man and chimps chromosomes......

[@searats20]

Just bought his Cosmos DVD (finally), and I watched the first 2 episodes...it was so magical and mysterious, and the way Mr Sagan takes us on a cosmic voyage, and then examines the evolution of life....the wide range of his knowledge is spectacular. The world lost so much with the death of Mr Sagan....

[@kingtiger2.2002]

Yes I agree.

[@Shatfacekiller]

I remember when COVID-19 are really grew up to be a organ to honor you with this monkey is not gonna be good.

[@mattorr2256]

The good really do seem to die much too young

[@reddrawfstar5299]

Carl Sagan is missed by so many. I loved how Johnny Carson would honor him through his comedic skits. He would say, "Billions and billions." What is really awesome is so much more has been discovered since the original broadcast of Cosmos. Ole' Carl would have been proud.

[@TheSnowballEarth]

Carson honored Sagan even more so by having him as a frequent guest. The comedic sketches were, of course, mere gentle ribbing to demonstrate just how highly he thought of Sagan. I miss those days too...

[@Jeff-cn9up]

He wouldn't have been very proud the last few years, the way "science" was debased. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXvTgnmMjayti6s

[@Shatfacekiller]

We are the human if you don't turn you back right now I will beat the shit out of you with this [_]

[@mattorr2256]

He would’ve been so filled with joy and excitement at what we’ve discovered to this day. Through Ultra massive black holes to detecting gravitational waves across the entire observable universe. No doubt he’d be proud. Having said that, I believe he’d say we should be much further along in terms of space exploration, basic human decency towards one another, curbing at a much higher rate the global climate crisis…

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

I once thought Carl Sagan was in fact an Extraterrestrial...🛸 I thought ; "No American sounds like that" ! Love from Norway 🇧🇻

[@pjmccabe4904]

My dad recorded this series when it came on PBS. He would watch it over and over again like you listen to your favorite album. It’s beautiful.

[@mattorr2256]

I wish my parents had done the same.

[@iMauri01]

The music is J. S. Bach's "Partita No. 3", from "Six Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo", performed by Arthur Grumiaux.

[@aristideduplessis8151]

Nope, it's the Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

[@aristideduplessis8151]

oh, sorry, at first it's the bach. apologies

[@edacafa99]

thank you!

[@leroture7750]

bestoftimes Second is Spring 3rd movement, 40 second evolution is Vivaldi Concerto for Mandolin in C major RV425

[@aytasarim]

Salute to the person who changed my mind and me from 10000 km away. Rest in piece Sagan. Thank Cosmos that you lived.

[@scintillam_dei]

Gullible to take his claims at face value.

[@chargersina]

@@scintillam_dei you don't even know what he learned from sagan. Only ignorant people that don't understand science would take science at face value. Science is not Religion to believe in, it continuously evolves to account for new understandings.

[@johngavin1175]

@@scintillam_dei And you expect people to take your claims at face value? And with no backing data no less?

[@scintillam_dei]

@@chargersina False dichotomy fallacy between science and my religion which never conflict as my videos crushing your entire paradigm prove. And science means knowledge. Truth has no expiration date unlike your false "science."

[@scintillam_dei]

@@johngavin1175 "And you expect people to take your claims at face value?" Strawman fallacy. Typical materialist.

[@rowdyrudy3761]

I watched this whole series when I was 19 and it legitimately changed my life.

[@mattorr2256]

I wish I knew of it when I was a teenager. I had no clue this series was playing at the time.

[@ignaciobazan4445]

what a voice, what simplicity (to explain), how beautiful, how inspiring... sorely missed, more like him, and we will have a change, finally

[@MegaPreston88]

Amazing, deeply nostalgic but still relevant to today. I watched this series as a teenager on a black & white telly courtesy of the british BBC. I couldn't wait for the week to pass quick enough to watch the next episode, what a wonderful program it was, and Carl was just masterful in his commentry. Thank you.

[@Gunderfro]

Carl Sagan would be so disappointed if he could read most of these comments.

[@jeremygardels3170]

The music during the 40 second evolution compression is hella charming. It's makes our evolution feel like a whimsical thing.

[@robinchesterfield42]

One of my favourite parts from one of my favouite series ever. I saw "Cosmos" as a little kid and have loved science ever since. Thank you, Carl Sagan, for bringing this lovely program to so many people. :)

[@jlvandat69]

If you don't appreciate Dr. Sagan's exquisite, deeply-informing narratives don't despair. It should only take your family another hundred thousand years or so to evolve far enough to achieve that ability.

[@ernesthill4017]

I see your point. But to be fair, we cannot all be born with keen minds. Be grateful for your gifts, and gracious towards those less gifted than yourself. There are always greater minds than our own. 🧠

[@jlvandat69]

@@ernesthill4017 I just re-read my comment, posted nearly a year ago. It sounds arrogant even though I was trying to be humorous. You are 100% correct- there are always those with better brains, and I am fully convinced that every human has something we can all learn from.

[@johngavin1175]

What about creationists? Will they ever evolve to not only understand, but stop pushing pseudoscience and using strawmen arguments? 🤣

[@jlvandat69]

@@johngavin1175 There has always been an anti-science segment of society, people who form opinions by using information not based in fact and reason. My guess is that will not change but perhaps the % will be reduced via overwhelming evidence that life is better when guided by rational thought and facts.

[@tomikaria2426]

51 people just witnessed Carl Sagan explain the history and the ways of life in the most compact, majestic way possible. Those 51 then hoverd above the dislike button and they went click. That's sad and frightening to me because if Carl can't persuade you... i don't stand a chance

[@Kevinwright3hotips]

you got that right Tom. there are as convincing videos for the opposite view. i MEAN really JUST AS CONVINCING. Conclusion... you will decide based on your preconcieved notions AND influences in your past. so it all depends on your " chemistry" your DNA of beliefs and upbringing. which tells me there must be another way of seeing the truth. i used to be totally against any notion of God. somehow one day ahainst my better judgement i went to church one day 6 years ago. i was a bit disgusted what i saw and vowed not to go again. while at home that evening i had a super natural encounter and i have been a Christian eversince. None of us can rely on so called science ... both sides are just as convincing. i advise you to read the new testamont slowly on you own and Not in a crowd. Then see what happens to you. All the best.

[@Kevinwright3hotips]

Obviously you read a different book... in my book it says to forgive sinners including gays.

[@Kevinwright3hotips]

Yeah and I like. .. l like. .. I like me me me me.. Nice one Sammy

[@samwiseshanti]

Kevin wright "In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion....Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them."- thats from the new testament. And obviously the old testament is full of verses telling you to kill random people, and jesus said "not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished", "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill" and "Scripture cannot be set aside"

[@Kevinwright3hotips]

In old Testamont... as today... the wages of sin is death... death meaning a 'separation from God'. When we sin we are separated from God meaning we experience a spiritual death. Telling a lie is a sin of exact same severity as murder or practicing gay pervert acts. God being just does not distinguish between diferent sins. A sin is a sin... separation from God.. ie cannot then receive His favour or Blessings. In Old Testamont a separation from God could result in physical death.. However Jesus came to fulfill the law and save us from our sins. He was the ultimate sacrifice and died to save us from our sins. Those who accept Jesus as their saviour will receive the Holy Spirit (ie. the law is then written in their hearts) repent and reverse our ways and we will be forgiven... then because of what Jesus did, we are forgiven and God sees us as PERFECT...our forgiveness is the Grace of God and is a gift to us from God .. our creator... who loves us more than we can understand.

[@gretcher56]

I get tears in my eyes every time he gets to primates. Beautiful video, beautiful knowledge.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I find it wonderful that a species of East African Rift apes evolved to become humans in all their marvelous complexity.

[@hank561]

I get an unexplainable feeling when I see such old comments. I mean this comment was made more than a decade ago. I was a just a kid then. I don't think the person who made the comment still uses this account. In these 12 years so much would've changed in their life. People just write comments and go about their day completely forgetting about it and completely unknown to the fact that they would still get replies after 12 years. If this account is not in use then probably the one who made it wouldn't even remember that there exists a part of their experience on the internet that they themselves shared so long ago.

[@gretcher56]

@@hank561 I remember it well. At this time I was 18 years old and only beginning to grasp the immensity of natural and cosmic evolution. The foundational knowledge gained then still serves me... I ended up a medical physicist

[@hank561]

@@gretcher56 Damnnn!! Really great to see you still use this account. Respect to you for not forgetting the password. That's really great, you marched forward to pursue a fine career. Have a great day.

[@DuelingBongos]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="245">4:05</a>"But 65 million years ago they (dinosaurs) all MYSTERIOUSLY perished." I had forgotten that "Cosmos" was first broadcast in 1980, before Luis & Walter Alvarez published their theory about the "Doomsday Asteroid" causing the K-T mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

[@CJCroen1393]

It was also probably made before we realized that not all of them perished--birds are still around.

[@FlagAnthem]

this is part of the game called "science"

[@PJL3791]

But that's already pointed out in the video at 3:50

[@leroture7750]

He said we don’t know because we don’t know, there are two plausible hypothesis: the asteroid, of course, or a series of volcanic eruptions. Since our dating methods can’t tell us the exact length the extinction took place over to a high enough degree both remain plausible. If the extinction event was short then it could only have been the asteroid, but if the extinction event took several thousand years it could be the volcanoes or both. At this moment the answer is indecisive Edit: I guess he didn’t say we don’t know because the answer was indecisive at the time, the op was correct when he said there was no plausible hypothesis at the time. Still, I think the reason for the mugginess is interesting

[@thedemotivationalspeaker3090]

Didn't realize the asteroid theory was that recent!!!

[@fredkelly6953]

I can listen to Sagan, Feynman and Attenborough for hours. Great bearers of knowledge.

[@trumanhw]

So many scenes of Cosmos brought tears to my eyes. I could never thank him enough for this ... And never has there ever been anything so touching nor educational. I would however, fully recommend watching MOON MACHINES + Africa's Hunters. Both are amazing doc series.

[@snapdragon86]

A poet ahead of his time, and who will forever ground us all.

[@alanw505]

If magic exists in the world it reveals itself through Carl Sagan's vocal cords.

[@CTYTPVMBaldisBasic]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="205">3:25</a> *s p l e n d i d*

[@CTYTPVMBaldisBasic]

what is this

[@hawko2621]

Saw Nick the Hedheg you tell me

[@blastromlifyedah]

new invention

[@ttrestle]

Once you start to really understand evolution then it gives you a “wow” feeling that you will never forget. It’s far better than believing in indoctrinated man-made mythology.

[@mattorr2256]

Agreed!!!! It is an eye opening and wonderful feeling

[@Macabresque]

Simply amazing. This makes me feel very fortunate to exist.

[@James--Parker]

Encase you're interested. He helped us figure out Venuses surface temperature, he presented many theories. He was one of the leading scientists in research of Titan, and Europa. And he helped us figure out how amino acids formed. He also made one of the best tv shows about science of all time in my option, called Cosmos.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

Carl Sagan should have ran for President.

[@DarDarBinks1986]

If I were alive and of voting age when the original Cosmos aired, he'd have gotten my vote. I'd imagine he'd have put some teeth into the Constitution's science & useful arts clause (Article I, Section 8).

[@ratkomartinovic6528]

Sure,better solution than "cowboy"Reagan!

[@luismarioquintana2679]

President of the world that is

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

@@luismarioquintana2679 Sadly mankind are generally to dim to appreciate this.

[@n.m.dooley1951]

He was too smart for that! :)

[@speakfreeley4473]

A very good educational series. I was at school at the time & learned quite a bit, hence why I said "educational". Don't think anyone could have bettered Carl Sagan doing this.

[@KatyDawn143]

I LOVE EVOLUTION

[@TheWaelhamdy]

Why do you think? The Lord who created the universe Not created Man is directly on his present creation And why ?Is there any evidence in new science? What is the existence of an evolutionary experience that transformed the mouse To a lion?

[@cleveque]

WAEL HAMDY If you don't understand something, don't talk about it, unless you're asking questions. You've just wasted several seconds of time for three or four people, and that's rude.

[@ernsthaeckel5276]

Absolutely!

[@ernsthaeckel5276]

I don't think "retarded" is altogether appropriate: but the answer to the question what links the common ancestor of men, mice and lions with present day men, mice and lions is their DNA, and speciation as a result of Darwinian Natural Selection...

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

I try and find god, this medium is excellent for reaching people who like you see a majesty in a creator. I like to discuss how you can feel that, based on not one shred of credible evidence. God is not there, I'm sure of that. Be aware that Carl Sagan did not formulate all of these theories, he's just repeating what many talented individuals have discovered. There is a mountain of evidence behind what he says. However, you have just viewed what is, in my view at least, the most beautiful description of how we came to be. I still have a moist eye over the way Carl described it. No one has done this better, before or since. How can you not open your heart and be moved by the sheer magnificence of it all?

[@oberkorn13]

I never tire of watching Carl Sagan and hearing him talk. Speaking of him talking, maybe it's because I've watched the Matrix movies too many times but one has to wonder if Hugo Weaving didn't even unconsciously channel a little bit of Sagan in his portrayal of Agent Smith and his peculiar articulation. :)

[@Drew-bc7zj]

I noticed that too!

[@stephspencer9226]

the 40 second recap of evolution is my favorite part (:

[@fathersandra8235]

Lol that's the reason I came here, not for the explaining

[@ernsthaeckel5276]

Certainly not to make friends and influence people!

[@robinchesterfield42]

That was always the part I remembered most when I saw this as a little kid. :)

[@kennarajora6532]

that is the part I always think of when someone says 'evolution' to me.

[@misstubbie1313]

When I was a young girl of maybe 11 o 12, I used to watch COSMOS on Mexican TV, on Sundays, dubbed into Spanish! I liked it so much I asked my parents to get me the music soundtrack and that first piece of music is in that album! Oh boy! That took me back!

[@Colddirector]

Every video even remotely related to evolution always comes with a generous helping of people telling the barely coherent creationists to shut up. It always puts a smile on my face.

[@johngavin1175]

They are barely coherent. People like Matt Powell and Kent Hovind needs their mouths sown shut.

[@NitemareMoon]

I can't wait for this to be animated in the new COSMOS series with Neil deGrasse Tyson. It's going to be beautiful.

[@musicauthority674]

This the best explanation of Evolution I have heard to date. Carl Sagan was brilliant and a genius. he was one of the most intelligent persons to walk this planet in recent times. and an inspiration to me. he is definitely missed.

[@derekr7383]

Carl Sagan had this way of teaching that felt more like he was showing us the connections between the world and ourselves. He wasn't giving us information, rather he was taking the shroud off of what was innately there all along.

[@PITTSBURGHFANFOREVER]

I remember watching this series on television (PBS) thirty years ago, and I was impressed then, as well as now, I wish that it was updated with newer graphics! Cosmos was my first exposure to Dr. Carl Sagan, I was a loyal follower and tuned in every week, I discussed the series in school with my science teacher, I never knew that people could be so closed minded, yet we entrust them with teaching our children!

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

I love the graphics

[@alanw505]

Now it would be 40 years ago.

[@derykball8495]

The reboot was in 2017 ish. Making numerous references to Segan, Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts the most current production of the series.

[@richystar2001]

I wish we could leave faire tales of ghost and gods to the big screen of Hollywood where they belong. The definition of the word Belief... is to have a firm opinion or feeling of something that doesn't exist.

[@richystar2001]

I can't accept the validity of a lie no matter how many accept it to be true. .ie Santa,Bigfoot,Lockness Monster etc.

[@richystar2001]

Does a dog have a conscious mind? Are dogs Robots?? or do they feel and love as we do? A dog can't read a bible nor can a dog sin in the eyes of the Lord... To God every dog is a good dog because Jesus died for OUR sins. If that's the case I would opt to be a dog than to suffer the political indignation that is Religion and all of the bullshit it represents... and happily sniff my butt and lick my balls..... because I can.

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

@@richystar2001 How does that apply to the larger kingdoms of life though? You say a dog has a 'conscious' mind, which is impossible to truly define, but lets go with a general understanding of what most people mean when they say 'conscious mind'. I would agree. I think a dog is kind of conscious. Not just a dog but cats, horses, pigs, a lot of animals really, even wild ones maybe like a lion pride or a pack of wolves or a polar bear, they're all kind of conscious. Nearly all the animals you'd think were in this group though are mammals. So is a reptile conscious? Maybe kind of? How about a fish? Or an insect? Or an oak tree? Or a slimy patch of algae clinging to a rock somewhere? Or, ultimately, is a bacteria conscious? Probably not really. A lot of these other animals that seem maybe not-so-conscious are old vestiges of evolutionary history. Starfish have been around for a long, long time, whereas humans, and even mammals, haven't really. So we're mammals, which stemmed off from reptiles quite some time ago, and we're in the 'great ape' group of mammals which includes chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, I think bonobos, there might be a few more. But lets evaluate where humans fit in to this picture and what we are exactly. We're like this weird evolutionary offshoot of ape-mammal that became exponentially more intelligent over time. We spent a few million years banging rocks together, we spent the last 10,000 years figuring out how to farm food and build shelter and basic shit, and we've spent the last few hundred years figuring out the scientific rules to reality and building technology from our understanding of it. So here you are in 2020 looking at a bizarre conglomeration of copper, plastic and heavy metals called a laptop, wearing mass-produced jeans and trying to figure out how you got here. It's not god, that's just early humans explanation for things. Reality is far stranger, it turns out.

[@Neueregel]

Evolution = great !!

[@nccamsc]

Still remember watching this segment more than 40 years ago.

[@originaluddite]

Sagan turned science into relaxing bedtime stories.

[@WKUKomg123]

I remember the first time I watched this episode from his cosmos series, I just kept rewinding it haha, really cool stuff :) Carl Sagan is awesomely brilliant. I wish I could have shaken that man's hand *dreams in head*

[@rogerjames5600]

Evolution tried so hard to create us, and some don't believe in it

[@ianblair4091]

Every single organism on our planet is a culmination of 4 billion years of evolution of DNA based life. It's something so Awe inspiring when one takes the time to grapple the enormity and grandeur of it all. I agree it's a shame that any of us would choose to live in ignorance of such astounding knowledge.

[@tipurawat1539]

So overwhelming and humble

[@taylanbektas6178]

The best explanation of evolution I think. Thanks to Mr.Sagan.

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

...It is ONE of the MANY visual clips that I will remember. Dr. Carl Sagan, will be Remembered by me, until the end of My Days. Thanks Mom, who got me watching this series in the late 70s, -> studied/majored in Biology, and later Chemistry -> taught Jr. High -> High School, even AP Chemistry. Science Teacher for 20 years. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mudshovel289]

My ancestors.... I'm so proud of all of them for paving the way for me.

[@missg021]

Carl Sagan is wonderfully poetic. ❤️ "We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself. "

[@keithshaw2416]

but a horrible novelist

[@ahmetdogan5685]

Carl Sagan was the poet of cosmos.

[@trisapient]

If you ever wondered how we got here this is how it happened!!!

[@tanseygreen]

I could listen to Carl all day

[@msNB1]

I love watching this series, I learn so much... And it makes me feel at peace

[@aditiprasad8591]

Bio teacher's recommendation took me here and my classmates 😂😂😂😂

[@petersackett9058]

So beautifully written.

[@2ndviolin]

I always liked that science has poo-pooed the ancient creation myth, but then presents us with a story a hundred times more wondrous and fantastical, with proof too.

[@dantyler6907]

I was really lucky to have visited Sagan's gravesite. Hundreds of marbles were scattered around both Sagan's and nearby tombstones, many half buried in the ground: not fully buried but buried enough to survive the rotating blade of the mower. I do not recall how I learned of the grave site but there it was...😮

[@ferdinanddepaoli1599]

Cea mai clara explicatie a evolutiei ! Respect !

[@CrisisGarden]

More of a hippy than Brian Cox will ever be - coolest science dude ever.

[@redrumchopz5388]

I’m still very confused as to why people disliked this video

[@edwardpate6128]

Because they are theistic idiots.

[@redrumchopz5388]

@@edwardpate6128 sir you are correct thank you for this knowledge

[@TheodoreJudah]

Looking forward to seeing what Seth MacFarlane, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and crew do with this section for the New Cosmos.

[@thewillk7967]

Ted Judah Neil DeGrasse Tyson: “here is one of our ancestors, Homo Erectus...” Peter Griffin: “HAHAHAHAHAHA he said ‘erect’!”

[@michalwalks]

I am from the future. Bad news is coming your way.

[@emersonduncan56]

I suspect that it would be terrible as Tyson is really awful at presenting these things. It's clear that he thinks he's the modern Sagan, but he just fails miserably in his attempts.

[@johngavin1175]

@@emersonduncan56 I like Neil DeGrasse Tyson, but he would completely overdo it.

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

When it comes to engaging the listener while educating, his voice and style are only equalled by Mr. Feynman IMO. Two of the absolute greatest people I know of❤ I want to use their lectures/documentaries for going to sleep, but while their voices are so soothing, they are too interesting to fall asleep from😊

[@2fast2block]

Carl was just a joke. Nothing more. He couldn't make it past creation. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, energy can only change forms, energy creation/destruction can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. Creation had to be done supernaturally at some point.

[@tgstudio85]

@@2fast2block *Carl was just a joke.* Funny kiddo, because only joke here is you;) *He couldn't make it past creation.* Oh creation, that hing you never proved to exist. *The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, energy can only change forms* Yes kiddo, thanks for proving, that there never was creation as energy always existed... good job at destroying religious dogma:)

[@2fast2block]

@@tgstudio85 My comment doesn't even show up to me anymore. If the universe wasn't created, then you never made it past the 2nd law. You just skipped that. Also, Law of Causality - There is no beginning or change of existence without a cause. We have NO evidence for anything in nature not having a cause. When people accept something in nature that has no cause, they are into science fiction, NOT science. They’re also admitting that it had to be supernatural.

[@SiskinOnUTube]

I thought to myself, what an amazing man he was. I'd been watching him explain the tesseract and I realised that "was" is just a cube within a cube. Thanks mate.

[@trumpetdavid]

It's amazing to sit and think at times, how humble our beginnings are. From the atoms created in stars billions upon billions of years ago, to the simplistic bacteria that gave rise to all that we know.

[@CyberHabibi]

55 creationists disliked this video

[@mandibleplectrum9841]

And the sane world dislikes 55 creationists, along with flat earthers, holocaust deniers, climate change sceptics, people who think Dan Brown books are based on genuine global conspiracies, and Piers Morgan.

[@notamilkdud]

ha ha ha

[@asmrgod_]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="362">6:02</a> Guitar solo - you're welcome.

[@gliddenlake]

yo homes that's a mandolin

[@BartleyTroyan]

An excellent illustration of evolutionary history given the limitations of CGI in the late 70's/ early 80's. I had a chance to go to Cornell University and I easily would have met Carl or even worked with him in the several years before he died. I chose poorly. But things turn out as they do, I have no regrets. Someone came up with a word for this feeling but I don't recall it atm. Another quote though from a later episode in the original Cosmos series: “These are some of the things that hydrogen atoms do, given fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution.”

[@JoeOMalley-py8wq]

Exquisite sequence.... music , animation , and Carl's wonderful narration ...

[@radityaandromeda4468]

i love evolution

[@TheWaelhamdy]

Why do you think? The Lord who created the universe Not created Man is directly on his present creation And why ?Is there any evidence in new science? What is the existence of an evolutionary experience that transformed the mouse To a lion?

[@dylantruong897]

WAEL HAMDY are you trolling?😂😂

[@akshitsharma8475]

@@TheWaelhamdy there are so many evidence, but there is no evidence of lord.

[@searats20]

Haha, yes I do! I absolutely love Symphony of Science. I've downloaded them all on my iPod, and even though this sounds cheesy, I go to sleep listening to a few of them sometimes. And yes, you are right my friend, it is sad...we are so lost in our cities and our man-made worlds, that we forget our origins and where we came from...

[@tedlemoine5587]

I saw 3 creationists challenging the notion that the temperature is rising globally. The scientists said this is why we invented the thermometer. NASA and the national weather service and all other independent agencies would all have to be in kahootz. The past 13 decades are in order one warmer than the next. The highest annual temperatures for the past 130 years have been recorded and the top 14 hottest years include 13 years from 2002 to 2014. What a coincidence. I wish some of them would challenge gravity and throw themselves out a window.

[@Jorge-cs6yv]

best professor. if all teachers had this same enthusiasm, then students would want to learn

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

I had an Earth Science teacher that WAS this enthusiastic! Not as poetic but definitely amped about science. He made understanding the way the world works, real not just some abstraction to give you the right answer on the test but a legit, careful understanding of things. So thorough was he that many of his lessons are still in my head 35 odd years later. :)

[@johnwright291]

What a treat this series was. I was glued to the TV for every episode. Can't believe it's been nearly 43 years. I dig what you said about tree's carl but unfortunately I live in a town, tacoma Washington where they just love to cut tree's down for no apparent reason.

[@deBroglie12]

It would be really amazing if all human groups evolved to have similar intelligence.

[@MrSanjayV]

Damn straight, but people will put aside science when convenient.

[@Tod_oMal]

I don't agree, I think it would be very boring. By the way, diversity makes your intelligence grow.

[@appleislander8536]

''All me are Created equal''. I think the fact Creationists exist is proof Creation is wrong.

[@6ick6ick6ity5]

Nah cuz then neanderthals woulda just killed us off and overpowered us

[@akshitsharma8475]

If it would happen, then we and other human species would be fighting with each other.

[@alexpacino1]

ALL HAIL COUSIN STARFISH

[@stevedekker4175]

I really just wish I understood how the cells were able to reproduce. I mean, how on earth would the cell get ALL the parts required for reproduction, even with 10 billion years to spare? How would the mutations and changes STAY there, if not kill the cell? It just completely baffles me. I honestly just wish I could understand.

[@carlosenriquegonzalez-isla6523]

You should watch the whole episode to begin with. And keep searching

[@benxdybarto]

utter magnificence mr sagan as ever. great post

[@ief014]

I wish more Christians were more humble like you. Even though I'm not a religious person, you have my respect.

[@niwa1945]

Deeply sorry to lose Vangelis that heard today. His music have created a historical mile stone of science documentary that let divided semi-documentary before and after. Million and million watched same one around the world. And, this problems as almost first one had alarmed Grobal warming from early 80’s.

[@Leon612]

The current Cosmos is pretty good so far. I would've liked them to spend more time and detail on certain things. I understand it's for the mainstream tv viewer so they can't do that because those people will end up turning the channel to mma or something. Still a good series overall.

[@PanthersForce]

Yeah I agree, it's unbelievable how in our time standards need to be lowered for the simple minded.

[@Reinzhell]

It is a show created for indoctrination, bet you didn't notice the God attacks early in the series, then goes quiet...then revamps towards the end... if evolution is so true then they wouldn't need to mention God at all... simple weak minded people been brainwashed by simple indoctrination tactics.

[@Leon612]

Sure I noticed that. Even my liberal professor some years back said all shows have an agenda, so you have to take everything with a grain of salt. The creator of this show is a big lefty, so you knew this was coming even before the series started. We have to agree to disagree on the evolution...I passed the 5th grade.

[@Reinzhell]

You passed because you have to answer their set of questions, it about as good as passing a test on Pokémon. This you will know this, as atheist use it time & time again, you follow & believe in one true science and all other science is false... it is your version of one true God & all other God's are false. You are a Yankee right? That would explain your use of political dialogue within your comment, it is something that governs your minds. You can't even take a dump without debating which political side your poo belongs to, simply by the way it floats.

[@Leon612]

You're right. One of my professors bitched about Ronald Reagan's drug policies so I did the same on the test. I got a good grade. lol... I do believe in god. Zeus has time and time again shown to be the true god of the universe.

[@DCadulusJake]

I love how he talks about trees it's so cool :D

[@Jasongfrank]

Y'all don't forget that this is over 30 years old. We now know much more about the nature of evolution than Carl could have ever dreamed, and yet, he is not far from correct. The insane thing is that it's thirty years later, and people still don't believe it... Crazy.

[@marcmoretti2502]

What I wouldn't give to have been able to spend an afternoon looking at trees with Carl Sagan...

[@BestoftheBestz]

68 Christians didn’t like this video

[@kevinmole9982]

no the truth

[@nerdothn892]

Evolution = fact

[@nereanim]

Why lose yourself in stupid religious fantasies when there is so much beauty to see in the Universe... I am a proud atheist.

[@johngavin1175]

The Creationists dont know any better unfortunately

[@CJCroen1393]

The best part is that he shows the different lineages branching off, something even some other educational things fail to depict. Yeah, the branching thing? THAT'S why the "if you think birds are dinosaurs, then that means you think humans are fish" thing that the "BIRDS AREN'T DINOSAURS SHUT UP" crowd loves to scream at us doesn't work--we didn't _actually_ evolve from fish, we share a common ancestor WITH them, an ancestor that branched off from them ages ago.

[@TheArliunius]

What some people don't understand about evolution is that, every stage of evolution can still coexist. There isn't any rule within evolution that says only the superior stage of evolution can exist, the other stages reproduced without evolving. The other stages exist to serve as food for the organisms higher on the food chain. Come on guys, evolution is flawless!

[@realisticdreamer16]

One of my favorates videos for the great Carl Sagan.

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

How could any adult take the Book of Genesis seriously after this?

[@garganrose]

TomthatiscalledTom it’s called indoctrination The process in which from a young age you are forced into a certain way of thinking until you reach a point where you can’t imagine it any other way of thinking

[@mkaleborn]

The imaginative story of Genesis pales in comparison to the real story of Life.

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

@@mkaleborn Genesis can be wonderful and uplifting though. I do not want to completely reject Genesis ....although it was all downhill once Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett split. Duke had some OK tracks though.

[@johngavin1175]

@@TomthatiscalledTom Genesis was wonderful, but I prefer Super Nintendo

[@ViuvaNegra666]

44 People did not like this video because in reality they think they were never a sperm, believe it was a stork brought them to this world. lol A sperm is proof most basic and simplest of evolution. If humanity had not discovered the microscope, yet today we would be thinking about Mr invisible ..

[@josephpinador7949]

Carl Sagan spawned seemingly countless "rock star" scientist talking heads... But he was the real deal.

[@etsequentia6765]

_"...we got smarter. We began to talk."_ THAT was a horrible misstep and an unfortunate accident. We never learned how to shut up.