Surely the unison of evidence and observation with speculation and curiosity delivers far more beauty worth pondering than any superstition based theory or ideal on how we project the world to be.
I would like to know what song plays to the beginning of this vid.
There is some webpage where the complete soundtrack of the original edition is supposed to be given and it lists this as Purcell's music for the funeral of queen mary. But I'm pretty sure that isnt what's playing in this version...
"The conflict, portrayed on both sides as a Holy War, was more an exploitation of religious bigotry by those hungry for land and power." 0:55 (oil = power)
400 years later all that's changed is the technology of war, except the balance is extremely one-sided.
It's interesting to note that the man responsible for the thirty years war is none other than Pope Urban VIII. The very same man who placed Galileo under house arrest and threatened him with torture in order to coerce a recanting of his observations. Of course the politics of his position at the time is what really put him under pressure to do such terrible things, thus we blame christianity as a whole for the retardation of human progress.
I loved the part when Sagan told that Kepler wrote fantasy book about how people travel to the Moon, and then showing real footage of our planet. This is like enlightement: for centuries dogmatic idiots persecuted those "crazy" scientist, which "don't know what they are talking", and utterly fail.
"one day human beings would launch celestial ships with sails adapted to the breezes of heaven filled with explorers who would not fear the vastness."
To "envision" this requires a complete human being.
For centuries the receptive force, the creative aspect, the feminine-embodied as woman, has been under attack. Women aren't persecuted for being women but for what she embodies- "the receptive" force, the creative energy which allows man to experience his full potential.
That's all well and good, and I see where you're coming from: The sexual dimorphism of early humans, the gender roles of male hunting (spearing) and female contemplation/planning/meal preparation at home, early matriarchal societies, the symbolic nature of a vagina, the "woman behind the man" dynamic, etc.
It's all well and good, but why bring gender conflict into the spreading of values (skepticism, curiosity) that should be embraced by both men and women in the first place?
People have been "caught on" for thousands of years.
Diogenes of Sinope, when approached by Alexander the Great, about why he was playing with bones:
"I am trying to distinguish the bones of your father from the bones of his slaves."
The problem is that this kind of wisdom has been slow to trickle down into the uninterested populous, or up into the greedy nobility: Both groups only seem to embrace knowledge when there's a short-term profit involved, or promises of eternity.
Mankind will realize its true potential in a society of non-aggressive philosophers.
Before a science major jumps down my throat about how "philosophy is useless, and responsible for X problems," I'd like to remind them that it's sound meditation of data by the data-collecting human being that creates an "informed decision." Science makes no decisions about what to do with data, it just seeks it.
e.g., calculating the area of a sector of a circle can be used with sprinklers or turrets.
Surely the unison of evidence and observation with speculation and curiosity delivers far more beauty worth pondering than any superstition based theory or ideal on how we project the world to be.
MrLukeroberts91 2 weeks ago
I would like to know what song plays to the beginning of this vid.
There is some webpage where the complete soundtrack of the original edition is supposed to be given and it lists this as Purcell's music for the funeral of queen mary. But I'm pretty sure that isnt what's playing in this version...
Does anyone know?
wishcraft4u2 2 months ago
"The conflict, portrayed on both sides as a Holy War, was more an exploitation of religious bigotry by those hungry for land and power." 0:55 (oil = power)
400 years later all that's changed is the technology of war, except the balance is extremely one-sided.
MagiMysteryTour 6 months ago
Two people are geocentrists.
number1historybuff 1 year ago
I lived in his birthplace of Weil der Stadt from may 1 1987-nov 30 1991 i miss it alot hope to be back there soon.
thomaswolfgang81 1 year ago
It's interesting to note that the man responsible for the thirty years war is none other than Pope Urban VIII. The very same man who placed Galileo under house arrest and threatened him with torture in order to coerce a recanting of his observations. Of course the politics of his position at the time is what really put him under pressure to do such terrible things, thus we blame christianity as a whole for the retardation of human progress.
Riff625 1 year ago
At 3:32 why aren't there any stars seen from the moon? Wouldn't there be tons of stars?
SquirrelGott 2 years ago
The stars are seen from the moon, a lot of them, and as a diference with Earth, also during day-time because there is no atmosphere
. They aren' t seen in Apolo's photographs because the photographs were made with day light expositions, 1/250 seg or so.
To see stars in a photograph you need several seconds of exposition.
For the same reason,when you made an outdoor photograph with flash in the night you dont see stars in the photograph, but they are in the sky.
sorry for my bad English
mmmxxxi 2 years ago 2
Thanks for the explanation, I figured it had to do with the film used and exposure.
SquirrelGott 2 years ago
@mmmxxxi are there any extended exposure time photos taken from the moon?
YuTubeWeTube 1 year ago
@SquirrelGott The same reason we dont see stars during the day on earth. Pretty straight forward.
jwhyte67 2 years ago
I loved the part when Sagan told that Kepler wrote fantasy book about how people travel to the Moon, and then showing real footage of our planet. This is like enlightement: for centuries dogmatic idiots persecuted those "crazy" scientist, which "don't know what they are talking", and utterly fail.
ricardas83 2 years ago
3:26 I cannot bleave those charges. Thats God fearing people for you. How many more have to die in the name of god?
TheCottonTop 2 years ago 11
@TheCottonTop the whole species, yes?
CDanielzSpecialist 2 years ago
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@TheCottonTop How many people are left on the earth?
choobie12 7 months ago
I love the music at the end of this video.
ericsbuds 2 years ago
long live Carl, from all of Scotland.
antonyvt 2 years ago
I miss Carl Sagan. More to the point, the world misses Carl Sagan.
Demosthenes140 2 years ago 3
Min 3:35-so beautiful
"one day human beings would launch celestial ships with sails adapted to the breezes of heaven filled with explorers who would not fear the vastness."
To "envision" this requires a complete human being.
For centuries the receptive force, the creative aspect, the feminine-embodied as woman, has been under attack. Women aren't persecuted for being women but for what she embodies- "the receptive" force, the creative energy which allows man to experience his full potential.
Yoetah 3 years ago 2
You mean like Margaret Thatcher?
It is not about male of female force Yoetah, It is about all of us coming together in peace and reason. in honest discovery and wonder.
for sustainability and dignity for the human species, for the Earth and all of it's life, and then beyond.
What we have now is not male domination, but the dregs of history, ignorance, cultural prides and competitive dogmas. Progress is for all.
marsCubed 2 years ago
@Yoetah
That's all well and good, and I see where you're coming from: The sexual dimorphism of early humans, the gender roles of male hunting (spearing) and female contemplation/planning/meal preparation at home, early matriarchal societies, the symbolic nature of a vagina, the "woman behind the man" dynamic, etc.
It's all well and good, but why bring gender conflict into the spreading of values (skepticism, curiosity) that should be embraced by both men and women in the first place?
Npowell01 6 months ago
"organized pillage"
when will we ever catch on to how we're being manipulated into division?
Yoetah 3 years ago 2
@Yoetah
People have been "caught on" for thousands of years.
Diogenes of Sinope, when approached by Alexander the Great, about why he was playing with bones:
"I am trying to distinguish the bones of your father from the bones of his slaves."
The problem is that this kind of wisdom has been slow to trickle down into the uninterested populous, or up into the greedy nobility: Both groups only seem to embrace knowledge when there's a short-term profit involved, or promises of eternity.
Shame.
Npowell01 6 months ago
cont.
Mankind will realize its true potential in a society of non-aggressive philosophers.
Before a science major jumps down my throat about how "philosophy is useless, and responsible for X problems," I'd like to remind them that it's sound meditation of data by the data-collecting human being that creates an "informed decision." Science makes no decisions about what to do with data, it just seeks it.
e.g., calculating the area of a sector of a circle can be used with sprinklers or turrets.
Npowell01 6 months ago
god damn i love carl sagan
MarcusTheReverent 3 years ago 3
i miss him too.
antonyvt 3 years ago
I miss Carl Sagan.
HelpTruth 4 years ago 15
Carl Sagan's body was sent in space.
Scotty of Star Trek was too.
Burnaby2008 4 years ago 2
The Cosmos 1 solar sail fits the bill.
SardonicusRexx 4 years ago