Carl Sagan - THE sentence !

[Gazmeister83]

What a great man he was RIP Sagan.

[Gazmeister83]

What a great man he was RIP Sagan.

[NizzBomb69]

Another person I learned about only after his death. damn my youth...

rip Carl Sagan

[leftwingersunited]

We are the universe!

NICE!

[GeneralMazaki]

"The Cosmos is all that is, or was, or ever will be."

The Philosophy: we're in a box, and that is all that exists; based on what we can observe in the box.

[ChaseEversoleTV]

Another dead hero.

[drutter]

A truth that makes you want to run into the street yelling for all to hear.

[FHomeBrew]

@drutter Put it on a t-shirt! The deaf people would be missing out!

[MrLukeroberts91]

9 Popes don't agree with Carl.

[yatter1]

@MrLukeroberts91 9 popes are cunts

[Helleu1]

I'm high on star stuff.

[feeble49]

we're also a way for the universe to see itself hehehe

[sngncwby]

Or I can put it in better words... "We are Made in the Image of God"... Pretty much the same thing..

[thewarriorsrok]

@sngncwby Except that's fucking stupid. We can trace every single molecule that you and I are made of to the crucibles of long dead suns, born of Hydrogen made of quarks under the influence of four basic forces of matter. It's fucking pathetic how low theists have sunk, from being masters of all civilization to trying to argue semantics with Carl Sagan on YouTube.

[Jesses001]

@sngncwby Okay...how is that "pretty much the same thing"? Maybe I just do not understand what you were trying to say.

[yatter1]

@sngncwby ER, no it isn´t he´s made in our image, c´mon, keep up for christ´s sake.

[BrotherofWord]

This is the pinnacle of thought? WOW!

[ministeroftuba]

my brain is full of billions and billions of fu...n star stuff

[Superphilipp]

I get teared up every time I consider this sentiment.

[hawkmoon4]

that sentence is more profound than ANY religious text!

[brisketslapper]

It's three sentences. Can't you count, for goodness sake? I LOVE SAGAN.

[andlyndav]

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." ...fuuuuuuuuck that's heavy. I've known the stardust part... but this just rocked my face.

miss you sagan

[Vaylia]

This still gives me chills (in a good way).

[AshtrayanConvict]

god made man

[vdizhoor]

@AshtrayanConvict they make each other

[chinopisces]

@AshtrayanConvict: Man made god.

[AshtrayanConvict]

@chinopisces you you have that mixed up sweetie

[chinopisces]

@AshtrayanConvict: You said 'you' twice.

[AshtrayanConvict]

@chinopisces when did i say you twice?

[chinopisces]

@AshtrayanConvict: In your previous comment.

[stevebobs]

...billions and billions of bits of stardust

[brentjones4831]

Jesus is just so awesome!

[lyianx]

o.O wow.. i was not aware that they used this quote in Babylon 5. 3Vz5bl9GQp0

[drche420]

What!? My mind is blown.

[wearingdeadfaces]

Isn't it about time we stop debating and become involved in the solutions to our worlds problems? We all basically want and need the same things; personal liberties and financial means to sustain a comfortable lifestyle. Our in world is in great need of sustainable resources that are achievable and maintainable. As a species we must come together and focus on the best possible means to build the infrastructure to maintain the supply of these resources.

[SeedsOfHatred]

@wearingdeadfaces That's all well and fine. However, it's getting the ball rolling on those solutions that seems to be the issue. Secularists realize we must turn to science to solve those problems. The religious believe we should just pray to God to solve them.

Around and around we go.

[EmpEli]

@SeedsOfHatred The father of genetics was a monk, so your generalization is ignorant and loaded. But yes, blind following is bad.

[SeedsOfHatred]

@EmpEli No need to knit-pick, my friend. The vast majority of mainstream religious individuals reject scientific claims that threaten their theology.

I'm quite sure you knew exactly what I meant.

[JoeNietzsche]

Carl would be right in there with Dawkins and the rest of the gang were he still alive... he was a great man with an unsurpassed love of knowledge; just the thing we need in today's world.

[BoomComplainsItAll]

This is actually two sentences... possibly three.

[SuperDrRockzo]

@BoomComplainsItAll Heh, indeed.

[RectalDiscourse]

people they come together, people they fall apart, nothing can stop us now, cuz we are all made of stars

[fortunatebystander]

The meaning of life in under 10 seconds...something only Carl Sagan could accomplish.

[GenNormanSheiskoph]

"We are stardust. We are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the Garden."

[tnekkc]

Carl is made of worm food now.

He is being recycled into a plant.

Where did his spirit go?

[JamesHLanier]

@tnekkc He would say that the spirit doesn't exist and that he's just dead. His body is still star stuff.

[tnekkc]

@JamesHLanier

There is conservation of momentum, but no conservation of spirit?

[JamesHLanier]

@tnekkc He would deny the existence of a spirit so there's nothing to conserve.

[tnekkc]

@JamesHLanier

He was not that dumb.

[JamesHLanier]

@tnekkc To be more precise, he denies spirit in the traditional sense. To him, spirit is just another form of matter and can be explained within the realm of science, but any supernatural qualities of spirit is dismissed as fiction. Read his book The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.

[tnekkc]

@JamesHLanier

We do not have any science of actual perception, only the threshold of sensitivity.

[JamesHLanier]

@tnekkc That's exactly why Sagan denies spirit in the traditional sense. There's no science that can prove it.

[tnekkc]

@JamesHLanier

What are you experiencing then?

You can't make a machine that has an experience.

HAL did in 2001 Space Odyssey, but that is fiction.

[JamesHLanier]

@tnekkc He would say that it's consciousness which is simply electrical activity in the brain. And artificial intelligence is actually pretty close to becoming reality.

[TheBoxingCannabyte]

It's funny but I wrote a poem about the feeling of being made of star-stuff long before I knew of Carl Sagan (This was back when I Was 12 or so, I knew of Carl Sagan, but I didn't KNOW him, as in know his work as I do now). My dad has a beautiful special edition of Pale Blue Dot signed by the man himself :) he's leaving it to me......*gurgling noises* my precious....

[TheCelticChimp]

@TheBoxingCannabyte

Lucky git. That is something I would love to own!

Damn thats about the most awesome item of memorabilia I can think of.

[timetomakeauturn]

L R Hubbard said we came from stars dust 75 million years ago. According to the founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" Xenu who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs. He used the IRS to gather the people. Source Wikipedia

[tastytastfood]

i kinda want it tattooed somewhere

[tastytastfood]

damn that fucking touched me

[CellE2057]

Using the quote for sure but I just thought I'd say; The related videos beside this one has a lot of Fox News and Family Guy stuffs. Slippery slope folks. Slippery slope....

[didyourmomlolz]

i call bullshit! we are all made by dirt and a rib and lots and lots of incest! 

[RedValkyries]

@didyourmomlolz hahahaahaha well we all have nice looking cousins

[steb413]

@didyourmomlolz fuck you, it was a blood clot.

[sniped101]

@didyourmomlolz heh, I have some good looking cousins.

[saguhh00]

@didyourmomlolz From what episode of Cosmos is this?

[karlzzzen86]

@saguhh00 In the beginning of the first episode:)

[saguhh00]

@karlzzzen86 Hey, thanks. This is the cosmic feeling that Einstein described in "How I see the world", the unlimited admiration for the structure of the Universe our science can reveal.

[ASwiftHippie]

@didyourmomlolz Nope. The Earth is a flat plate supported on a turtle's back.

[SUPERSHADOWDESTRUCTI]

@ASwiftHippie Nope still wrong. The universe was hatched from a giant egg!

[Libervurto]

@didyourmomlolz I find this strange about genesis; god creates all the planets and stars in the universe out of nothing, but then to make Adam he needs to use dirt, and to make Eve he needs to use one of Adam's ribs and probably some paper-mache, cardboard and a few bits of string. What a dramatic loss of power; in a few days, he's gone from an almighty creator to someone who rummages around in dirt to find materials to fashion things from.

[MikeyIV]

I don't get it, never watched the show. Can someone explain the context and meaning?

[evilyig]

@MikeyIV The universe is one thing. We are a part of that universe. We are in essence a piece of the universe, waking up to see itself. Anything with awareness in the universe is.

[Zerosupernatural]

@MikeyIV

All life on earth is made from the same material as the stars, planets etc.

[cm3007235]

It's even funnier, because to "know yourself" in biblical terms would mean to fuck yourself. Haha, we're a way for the cosmos to masturbate =D

[gumme1234]

@cm3007235 But the thing is biblical terms does not really mean anything..



[AeacusCanti]

Alan Watts

[GISamurai]

Excellent post Mrfbcool. I thought I was the only that thought this sentence was elegantly voiced by Mr. Sagan. There is so much said in such a small sentence, One small sentence for man; One giant encyclopedia for humankind! R.I.P Carl, you were truly appreciated.

[Scraxs]

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." <- I love this part so much, I've adopted it as my motto.

[punishalltrolls]

we are stardust

[Expert1911]

My first words out of my mouth after seeing this shocked me. ".... motHER FUCKER!" followed by laughter. Shockingly awesome.

[perepe10]

this is more beautiful than any religion

[TheAwesomeMaths]

@perepe10 Why?

[GenNormanSheiskoph]

@perepe10 this is Advaita Vedanta in a VERY accurate nutshell!

[beeveee]

@GenNormanSheiskoph 'aham brahmasmi', I am Brahman. But please note no one can say that he is Parabrahman. Thus the small Brahmans are meant to serve the large Brahman or infinite. Otherwise, we all get a large ego or infinite ego like the speaker.

[GenNormanSheiskoph]

@beeveee I try not to get long-winded in these responses, instead I keep it pithy. That way more people are likely to read my post. This is not the place for satsang.

[EmpEli]

@perepe10 Actually this is the same as many eastern religions and philosophies.

[theblueisyou]

3 sentences.. 

[apocaRUFF]

How can one sentence ring so true?

[Bogg50]

I wish you were still here Carl Sagan, Tyson could use your help.

[RoCk4LiFe90]

@Bogg50 and Dawkins. That man has unbelievable patience when wrestling with the religious. Imagine a Dawkins/Sagan duo as the leading advocates for science and atheism.

[GISamurai]

@RoCk4LiFe90

Imagine if we combined your duo with Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris; all would be considered new members of the illuminati.

[yamenhawit]

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[misinglink15]

To those that haven't heard: There is a sequel to "Cosmos' currently in production that is planned for a 2013 release. Its being produced by Ann Druyan (Sagan's widow and producer of the first cosmos) and Seth Mcfarlene (creater of family guy). The host is going to be Neil Degrasse Tyson. and also check out symphony of science "glorious dawn" too!

[jackp22]

I don't think I'll ever forget the exact moment when the meaning of this sentence fully hit me, my perspectives on anything and everything changed forever.

[zodial]

Yay!

[scarfhs1]

What more can any human being ask from life than that?

[VulcanFleet]

3 people were thinking about the universe and clicked the dislike button by accident.

[bailesie]

This sentence flips the conceit that 'we are the reason for the universe' to the fact that it is the other way around. We come from and are a part of this Cosmos, and it stirs my emotion and wonder and awe in ways I cannot express in words. This man is responsible for my love of science and education. We need more Sagans out there....

[ChronoTriggerMusic]

He was smoking that bomb shit.

[bartcolen]

The people who argue that spirituality and science are mutually exclusive might well be missing out on the best parts of both by selling the potential of them terribly, perhaps fatally, short. It's a beautiful thing that Carl says here and it is pleasing that it hits home with so many others. What could be more beautiful than the discovery of a spiritual dimension, the (scientific) study of which could quite literally cause humanity and God (for lack of a better term!) to meet face to face? :-)

[youthank8]

stop drop kaboom baby rub on ya nipplez

[theblueisyou]

My full of billions and billions of fuck.

[ScientificExploits]

We are the tool the cosmos uses to see itself, that is thinking outside the box my friends.

[yxrcbszg]

spirituality in a nutshell

[blindedby2monkeys]

i feel it,i feel the cosmos - watch?v=GJvVzbewxA4

[ilikezappa]

My friend Steve is the cosmos becoming aware of itself ? and then the cosmos subsequently drinks 9 pints of Guinness and vomits over its trousers? The Cosmos is a strange place..........

[zninja141]

INSTA-BONER

FOLLOWED BY INSTANT SELF CREAMIFICATION

[Symphonious7]

Ummm.... and yet we kill each other, argue about everything, can't agree on anything, judge based on skin color, destroy our environment, live irrationally and selfishly, rape, steal, lie, and all other forms of malice and negativity, and we represent the cosmos? We represent the height of existence? Then the cosmos can't agree on much of anything, and is a divided irrational being. What a let down.

[Metamorphosis33]

@Symphonious7 perhaps we are the heighth right now...maybe we are like children in kindergarten....waiting to step through to adulthood and maturity....i sure as fuck hope so

[Symphonious7]

@Metamorphosis33 Perhaps, but what I seem to witness is morality, wisdom, and spiritual enlightenment declining into materialism, egoism, and bad things. I want to think we're progressing positively too, but I'd be lying if I said the signs point to that being the truth. I like Carl Sagan, I think he was a revolutionary, but I can't agree with everything he says when I witness the wickedness of mankind. Just my take.

[VulcanFleet]

@Symphonious7 Not everyone is that way. And it doesn't nave to be like that forever.

[Symphonious7]

@VulcanFleet I know not everyone is like that, and you're right, best bet is to be optimistic and do YOUR part to spread tolerance and unity wherever you go. There's nothing wrong with staying optimistic, we just have to stay realistic too, the problems in the world are enormous, and we have our work cut out for us if we plan on changing it. But we have to try.

[QubitVector]

We are the cosmos. We are the formless conscious awareness that is eternally present in this moment. Beautiful.

[ModestNeophyte]

Everytime I hear this, I hear it autotuned.

[Hamporkcheese]

oneness...

[abcd10566]

There should be billions of billions views for this video :)

[ALSPEHEIR]

Dude....WHAT?!

[Nerfherder3]

Yes its true, if extrapolated every quark and lepton in your body is 13.5 billion years old hence you are 13.5 billion years old, its just the arrangement of the particles that is your age.

[JamesHLanier]

BILLIONS!

[jonship]

Yes damn you Carl, every time I hear anything from this series I tear up.

[jaymaccool]

just blew my mind. never forgetting that one.

[desasterz]

Thats terrible!

[herpderpmonkey]

Poetic motherfucker!

[TREYJEEZY]

FMEIAOGB HGIRGNAIO

[dave474c]

We're not completely made of 'star stuff'. The intensity needed to make Hydrogen & Helium was only ever present during the initial stages of the big bang. And the singularity was not a star. It definitely was, and is, part of the cosmos. But not a star.

But hey, Carl Sagan is the man.

[VulcanFleet]

@dave474c Actually, hydrogen and helium require less energy to make than the other elements. Helium can be synthesized in stars; hydrogen can't because it's only one proton. Atoms with atomic numbers between 4 (beryllium) and 26 (iron) inclusive can be synthesized in stars but not in the big bang. Atomic numbers after iron can only be synthesized in supernovae.

[dave474c]

@VulcanFleet Ok. I'll go through the BBC documentary that I saw it in and send you a link. [it's on youtube]

Thanks for that comment. I could well be wrong (probably am). I look forward to clarification.

Cheers.

[VulcanFleet]

@dave474c Somebody on YouTube was happy to learn something/have a mistake fixed? That's awesome, and my faith in humanity is increased. Here's a source for what I said: curiousDOTastroDOTcornellDOTed­uSLASHquestionDOTphp?number=34­5

[wellthatisgr8]

Out there there is an ignorant idiot disliking this video.Makes me so sad.

[stealthnegro001]

@wellthatisgr8 Make that two.

[TheManfromMars100]

I remember watching Cosmos on the Science Channel back when I was in high school. When I heard this sentence I was like SOLD. Seriously. This sentence changed my whole perspective of the universe. I always knew we were small but for the first time I felt comfort in it and didn't feel so small anymore.

[JackWilsonVideos]

@TheManfromMars100 Watch a Lawrence Krauss lecture. You'll feel small again, but it's small in the most humble, true way. Also very appreciative.

[ruffgreens]

The complete Cosmos series is on Netflix.

[LordVith]

Quite possibly the best quote ever.

[melkor116]

this series is an absolute acid trip.

[AroundSun]

woah

[fillipeano]

Sagan layin down some knowledge

[victor1eremita]

Carl Sagan is a German Idealist.

[threedotsdead]

Probably the most profound sentence ever uttered by humans.

[ItsAllChaos]

this is why I'm a pantheist

[Lemming2008]

I think its from pale blue dot

[DonOfTheInternet]

@Lemming2008 Although this *video* is from "Carl Sagan's Cosmos", I think you might be right!

[Lemming2008]

How can it be that a simple sentence simply touches my heart in such inexplicable way???????? It made me cry! I really understand what's written below about "spirituality", even I'm a strong atheist.!

[civroger]

@Lemming2008

I feel the same way!

[Oneiromancer666]

@Lemming2008...

A piece of each of us knows that our connection to the cosmos is true and good, but our culture forgot this thousands of years ago, and that piece of us has been starved. To have our conscious minds reminded of our connection taps deeply into that part of us that has always known and has been starved of the connection. That is why those words of Sagan's made us atheists cry when we first heard them. That starvation and desire for reconnection is why religions exist.

[Oneiromancer666]

@Lemming2008...

If those words of Sagan's moved you, you will probably enjoy the song by Symphony of Science which incorporates them:

"We Are All Connected"

youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeyn­k

[dayati]

@Oneiromancer666 You have no idea how many times I've watched that video and how many people I've shared it with. Simply amazing!

[boolengleng]

@Lemming2008 I think your more than an atheist- your a pantheist!

[ihavevideoatoo]

@Lemming2008 yeah being an atheist is not about not being spiritual. You just do not have to believe in a supreme deity is the only standard

[dorukbiyikli]

@Lemming2008 amen

[ObjectiveBob]

@Lemming2008

what is "spirituality"?

[natmanprime]

@Lemming2008 made u cry?? oh u disgusting creature

let me thumb down

[JoeMerl]

18 people are made of star stuff.