Carl Sagan: The Challenging Solar System. The Royal Institution, 1994

Carl Sagan, Cornell University
Recorded at NATURE 125th Anniversary Symposium: Our Place in Nature, the Evolution of our World
Recorded by QED Productions Ltd
Directed and Produced by Stephen Heliczer
Lecture Three

[@sandeepattawar5046]

What a man, what a mind , moves me to tears to think of what would have been , if he was still around. How sorely the world misses this renaissance man.

[@rewired1108]

His passing is a great loss.....He still inspires me.

[@2fast2block]

Inspires to be clueless like he was? The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@Professor_Sex]

@@2fast2block Just because we don't know the origin of the universe doesn't posit a creator. And yeah there is a heat death of the universe that is inevitable, way to go on figuring it out

[@tessaburkhamer3856]

On the anniversary of his passing, 25 years ago today, humanity lost this beautiful soul ~ And in four day's hopefully, the James Webb will be launched. I can't begin to imagine what insight Sagen would have had for us ~

[@2fast2block]

I didn't lose a thing when he passed. He was a stubborn man who hated reality. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@MeTubeERG]

Amen. Sagan is a personal hero of mine. And will always be.

[@armidamorales2376]

@2fast2block

[@troo_story]

⁠@@2fast2blockYours is in equal measure the funniest and the saddest comment I've read for a very long time. _"He was a stubborn man who hated reality."_ In truth, your firm assertions are but beliefs, based - unlike Sagan - on what you've read or heard others write or say. _"It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally..."_ is but a fleeting breath, a passing note, actually a belch in the face of this man who devoted his life to personally testing his own and others' beliefs for authenticity and who was completely secure in changing his mind or direction when hard evidence produced facts into which his own understanding did not after all fit. Unlike you, he was never desperate to be proved right - either by himself or others and certainly not by science. The *denial* of a supernatural creation is not something anyone can rationally do; however the *unbelief* of it is an entirely different thing and speaks to a rational, thoughtful consideration leading to an enlightened conclusion which - in the case of open minds - remains open to further evidence being offered. Nothing whatsoever to do with people being too proud to accept your tightly-held opinion. Everything to do with you being too afraid to ask questions for fear of being disloyal to your Creator Ghod (or of finding answers which might cause you to question what you accept without asking them). I know this because I shared your views, your fixed vision, your earnestness, and indeed your judgementalism for many years. It took the bravest step of my life to acknowledge that my beliefs, thrust upon me since childhood and through half my life, were - instead of setting me free - creating conflict with what I always knew deep down did not add up to anything other than much of what Sagan has laid out in this and other talks. Not that I ever came across him until recently, 25 years after I began the life-changing and enlightening process of being able to guiltlessly Ask Questions, to examine openly and honestly others' experiences, views and conclusions (and often even more refreshingly, inconclusions).

[@2fast2block]

Algo Rhythm "2fast2blockYours is in equal measure the funniest and the saddest comment I've read for a very long time. "He was a stubborn man who hated reality."" Like Sagan, well-established science gets ignored by you.

[@jasoncherry3404]

It is a privilege to have lived in the same time period Carl Sagan, he was passionate about science and sharing that passion with others. We will never see his like again. Even if there are highly intelligent people who are just as passionate about knowledge they will lack his stoic nature and objective honesty.

[@sujatabaruah6499]

A great scientist and humanitarian and above all a great human being who brought home to us our place in the universe and inspired us to reach out to the stars because we owe our existence to them.

[@2fast2block]

He couldn't think his way out of a wet paper bag. Anyone thinking we could even get this universe naturally is not clever. BASIC science shows that can't be. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@ahmadabbas5315]

What a legend. We are lucky we have these, now imagine if we had videos like these on Newton or Einstein . The next generation will have so much inspiration.

[@2fast2block]

He only inspired other clueless people like he was. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@tgstudio85]

@@2fast2block Sagan inspired millions, you inspired no one kiddo. Funny thing is he was and will be known for centuries and more, you will be forgotten the day you die.

[@frankdimeglio8216]

​@@2fast2block FRANK MARTIN DIMEGLIO HAS EXPLAINED TIME DILATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROVING THAT ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity: Consider what is E=MC2 ON BALANCE. Consider what is the Sun, AND the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. INDEED, consider what is THE EYE ON BALANCE !!! I have CLEARLY proven and explained what is the fourth dimension. CLEARLY, gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy are linked AND BALANCED opposites (ON BALANCE); AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE); as the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. Consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE, AS TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE) !!! INDEED, consider what is the man (AND THE EYE ON BALANCE) who IS standing on WHAT IS THE EARTH/ground !!! WHAT IS E=MC2 is WHAT IS GRAVITY as WHAT IS SPACE. Great. WHAT IS GRAVITY is, ON BALANCE, an INTERACTION that cannot be shielded or blocked. Again, consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE; AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky. (I have proven the fourth dimension.) TIME slows down as one approaches the speed of light, as less TIME passes. Great. Indeed, consider why and how it is that there is something instead of nothing ON BALANCE. BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand. Magnificent. I have CLEARLY proven and explained (ON BALANCE) why and how a given PLANET (including WHAT IS THE EARTH) sweeps out equal area in what is equal TIME. Magnificent. WHAT IS E=MC2 is WHAT IS GRAVITY as what is SPACE !!! Indeed, consider WHAT IS the fully illuminated (AND setting/WHITE) MOON ON BALANCE !!! It IS the SAME SIZE as what is THE EYE !!! The rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches the revolution, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE). Magnificent. By Frank Martin DiMeglio

[@DeBanked]

Weirdo alert

[@ahmadabbas5315]

@@DeBanked😂 each to their own I guess mate . Who knows he might right

[@PatGleeson123]

A one off: visionary, scientist, communicator and most of all a conscience to our conceits. There will never be one like him again.

[@2fast2block]

Actually, there are many clueless people like he was. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@annov7500]

Thank for uploading:) Carl Sagan was warning usabout global warming 40years ago ...

[@2fast2block]

He was just a clueless being. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@Anicius_]

Imagine being in 26th century and watching these ..

[@2fast2block]

Yeah, Carl supplied such comedy. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@user-dx4mm8vg9z]

What a great mind and great soul. And since this lecture we now know of many many “dwarf planets” the size of the 9th planet he mentioned in our system and thousands of exoplanets.

[@julir3754]

I'm in love with this human being, and I've been ever since I was of age to actually pay attention to his work and his. Apart from his brain, of course, I particularly love his sense of humour and his ability to communicate.

[@Sl1f3rDrag0n]

Listening to this when we've reestablished contact with the Voyagers, I think Carl would have been proud that they are still going and there is a small dedicated team just to stay in contact with them

[@joernhaese1906]

The words of the last 200 seconds should be engraved in stone ... and likewise be put up above the entrance of every school and university ...

[@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391]

The stupid and ignorant have outbred imaginative and intelligent individuals. Darwinism at play

[@2fast2block]

For clueless people like you, sure. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@rcwbud52]

I have listened to him so much, I feel like he's a friend. What a marvelous bi-ped.

[@akshatverma8683]

To speak with cathartic eloquence of the sort which arouses interest in most, while defusing chauvinism of kinds one did not know to be extant. Carl's oration is presumably the best marriage by far, of science communication and poetic linguistics, ever known to life on earth.

[@kimbitschlarsen7095]

At 20:23 you can actuallly hear that volcano erupting... 😅

[@peterkerruish8136]

M8 you are one of a (Special) kind...

[@Morphixx]

Shame they cut out the Q&A.

[@2fast2block]

Shame that you think Carl was worth such a thing. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@dimitrigiok]

16:40-17:00 most elegant argument against religion ever :)

[@2fast2block]

You are as clueless as Carl. Just as embarrassing too. Carl can't even get past creation and he sure can't EVER explain how life just came about on its own, but he believed it did nonetheless. You two sure hate reality. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@DrDeuteron]

And the faculties of his institutions today are the best argument for it.

[@DrDeuteron]

That was actually an ignorant comment by Carl. A cute quip, but, it wasn’t six earthlike days, and he should have known that (he probably did, but the jab was too good to pass up). Typical liberal, ruining a good science story with laughing at the deplorables.

[@star.watchersteven3255]

Godspeed Carl Sagan May the galactic center accept your being starwatcher

[@2fast2block]

God will judge Carl for wanting to remain clueless then Carl will be thrown into the lake of fire for his final The End. Carl won't be able to stop it. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@tgstudio85]

@@2fast2block Life judged you quite well kiddo, you are no one a stinking troll in youtube comment section, when no one even read what you shi_tted.

[@SADS131313]

literalmente llore al final.

[@alia.alsalemi5601]

Can anyone transcribe the last quote by T. H. Huxley, please.

[@TX_BoomSlang]

@@alia.alsalemi5601 "Let us endeavour for a moment to disconnect our thinking selves from the mask of humanity; let us imagine ourselves scientific Saturnians , if you will, fairly acquainted with such animals as now inhabit the Earth, and employed in discussing the relations they bear to a new and singular 'erect and featherless biped,' which some enterprising traveller, overcoming the difficulties of space and gravitation, has brought from that distant planet for our inspection, well preserved, may be, in a cask of rum." - Thomas Henry Huxley

[@TX_BoomSlang]

@@alia.alsalemi5601 " It is as if nature herself had forseen the arrogance of man, and with Roman severity had provided that his intellect, by its very triumphs, should call into prominence the slaves, admonishing the conqueror that he is but dust." - Thomas Henry Huxley

[@SigmaEmpataLevante]

A true poet of the real.

[@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391]

Carl Sagan. Isaac Asimov. Ron Paul. Humanitys un-sung heroes

[@2fast2block]

Carl did nothing for me. He was not much of a thinker. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@DrDeuteron]

You mean Mankind?

[@squeaky_buddha]

Still not over Pluto.

[@normal_media]

yeah we went to Pluto

[@Anicius_]

@@normal_media no we took pics

[@NoShadeAllFade]

Get over it- NDGT

[@squeaky_buddha]

@@NoShadeAllFade lol!

[@normal_media]

I'd love to see a thermal cam of Mars. Terraform MARS!

[@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391]

If we had the technology to teraform mars wed be able to fix the problems on earth

[@wingy200]

@@theyweredeadwhenigotthere1391 No amount of technology can fix stupid, unfortunately.

[@PBeringer]

What a human.

[@2fast2block]

What a clueless human. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

[@tgstudio85]

@@2fast2block *The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally.* "The total energy in a system remains constant, although it may be converted from one form to another." - that is first law of Thermodynamics, nowhere it states anything about from where energy come. You are stinking liar kiddo, not to mention you have zero idea about basic thermodynamics.

[@tgstudio85]

@@2fast2block *One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally* Entropy doesn't prove creation in any way, check it proves that no creator was needed as there was never creation event.

[@peaness7275]

I happened to take seat on my phallus in such a way so as the tip breached my rectum. That is to say many hours ago as I remain in this very spot!

[@user-mi6gq6mn7f]

TEND OUR OWN LAND

[@star.watchersteven3255]

Don't get me started about Pluto my favorite planet I cannot think of it as a snowball G37 have the Moon

[@oninoyakamo]

Thank goodness for 1.25 speed!

[@StrawmnMcPerson]

Now compare *this* kind of true masculinity to taint's spewings.

[@user-mi6gq6mn7f]

MEXICAN PLACE IN HISTORY TBD

[@asdfghjkl7647]

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[@Brekner]

What's frustrating is that no matter how many videos about science I watch, almost nothing sticks to my stupid brain. Like, say I read or watch a video about why the sky is blue. I can explain it well enough a few hours later. Fast forward 3 days, and I can't even remember the overall explanation, let alone the details :|

[@heliczer]

Funny. And true.

[@josephlammardo]

The fossil fuel industry works hard to undermine the science presented here.

[@DrDeuteron]

The energy industry loves climate change. It means more money for less work.

[@user-mi6gq6mn7f]

NOT SLAVE LABOR WE ARE AZTEC!!

[@80srenaissance67]

Guy sounds just like Jeff Goldblume guy looks just like Jeff Goldblume...hmmmm

[@jessasto947]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:1-3)

[@tgstudio85]

One of thousands of mythologies and creation myths, and all similarly irrelevant in gaining knowledge about our universe.

[@SuperInceptor]

So this mf has jokes huh??

[@jeff-w]

I like listening to thes lectures but don't appreciate the mocking of the 6 days of creation belief as if it's somehow more stupid than the notion we exploded into existance from nothing.

[@michaellabbe2873]

Except for evidence of a cosmic explosion.

[@rickhenderson7866]

Everything should be mocked

[@jeff-w]

@@rickhenderson7866 kzbin.infoY-r6jMAcyV4?si=DzjBOvhQG1LDetKc