the idea that some can reduce this brilliant mans ideas to a small minded and redundant argument over "GOD" - "NO god" is absurd, disrespectful and evidence that they are not GETTING him at ALL.
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.
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We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. - Carl Sagan
@raponte1955 Any 'god' worth a hill of beans would find far more honour in my rational disbelief in him/her/it than your mere CYA belief.
Besides, can you really believe anything based on nothing more that the fact that you want it to be true? I sure can't. If my very life depended on a heart felt faith in something I intellectually believed was wrong, I'd be a dead man.
Carl Sagan's early death aged just 62 was one of the greatest losses imaginable to the human race. Few men in history have ever said so clearly why we should put aside our petty. childish and self centered passions and work together, not like the Borg but as a free, united collective of individuals all pulling in the same direction. Politics, religion and ethnic division keep us in chains and anchored in all the follies of our primitive past.
Maybe WE are the aliens that we are looking for. Its up to us to discover other planets and seek out new life and teach the lesser beings. Maybe a 1000+ years from now we will have the technology to do so.
@elfirrepins Surely a prejudiced opinion; a large portion of the life forms the planet supports are hard at work wiping out the discordant last part of your expression. I wonder if your evaluative labels are not actually directed at the human race rather than the planet which enables them to form them. For example is there anything disgusting, putrid, pathetic or nasty about Saturn or Mars?
@elfirrepins I can't man; it's just a disgusting, putrid, pathetic, nasty & beautiful addiction to stuff, tho I'm sure our labels refer to different stuffs. All I was tryna point out is that there's never been anything wrong with the planet that wasn't traceable to the us that's made a mess of it.
PEOPLE! LOOK AT THAT DOT! that is where the great battle between good and evil will happen! the great rapture and the evil antichrist will destroy the sinners on that dot! The great dot that god created and gave his thoughts on what we should be! we must worship jesus,, because he dictates this planet!!!
lol i hope all of u can see the sarcasm here..... how do u belive in a god that controls who goes to heaven and hell if they do not belive in him after watching this? do some critical thinking!
The words in this video suggest that "we have it within us".
Why, then, are we as a society noticeably and progressively worsening? If "we have it within us", why aren't things getting better as science & technology enlightens us?
@TheMadCheeseGrater If you take notice, it's those societies where religion has the biggest stranglehold on society (such as many of the countries in the Middle East) where violence is the worst. It was never said that we were a perfect race, just that we have great potential.
I've never been able to figure out why some people think (or seem to think) sheer girth has any bearing on the importance of something. Sure, the universe is quantitatively immense. So what?
One of the reasons I think that people like to label people like Carl Sagan a religious person is because of the way he talks. It seems to happen to so many scientistsm once they hit a certain point and realize how careful they have to be in order to be understood.
There is a poetry to science that sometimes comes off as spiritual, that awe you get frm just learning how the universe works. Religious people see it and want to claim that person.
@NotDuncan There is a big difference between religion and spirituality. As a human being, i am a spiritual creature (a solar fueled piece of planetary surface). Other animals may have a hint of spirituality as well but i don't care about their spirituality just as i don't care about other humans spirituality (actually i do care, but that's a different story). Every one must find their own spirituality. Which is exactly why religion is wrong, i think. continued...
Science then is just the method to figure out things in the most objective way possible. It's then up to everyone to make sense of what science teaches us. And that's the spirit. And if what i just said doesn't make any sense at all, i'd say fair enough... i'm drunk. ;)
But if religious people like what Carl Sagan said, that's a good thing.
the reason my english is lacking is because its not me larry its my wife on my acct. she came here 3 yrs ago fron latin america and studies every day to improve her english ..... please do not insult her..sincsely larryc...
You are so wrong ...because Einstein believed on God...and I have evidence of that he said: the man is great when is on knees....
Carl Sanga . this is the time when all the scientis we have to sit down and talk there is a superior being beyond the universe........................so you can impressme with people that have PHD I love eistein I love carlg sagan and both believed on GOD.
@larryc2321 Your English is lacking and so is your ability to google.
Einstein: "I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic...''
''I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.''
''"I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a god who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind."''
Carl Sagan: "The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."
regional characteristics exaggerate themselves. Only now, in the modern world where technology has allowed regional groups (i.e., what you're calling "races") to once again mix freely.
No, Gunwacko. Conceit lies in those who believe that the universe (and more specifically, Earth) was created specifically for our sole purpose.
Quite the opposite of your statement, the Theory of Evolution states quite humbly that we are rather just one of the animals who were fit enough to perpetuate our species and flourish.
As for the differences, it is easy to see that those who live further from equatorial regions lost their pigmentation. A few Ice Ages later, and the (con'td)
It is pure arrogance to think that we "evolved" from goo to what we are today and that a Creator didn't have His hands all over it. Evolution is a silly theory that arrogant men made up to prove their significance. If we "evolved" then we would all be one race. No blacks, no mexicans, no whites...etc. All one color, all one people. Environmental issues would alter humans slightly but never enough to create 12 different races, that are now mixing together..? HELLO? Anyone getting it yet?
@Gunwacko Emm, no if you read about evolution (don't seem to have), for your particular ojection, there is geographical disconections between species - they can evolve in different directions because of very contrasting environments they live in. Arrogance is comming from you - that the creator made the world with you in mind. What is so arogant about being on of very very many species, that seem to share the history of extinction. You saw how unarrogant the vid is, why are you so mad?
@theWHYing who said I'm mad? I simply cannot believe that a vast number of supposedly "smart" people still believe that we evolved on this planet when evidence points to someone dropping off 12 different groups of humans on this planet, all with drastic differences in characteristics, traits, skin color..even how they worship a deity. You cannot possibly believe that Japanese culture is different because of regional issues OR that eyes evolved slanted..because..?? and blacks? too much sun??? :-)
@Gunwacko no one has to tell me that sth is the case, I read and I conclude that you were mad, that's how it works in life. And no, there aren't strict boundaries between cultures, only if they are really far away they become discernible. Oh come on, if you are separated from others you actually think of different principles. Different regions have different catastrophes that earn the status of a god because of fear of them. Stop giving questions, and give an alternative explanation.
@Gunwacko Do you know what Melanin is? Do you know how it works? where is your evidence for these groups being dropped off on the planet... you make a lot of claims with no evidence..
@pelgert LMAO...and so do all of the evolutionists!! lol. At least my ideas make more sense than yours do. melanin?? How does that explain the differences between.... lets say Chinese and European whites? Where do slanted eyes come from? Languages? I think we were all deposited here from other worlds, all having different cultures, beliefs in "Gods", Chinese came from a planet that actually has dragons, whites came from an ice planet further from their sun.....you see how it all makes sense? :-)
@Gunwacko Melanin is produced in the skin to protect your skin from the uva rays of the sun.. the geographical area where the Chinese are from recives more or the rays then in the northern part of europe.. so they produce more and more melanin over the generations and become darker and darker.. how do you explain it. you say "you think" that isnt a fact that is an opinion. Many cultures have dragons in it... " A knight slays the dragon to save the princess.."
Well done Ice Core Scientist. I have always admired the work you do drilling ice cores in the arctic wastes, but I didn't know how well you sing until now.
FIRST OFF, THE EARTH ISNT EVEN PALE IDK WHERE U GET THAT FROM
but anyway, this earth is one of many, i know for a fact that we arent the only living people out there, and yes, THERE IS A CREATOR OF ALL OF THIS, the size of this earth has nothing to do with wats inside of her. AND THE CREATOR WILL SAVE HIS CHILDREN FROM THOSE WHO SET OUT TO DESTROY THIS EARTH AND THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE ON IT
its funny how when carl says these words he sound far out and very brilliant for the way that he puts his words together, but when you really think about what hes saying, it makes him seem a bit small minded.
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941 Big deal, what would he know????
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Ahhh. That's better, had just watched that ICP 'Miracles' video that everyone is making fun of. Some Juggaloos had called it 'deep'. Needed to come watch this to remember what deep is actually like.
it hurts to watch the video talk about all the hatred and evil things, all of us being so close together and yet so far apart, but then reading the comments and seeing just that. i know we're human and we make mistakes, but cant we try to be more?
@AgainstTheWind001 My perspective has been opened for quite some time but I still believe in God simply based on intelligent design (inclusive of the entire universe...) as opposed to long series of accidental occurrences to have brought us (and everything else) into existence.
Heared of evolution? the same thing happens to atoms... do you think there was H or F or Na in stardust? stardust turned into that. We aren't stardust anymore we are earthdust now.
From chemistry and physics we know that all the atoms in the universe came from hydrogen and helium formed after the 'Big Bang.'
The heavier elements came from fusion reactions within stars - and all the elements heavier than iron (Fe) came from 'supernova,' the explosion of big stars.
That means the iron in our blood and the carbon in our brain all came from dead stars.
In fact, all the atoms in our body and on earth came from stars that blew up billions of years ago.
We can save ourselves by acting NOW, or we can keep on sliding down the slope are on to our own destruction.
And in a million years,when we are extinct, an alien historian will write a paper called "Humanity: A Cautionary Tale"
And in a billion years, we will be a legend, a myth, since no intelligent species will seriously believe that a species so stupid, so heedless of the danger it is in by its own hand, could really have existed.
Carl Sagan seriously fucking ROCKS, and this is still one of THE best on YouTube. Outstanding visuals, perfectly balanced and mixed with a killer soundtrack.
Does it come any better than this? I don't think so.... There can be few better ways to demonstrate how tiny we actually are in the cosmos and the Great Way of things, compared to how we THINK we are We can be so imperfect, yet we can come up with stuff like this.
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Science is a double edged sword. With it, people create pills of chemicals to make medicine. With It, people create new weapons and more efficient bombs.
Science will save you today and kill you tomorrow.
probably I didn't put it right...I meant faith in the fact that the scientific method is the best effort (certainly better than religion)humans have to know/understand the cosmos and give humankind a better life
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not really. the basis of science is proof, it could not be without proof. but nothing can be truly proven. you never know if the next time you drop the apple it will fall up. so, essentially, all science is faith. you can only be 99.9% sure of something. never certain. so to believe in the facts of science. is to have faith in those facts.
only 99.9%? We have never seen an apple fall upwards, it isn't faith though, faith is based on no evidence, we have evidence of it, mountains of evidence, so it is not equivalent to "oh I believe this, despite no support". Science has only 2 things that are Faith based, from what I know, that there is an objective reality and that scientific laws are constant throughout the universe.
and there is my point "constant throughout the universe" we have faith that they will not change at any point and that apples will fall upwards. thanks for your help. XD
you're seriously not getting it, it isn't faith because it is based on evidence, there is no evidence that anything else has ever occurred besides apples falling to the ground that's why we can create laws from it.
@Anastasius37 Sure, but science is not a religion as many seem to think it is and treat it as. I'm not religious, but the hatred and just sheer snobbery I see from "Science Freaks", to use the expression, is sicking and exactly representative of Jesus Freaks. It's funny how many become the thing they hate most huh?
@mtb416 I don't hate religious people...the thing I've always hated is pseudoscience. You're right though, many "Science Freaks" have serious ego issues, the funny part about it is they're not introspective enough to see that science is the least arrogant method that exists. We have to take everything into consideration and hold all to the same standards of evidence.
I think religion would be better off gone, but I would never try to force people to change...
@Anastasius37 I'm glad you've noticed this too. I was in no way asserting that you were a "science freak", but most Atheists (again, I do not know what you like to call yourself, speaking in generalities) on YouTube are such and just are looking to flash their mostly pseudo-intellectual scientific understanding. Religion has give us both the good and the bad, but I tend to blame people and groups rather than monolithic things such as "religion." It's the human condition that is the problem
Why do people with no knowledge or even a faint interest in science insist on arguing against it? Being clueless of a topic should mean you AVOID debating it.
It's not too late to start learning (it never is), so read one or more of Sagan's books, then read some more books that don't exist simply to prop up a baseless theology, and you'll understand where you went wrong.
It's not wrong to be wrong unless you don't care what's right.
You need help finding some nonexistant books? That's easy- they're everywhere. In fact I have an infinite number in my coffee cup. (That's one of the greatest benefits of dealing with nonexistant things, you're never without them.)
If you're insinuating that no book doesn't (sorry for the double negative, but it works best in this situation) prop up a baseless theology, I have to say that science books come mighty close. Unless you want to get all philosophical about it...
@3point14rat ? No, re-read my comment; read, not find. What test of existence are you using; consensus or intuition? Would anyone else agree-& based on what- that your books don't exist? Does my unshared dream of last nite exist? Did the law of gravity exist before codified & quantified in minds? Not to be be difficult but the issue of existence seems key to your declaration of theology as baseless. Who went wrong - all of us? Perhaps removing the 2X negative & restating would clarify?
@3point14rat But ofc if someone just accumulates knowledge by reading then that is not so intelligent I think. Reading is only the first step to exploring...
You can't live in a bubble and expect to learn. But that's what religion depends on. You insulate yourselves and make the outside sound bad to ensure you stay insulated. When your told that science textbooks contain the work of the devil, it's a short path to scientific illiteracy.
Reading isn't the whole story, but it's kinda hard to do experiments or find exo-planets on your own. So reading is a huge part of knowledge. Critical thinking is the other part.
can anyone tell me whats the last part of the quote he says at the end... "to be skeptical of those in authority...then we're up for....???"" ...thanks!
GOD gave us free will, WE are killing outselfs, WE are destoying our planet, WE become disfuntional and angle ourselfs to become lustful and powerhungry, Jesus said all this is wrong; atheists are just repeating what he said. WE can save out planet. A little faith will go along way.
I don't see what my opinion has to do with babies. But babies are not atheists. Children are believers. They short of logic, they do believe in fairytale, in Santa, in Jesus.
@dacoolray It is a human nature to believe in smthg that it cant find logical explanation. Just like cat afraid of vacuum cleaner. Or being taught not to eat black color berry might save your live (even if it is not always true). Better safe then sorry. Children are taught religion. Did I answer your question, because I still dont see your point?
Actually here is evidence that a child who has not yet had the laying over of the conscious mind does exhibit what is given in text. A child is not born a materialist anymore than he is born a liberal. You argue that he does not believe that there is a god, but he does not believe that only the material plane exists. And as just given, the scale is tipped towards theism.
Christians follow a bible that commands them suffer not a witch to live Google 'what's the harm? (kenyan edition)' to see a video of Christians in Africa BURNING PEOPLE ALIVE today. Atheists dont follow a book that commands them to kill others, and condemn dictators like Hitler and Stalin for their use of violence to achieve their political ends, just as we condemn Christians for killing for religious reasons. Christians don't condemn these burnings as that would be against their religion.
@footster26 I believe the song was created by the youtuber. It's on itunes.
kadeblade1 4 weeks ago
the idea that some can reduce this brilliant mans ideas to a small minded and redundant argument over "GOD" - "NO god" is absurd, disrespectful and evidence that they are not GETTING him at ALL.
ibelevit 2 months ago
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maximummask 3 months ago
post the lyrics please!!!!
i love this song!
cant stop humming it
zeprules1234 3 months ago 2
@zeprules1234 As requested - see description.
icecorescientist 2 months ago
@zeprules1234
did you ever discover what this song was called, i have been searching and still can't find it.
footster26 1 month ago
Well done.
tomsbiz 3 months ago
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.
- Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era, 1970 <
AgainstTheWind001 3 months ago
Be skeptical of those in authority..... for-ev-er........... quit being sold your own comfort........ or, should I say..... your own self!
AgainstTheWind001 3 months ago
Well that was fucking amazing
crazymuffin147 3 months ago
510 people out there are afraid of the idea that we are not the most important things out there.
bronz3321 3 months ago 3
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We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. - Carl Sagan
TheLogicalBrain 4 months ago
Love the video, who is the music by?
Obenwun 4 months ago
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thatdamnclown22 5 months ago
Brilliant Video! Thanks for sharing Mate!
Wallabytrack 5 months ago
excellent video!
nirlahav 9 months ago
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5/21/2011
6pm
We're still here!
So now what, people?!
info145 9 months ago
Ohhh, beautiful video. I'm a stronger believer because of it.
"The infinite expected value acknowledging God is always greater than the finite expected value of not acknowledging his existence" - Pascal
It is a safer "bet" to choose God....
raponte1955 9 months ago
@raponte1955 twat! you know pascals wager is retarded.trolling cunt
1984LizardKing 8 months ago
@raponte1955 Any 'god' worth a hill of beans would find far more honour in my rational disbelief in him/her/it than your mere CYA belief.
Besides, can you really believe anything based on nothing more that the fact that you want it to be true? I sure can't. If my very life depended on a heart felt faith in something I intellectually believed was wrong, I'd be a dead man.
I can't fathom a mindset like yours.
3point14rat 8 months ago
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Carl Sagan's early death aged just 62 was one of the greatest losses imaginable to the human race. Few men in history have ever said so clearly why we should put aside our petty. childish and self centered passions and work together, not like the Borg but as a free, united collective of individuals all pulling in the same direction. Politics, religion and ethnic division keep us in chains and anchored in all the follies of our primitive past.
hmscollingwood 9 months ago
Maybe WE are the aliens that we are looking for. Its up to us to discover other planets and seek out new life and teach the lesser beings. Maybe a 1000+ years from now we will have the technology to do so.
blarson12 10 months ago
This is the most disgusting, putrid, pathetic, nasty, most beautiful planet in the universe.
elfirrepins 10 months ago
@elfirrepins Surely a prejudiced opinion; a large portion of the life forms the planet supports are hard at work wiping out the discordant last part of your expression. I wonder if your evaluative labels are not actually directed at the human race rather than the planet which enables them to form them. For example is there anything disgusting, putrid, pathetic or nasty about Saturn or Mars?
zzinglish53 10 months ago
@zzinglish53 Lay off the stuff.
elfirrepins 10 months ago
@elfirrepins I can't man; it's just a disgusting, putrid, pathetic, nasty & beautiful addiction to stuff, tho I'm sure our labels refer to different stuffs. All I was tryna point out is that there's never been anything wrong with the planet that wasn't traceable to the us that's made a mess of it.
zzinglish53 10 months ago
This beautiful string of words manages to give me goosebumps every single time I read/hear it.
gspahr 10 months ago
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TheNitricOxide 11 months ago
PEOPLE! LOOK AT THAT DOT! that is where the great battle between good and evil will happen! the great rapture and the evil antichrist will destroy the sinners on that dot! The great dot that god created and gave his thoughts on what we should be! we must worship jesus,, because he dictates this planet!!!
lol i hope all of u can see the sarcasm here..... how do u belive in a god that controls who goes to heaven and hell if they do not belive in him after watching this? do some critical thinking!
zptramel 11 months ago
@zptramel but alas you are so far away... are you not?
camiller3754 11 months ago
When you look at how insignicant we are compared to the universe, we should try to treat each other with more kindness and respect.
piperdawn7 1 year ago
The words in this video suggest that "we have it within us".
Why, then, are we as a society noticeably and progressively worsening? If "we have it within us", why aren't things getting better as science & technology enlightens us?
TheMadCheeseGrater 1 year ago
@TheMadCheeseGrater If you take notice, it's those societies where religion has the biggest stranglehold on society (such as many of the countries in the Middle East) where violence is the worst. It was never said that we were a perfect race, just that we have great potential.
mercurydude 1 year ago
FAR OUT ( man) ,, loves it i do c butt
LORDwilliamsDJ 1 year ago
I've never been able to figure out why some people think (or seem to think) sheer girth has any bearing on the importance of something. Sure, the universe is quantitatively immense. So what?
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rjdmillerca 1 year ago
One of the reasons I think that people like to label people like Carl Sagan a religious person is because of the way he talks. It seems to happen to so many scientistsm once they hit a certain point and realize how careful they have to be in order to be understood.
There is a poetry to science that sometimes comes off as spiritual, that awe you get frm just learning how the universe works. Religious people see it and want to claim that person.
NotDuncan 1 year ago
@NotDuncan There is a big difference between religion and spirituality. As a human being, i am a spiritual creature (a solar fueled piece of planetary surface). Other animals may have a hint of spirituality as well but i don't care about their spirituality just as i don't care about other humans spirituality (actually i do care, but that's a different story). Every one must find their own spirituality. Which is exactly why religion is wrong, i think. continued...
udoloh 1 year ago
@udoloh ...
Science then is just the method to figure out things in the most objective way possible. It's then up to everyone to make sense of what science teaches us. And that's the spirit. And if what i just said doesn't make any sense at all, i'd say fair enough... i'm drunk. ;)
But if religious people like what Carl Sagan said, that's a good thing.
udoloh 1 year ago
Best "pale blue dot" video ever.
udoloh 1 year ago 10
Sincerly larry have a great day.. my typing skills are lagging lol......
larryc2321 1 year ago
the reason my english is lacking is because its not me larry its my wife on my acct. she came here 3 yrs ago fron latin america and studies every day to improve her english ..... please do not insult her..sincsely larryc...
larryc2321 1 year ago
great
Ssj3Gokulegend 1 year ago
You are so wrong ...because Einstein believed on God...and I have evidence of that he said: the man is great when is on knees....
Carl Sanga . this is the time when all the scientis we have to sit down and talk there is a superior being beyond the universe........................so you can impressme with people that have PHD I love eistein I love carlg sagan and both believed on GOD.
larryc2321 1 year ago
@larryc2321 Sagan was a sceptic and a non-believer.. never claimed to believe in any god.
pelgert 1 year ago
@larryc2321 Sagan believed in god? I must have missed that one, can you please show that to me?
emancoy 1 year ago
@larryc2321 Your English is lacking and so is your ability to google.
Einstein: "I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic...''
''I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.''
''"I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a god who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind."''
Pottan23 1 year ago
@larryc2321
Carl Sagan: "The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."
"An atheist has to know a lot more than I know."
"I'm agnostic."
Pottan23 1 year ago
We have touched the hand of God, and we don't even know it
KiniAlohaGuy 1 year ago
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3425474543262543 1 year ago
Sagan was a POET!
2plus2is9 1 year ago
The point is...You and I are going to die. Does the universe care about that?
doppleobstinotch 1 year ago
oh wat a video.. loved it..
Rudy727 1 year ago
regional characteristics exaggerate themselves. Only now, in the modern world where technology has allowed regional groups (i.e., what you're calling "races") to once again mix freely.
toothygrin1231 1 year ago
No, Gunwacko. Conceit lies in those who believe that the universe (and more specifically, Earth) was created specifically for our sole purpose.
Quite the opposite of your statement, the Theory of Evolution states quite humbly that we are rather just one of the animals who were fit enough to perpetuate our species and flourish.
As for the differences, it is easy to see that those who live further from equatorial regions lost their pigmentation. A few Ice Ages later, and the (con'td)
toothygrin1231 1 year ago
It is pure arrogance to think that we "evolved" from goo to what we are today and that a Creator didn't have His hands all over it. Evolution is a silly theory that arrogant men made up to prove their significance. If we "evolved" then we would all be one race. No blacks, no mexicans, no whites...etc. All one color, all one people. Environmental issues would alter humans slightly but never enough to create 12 different races, that are now mixing together..? HELLO? Anyone getting it yet?
Gunwacko 1 year ago
@Gunwacko Emm, no if you read about evolution (don't seem to have), for your particular ojection, there is geographical disconections between species - they can evolve in different directions because of very contrasting environments they live in. Arrogance is comming from you - that the creator made the world with you in mind. What is so arogant about being on of very very many species, that seem to share the history of extinction. You saw how unarrogant the vid is, why are you so mad?
theWHYing 1 year ago
@theWHYing who said I'm mad? I simply cannot believe that a vast number of supposedly "smart" people still believe that we evolved on this planet when evidence points to someone dropping off 12 different groups of humans on this planet, all with drastic differences in characteristics, traits, skin color..even how they worship a deity. You cannot possibly believe that Japanese culture is different because of regional issues OR that eyes evolved slanted..because..?? and blacks? too much sun??? :-)
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@Gunwacko no one has to tell me that sth is the case, I read and I conclude that you were mad, that's how it works in life. And no, there aren't strict boundaries between cultures, only if they are really far away they become discernible. Oh come on, if you are separated from others you actually think of different principles. Different regions have different catastrophes that earn the status of a god because of fear of them. Stop giving questions, and give an alternative explanation.
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pelgert 1 year ago
@Gunwacko Do you know what Melanin is? Do you know how it works? where is your evidence for these groups being dropped off on the planet... you make a lot of claims with no evidence..
pelgert 1 year ago
@pelgert LMAO...and so do all of the evolutionists!! lol. At least my ideas make more sense than yours do. melanin?? How does that explain the differences between.... lets say Chinese and European whites? Where do slanted eyes come from? Languages? I think we were all deposited here from other worlds, all having different cultures, beliefs in "Gods", Chinese came from a planet that actually has dragons, whites came from an ice planet further from their sun.....you see how it all makes sense? :-)
Gunwacko 1 year ago
@Gunwacko Melanin is produced in the skin to protect your skin from the uva rays of the sun.. the geographical area where the Chinese are from recives more or the rays then in the northern part of europe.. so they produce more and more melanin over the generations and become darker and darker.. how do you explain it. you say "you think" that isnt a fact that is an opinion. Many cultures have dragons in it... " A knight slays the dragon to save the princess.."
pelgert 1 year ago
@Gunwacko Funny stuff. I don't know why anyone could think you're being serious about this crap.
alianchild 1 year ago
Well done Ice Core Scientist. I have always admired the work you do drilling ice cores in the arctic wastes, but I didn't know how well you sing until now.
greenaissance 1 year ago
this is stupid carl sagans voice should have been voiced and not this stupid song
rolficus 1 year ago
499 people hit thumbs down by mistake. I loved it! Great job and a powerful message everyone should think about.
MLD170 1 year ago 5
i usually post ginsberg's 'america' for the july 4th weekend. this seems more appropriate this year. love this! carry on.
solanaceaesolarium 1 year ago
FIRST OFF, THE EARTH ISNT EVEN PALE IDK WHERE U GET THAT FROM
but anyway, this earth is one of many, i know for a fact that we arent the only living people out there, and yes, THERE IS A CREATOR OF ALL OF THIS, the size of this earth has nothing to do with wats inside of her. AND THE CREATOR WILL SAVE HIS CHILDREN FROM THOSE WHO SET OUT TO DESTROY THIS EARTH AND THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE ON IT
arab3515 1 year ago
@arab3515
"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
- Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
semajsevarg 1 year ago 5
@semajsevarg
lolz
what was the point of ur quoting???
its funny how when carl says these words he sound far out and very brilliant for the way that he puts his words together, but when you really think about what hes saying, it makes him seem a bit small minded.
arab3515 1 year ago
@arab3515 gotta love the nutters out there
AND BY THE WAY YOU DONT NEED TO HOLD SHIFT OK!
reignofcrimson 1 year ago
@reignofcrimson call me what you want to, everything happens for a reason, jus remember that
AND IM NOT HOLDING SHIFT SILLY PERSON, ITS CALLED CAPS, IM SURE YOU USE IT AS WELL
arab3515 1 year ago
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941 Big deal, what would he know????
monicasuetannehill 1 year ago
we need to find a way to space travel to other planets....then we can be like 10 pale blue dots lol
themegapacman 1 year ago
This video has been selected by the channel as one of the most "Deep" videos on YouTube and was added to the channel's playlist accordingly. Thanks for sharing.
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bestofYTchannel
BestofYTChannel 1 year ago
Ahhh. That's better, had just watched that ICP 'Miracles' video that everyone is making fun of. Some Juggaloos had called it 'deep'. Needed to come watch this to remember what deep is actually like.
Pitschni 1 year ago 5
One of the BEST things I have EVER seen!!!! LOOOOONG time fan!
zerodegree2732 1 year ago 2
an insparation to my ears.
itsdelaney16 1 year ago
it hurts to watch the video talk about all the hatred and evil things, all of us being so close together and yet so far apart, but then reading the comments and seeing just that. i know we're human and we make mistakes, but cant we try to be more?
AncientLeviathan 1 year ago 3
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Open up your perspective.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
They are discovering new planets all the time and haven't even scratched the surface.
"I distrust those people who
know so well what God wants
because I notice it ALWAYS coincides
with their own desires."
- Susan B Anthony
AgainstTheWind001 1 year ago
Open up your perspective.
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
They are discovering new planets all the time and haven't even scratched the surface.
"I distrust those people who
know so well what God wants
because I notice it ALWAYS coincides
with their own desires."
- Susan B Anthony
AgainstTheWind001 1 year ago 61
@AgainstTheWind001
Haha brilliant!
I've never heard the Eskimo joke before.
Is it based on an actual occurrence?
ElDuorPaso 1 year ago
@AgainstTheWind001 My perspective has been opened for quite some time but I still believe in God simply based on intelligent design (inclusive of the entire universe...) as opposed to long series of accidental occurrences to have brought us (and everything else) into existence.
peace
MinedUnderMatter 1 year ago
@AgainstTheWind001
Ha ha nice reference. :)
Peace Carl Sagan...
akira543 9 months ago
His Words are so very powerful...
It put things into perspective.
vidkilldrad 1 year ago
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vidkilldrad 1 year ago
Great video. Thank you.
lllrEVOLVErlll 1 year ago 3
3:36
learn it... love... it live it....
AgainstTheWind001 2 years ago 2
Thanks SFCpt.
--from one pile of awakened stardust to another.
goog2k 2 years ago
"the only home we've ever known"
Whatsfudenna 2 years ago
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Carl said, "We are star stuff" and "a way for the cosmos to know itself."
All the atoms on earth and in our bodies came from supernova that blew up over 5 billion years ago.
Aren't we all just walking, talking stardust -- this cosmos become AWAKE and looking back at itself? -- and aren't we intimately connected to it all?
We are this wonder called life become AWAKE
Please enjoy the dance.
And ultimately there's nothing that separates us from others in this grand mystery. Please be kind.
goog2k 2 years ago 7
Heared of evolution? the same thing happens to atoms... do you think there was H or F or Na in stardust? stardust turned into that. We aren't stardust anymore we are earthdust now.
filipfilip3 2 years ago
From chemistry and physics we know that all the atoms in the universe came from hydrogen and helium formed after the 'Big Bang.'
The heavier elements came from fusion reactions within stars - and all the elements heavier than iron (Fe) came from 'supernova,' the explosion of big stars.
That means the iron in our blood and the carbon in our brain all came from dead stars.
In fact, all the atoms in our body and on earth came from stars that blew up billions of years ago.
goog2k 2 years ago 4
You might be interested in these. They're fun.
Symphony of Science - The Poetry of Reality (An Anthem for Science)
/watch?v=9Cd36WJ79z4
&
Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)
/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk
goog2k 2 years ago
so whats your point?are you saying you feel like a finate powerless nothing.
fiddlestickszz 2 years ago
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stufflebeamvi 2 years ago
FANTASTIC video!
Where'd the Orson Welles audio come from?
1701Tex 2 years ago
On this pale blue dot all we have is each other.
We will ask and answer the question do we live or die.We are faced with the greatest responsibility humanity has ever had to deal with.
Let's choose the decision to live.
loulou2lou 2 years ago
beautiful!
atheistforchange 2 years ago
Although it was just a little bit...this brought tear from my eyes.
(A joke here: watching people dispute in the comments is even sadder than the clip.)
HGoodwyn 2 years ago 37
MAN!!!! This is HANDS DOWN and BAR NONE... THE BEST VIDEO ON THE NET!
zerodegree2732 2 years ago
We can save ourselves by acting NOW, or we can keep on sliding down the slope are on to our own destruction.
And in a million years,when we are extinct, an alien historian will write a paper called "Humanity: A Cautionary Tale"
And in a billion years, we will be a legend, a myth, since no intelligent species will seriously believe that a species so stupid, so heedless of the danger it is in by its own hand, could really have existed.
RamBam3000 2 years ago
Carl Sagan seriously fucking ROCKS, and this is still one of THE best on YouTube. Outstanding visuals, perfectly balanced and mixed with a killer soundtrack.
Does it come any better than this? I don't think so.... There can be few better ways to demonstrate how tiny we actually are in the cosmos and the Great Way of things, compared to how we THINK we are We can be so imperfect, yet we can come up with stuff like this.
Fascinating.
There's still time to learn!
p.s. Carl, we miss you.
AngryOfMayfair 2 years ago 3
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Liberal pillowbiting at its finest
bigmizzax 2 years ago
@bigmizzax righwing bedwetting at its finest
bartyfarslar 2 years ago
Amazing harmony between the audio and the visual.
cwgannon 2 years ago 3
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Science is a double edged sword. With it, people create pills of chemicals to make medicine. With It, people create new weapons and more efficient bombs.
Science will save you today and kill you tomorrow.
blackyblackblack505 2 years ago
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This looks like a bad acid trip.
dev21a 2 years ago
Authority is not the truth, truth is the authority.
How do we find the truth?
Do we look to an old book for the answers, or do we look to science?
The old book told us that the Sun revolves around us and yet the old book is still regarded.
To many, authority is the truth.
Stupidity reigns.
AntEyeTheist 2 years ago 6
Oh my God. Good video.
blackyblackblack505 2 years ago
.....Beautiful
AlreadyEddie 2 years ago
Yeah, I agree, we need more faith...IN SCIENCE, not in some God or gods
joncosm 2 years ago
faith in science? Science is fundamentally based on empiricism, no faith, faith should be extraneous and irrelevant to science.
Anastasius37 2 years ago 5
probably I didn't put it right...I meant faith in the fact that the scientific method is the best effort (certainly better than religion)humans have to know/understand the cosmos and give humankind a better life
joncosm 2 years ago
I knew what you meant, but I just meant to correct your language, I shouldn't have been such a stickler, sorry.
Anastasius37 2 years ago
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not really. the basis of science is proof, it could not be without proof. but nothing can be truly proven. you never know if the next time you drop the apple it will fall up. so, essentially, all science is faith. you can only be 99.9% sure of something. never certain. so to believe in the facts of science. is to have faith in those facts.
mellettolag 2 years ago
only 99.9%? We have never seen an apple fall upwards, it isn't faith though, faith is based on no evidence, we have evidence of it, mountains of evidence, so it is not equivalent to "oh I believe this, despite no support". Science has only 2 things that are Faith based, from what I know, that there is an objective reality and that scientific laws are constant throughout the universe.
Anastasius37 2 years ago 42
and there is my point "constant throughout the universe" we have faith that they will not change at any point and that apples will fall upwards. thanks for your help. XD
mellettolag 2 years ago
you're seriously not getting it, it isn't faith because it is based on evidence, there is no evidence that anything else has ever occurred besides apples falling to the ground that's why we can create laws from it.
Anastasius37 2 years ago 5
yeah i see your point actually. that was a bit retarded of me. haha. thanks for correcting me :)
mellettolag 2 years ago
np we all make mistakes. BTW I should correct myself, we have observed that physical laws are constant throughout the universe, like gravity, etc.
Anastasius37 2 years ago
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@Anastasius37
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941
Just an opinion from an average guy.
monicasuetannehill 1 year ago
@Anastasius37 Sure, but science is not a religion as many seem to think it is and treat it as. I'm not religious, but the hatred and just sheer snobbery I see from "Science Freaks", to use the expression, is sicking and exactly representative of Jesus Freaks. It's funny how many become the thing they hate most huh?
mtb416 1 year ago
@mtb416 I don't hate religious people...the thing I've always hated is pseudoscience. You're right though, many "Science Freaks" have serious ego issues, the funny part about it is they're not introspective enough to see that science is the least arrogant method that exists. We have to take everything into consideration and hold all to the same standards of evidence.
I think religion would be better off gone, but I would never try to force people to change...
Anastasius37 1 year ago
@Anastasius37 I'm glad you've noticed this too. I was in no way asserting that you were a "science freak", but most Atheists (again, I do not know what you like to call yourself, speaking in generalities) on YouTube are such and just are looking to flash their mostly pseudo-intellectual scientific understanding. Religion has give us both the good and the bad, but I tend to blame people and groups rather than monolithic things such as "religion." It's the human condition that is the problem
mtb416 1 year ago
@Anastasius37 Thank you for the reply. Have a good one!
mtb416 1 year ago
Exactly, have YOU ever seen the planet mercury? Have YOU ever really seen atoms? I know
blackyblackblack505 2 years ago
@blackyblackblack505 I HAVE seen the planet mercury you rube. You can see it without a telescope. Did you sleep through science class?
bartyfarslar 2 years ago 6
I haven't. There is some faith in science.
("YOU" is not a form of attack; It shows to prove a point, nothing personal.)
blackyblackblack505 2 years ago
Aaaaaah!
Why do people with no knowledge or even a faint interest in science insist on arguing against it? Being clueless of a topic should mean you AVOID debating it.
It's not too late to start learning (it never is), so read one or more of Sagan's books, then read some more books that don't exist simply to prop up a baseless theology, and you'll understand where you went wrong.
It's not wrong to be wrong unless you don't care what's right.
3point14rat 1 year ago 30
@3point14rat Good points but can you offer some assistance on the procedure for reading nonexistent books?
zzinglish53 10 months ago
@zzinglish53 ?
You need help finding some nonexistant books? That's easy- they're everywhere. In fact I have an infinite number in my coffee cup. (That's one of the greatest benefits of dealing with nonexistant things, you're never without them.)
If you're insinuating that no book doesn't (sorry for the double negative, but it works best in this situation) prop up a baseless theology, I have to say that science books come mighty close. Unless you want to get all philosophical about it...
3point14rat 10 months ago
@3point14rat ? No, re-read my comment; read, not find. What test of existence are you using; consensus or intuition? Would anyone else agree-& based on what- that your books don't exist? Does my unshared dream of last nite exist? Did the law of gravity exist before codified & quantified in minds? Not to be be difficult but the issue of existence seems key to your declaration of theology as baseless. Who went wrong - all of us? Perhaps removing the 2X negative & restating would clarify?
zzinglish53 10 months ago
@3point14rat "It's not wrong to be wrong unless you don't care what's right."
I think that might be my favourite quote of all time. You are amazing.
ONITOmusic 7 months ago
@3point14rat But ofc if someone just accumulates knowledge by reading then that is not so intelligent I think. Reading is only the first step to exploring...
noizGenerator 7 months ago
@noizGenerator Totally.
You can't live in a bubble and expect to learn. But that's what religion depends on. You insulate yourselves and make the outside sound bad to ensure you stay insulated. When your told that science textbooks contain the work of the devil, it's a short path to scientific illiteracy.
Reading isn't the whole story, but it's kinda hard to do experiments or find exo-planets on your own. So reading is a huge part of knowledge. Critical thinking is the other part.
3point14rat 7 months ago
can anyone tell me whats the last part of the quote he says at the end... "to be skeptical of those in authority...then we're up for....???"" ...thanks!
Danm91 2 years ago
"...then we're up for grabs."
SynestheticSoul 2 years ago
then we're up for grabs.
Anastasius37 2 years ago
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GOD gave us free will, WE are killing outselfs, WE are destoying our planet, WE become disfuntional and angle ourselfs to become lustful and powerhungry, Jesus said all this is wrong; atheists are just repeating what he said. WE can save out planet. A little faith will go along way.
blackyblackblack505 2 years ago
Drop your faith and go out and do something. One pair of working hands can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.
dumdedumscott 2 years ago 5
The etheist ALBERT EINSTEIN was the super genius and one of the greatest peaceful scientists .
1989Alcira 2 years ago
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Albert Einstein wasn't an Atheist
green727 2 years ago
He was an atheist Find him on this very famous international site nndb. com
1989Alcira 2 years ago
Carl Sagan was an Agnostic.
An Atheist when speaking of religion, but Agnostic when speaking of a creative entity.
The only proper stance.
JabberwockySupafly 2 years ago 7
In my opinion, an Atheist has a strong believe that a strong believe is dangerous. And Agnostic just doesn't care.
Matismatt 2 years ago
Or may just be undecided.
rosalindm59 2 years ago
bad opinion. Are babies strong believers, because they are atheists?
markgg1 2 years ago
I don't see what my opinion has to do with babies. But babies are not atheists. Children are believers. They short of logic, they do believe in fairytale, in Santa, in Jesus.
Matismatt 2 years ago
@Matismatt You have tought them to believe in fairytales, and santa
They are short of logic, and people like youteach them to believe in fairytales
DrJuliusStrangepork 1 year ago
@DrJuliusStrangepork I am actually
do not teach my children fairy-tales, but I am
not against someone who does. But I do
laugh at people who still believe in them.
Matismatt 1 year ago
but a baby born without being taught about religion has no reason to believe in one.
dacoolray 1 year ago 3
@dacoolray It is a human nature to believe in smthg that it cant find logical explanation. Just like cat afraid of vacuum cleaner. Or being taught not to eat black color berry might save your live (even if it is not always true). Better safe then sorry. Children are taught religion. Did I answer your question, because I still dont see your point?
Matismatt 1 year ago
@dacoolray
Actually here is evidence that a child who has not yet had the laying over of the conscious mind does exhibit what is given in text. A child is not born a materialist anymore than he is born a liberal. You argue that he does not believe that there is a god, but he does not believe that only the material plane exists. And as just given, the scale is tipped towards theism.
thehalfvolley 1 year ago
Loved it, thank you so much.
siliconstate 2 years ago
I prefer the version actually narrated by Sagan...
1RadicalOne 2 years ago 3
I'm giving money to every charity I've known. Even a cent. Every time.
I'm agnostic. Like Mister Sagan
gkhadz 2 years ago 3
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underwhelmed
Ricky103 2 years ago
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Christians follow a bible that commands them suffer not a witch to live Google 'what's the harm? (kenyan edition)' to see a video of Christians in Africa BURNING PEOPLE ALIVE today. Atheists dont follow a book that commands them to kill others, and condemn dictators like Hitler and Stalin for their use of violence to achieve their political ends, just as we condemn Christians for killing for religious reasons. Christians don't condemn these burnings as that would be against their religion.
alien8ted 2 years ago 2
beautiful revisit of the pale blue dot.
Sarnarath 2 years ago
Help me im having an existential breakdown help me
omgrapist 2 years ago 11
You? Who is you? Is there really a you? Of what importance are you?
Sorry I'm not helping!
incognito84 2 years ago 2
There is a "You" that's what im pretty sure of, But yeah the importance Question is one no one can answer
Sh4dowwarrior 2 years ago