Carl Sagan - "Our collective free time needs to shift as much as possible to education. Whether you're a young student or finished school long ago, get out to the library whenever you can and work hard to learn everything you can about this world. Each individual and society will benefit from being able to solve more problems and make better decisions. Education is an amazing discovery process that repays you endlessly."
In 2250, there is a nuclear war that wipes out most of humanity. At the last moment, Carl Sagan went back in time to try and change history. Either that, or he is an alien.
carl sagan is the difference between religion and science. religious cunts only talk about faith morality, supernatural monkey in the sky, heaven, hell bla bla..n science talk bout the real facts, reality, life, evidence, reasoning, conciseness, advancement etc etc.
@chinamanspeakenlis i agree with you, we have to put our feet on earth, and reality thanks i hope for more peopple like you in this pale blue dot the only home we ever have.
nuclear power also is dangerous, as clearly seen in Japan. Yet Obama wishes to follow through with Nuclear power technology, the US has 62 nuclear power plants as it is, nuclear energy is incredibly dirty and dangerous and should be substituted by something else.
@daviddahl83 If we could make nuclear power safer and knew what to do with nuclear waste nuclear power would probably be the most viable option. Its really just utilizing the process the sun uses. Since that is still a problem tho our best bet is solar
@daviddahl83 It isn't dirty. It's dangerous but it is cleaner than what we are using. What is clearly seen from Japan is that the regulatory agencies that regulate nuclear power need to be strong and independent. If Japan had followed thier own rules they wouldn't have this trouble.
Look to France if you want to know how to do it right.
@aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy ? Well, it is'nt what I'd prefer, but it might help with the overpopulation problem we have. Condoms would be alot less violent.
@DystopianEmpire01 lol i thought you were quoting a song by the band Primus. the song is called "too many puppies" and one of the lines is "too many puppies, with guns in their hands."
but yes i agree condoms would be a better solution for overpopulation haha
I can't even imagine how dumb you'd have to be to dislike a Carl Sagan interview. Derrr Thay talk two much with words and shit! DerrrP!! Sad that those so far 6 retards get to benefit from all the things science and great scientists have brought us. Longer lives, medicine, refrigeration, computers, moving pictures, the printing press, not having to live in a cave....ya those things suck. Those six dumbasses should have to give up all things science has brought us and go live in caves.
I remember this interview. I was a little boy then and after i watched it i had a sick obsession to plant seeds of trees everywhere even on the asphalt (mother told me that in a long run, plants are stronger than asphalt).
Science is incredibly important for politics. An educated mind in science understands the world we live in more than some politician. I'd say they are the perfect candidates for politicians.
@chauloko If you compare him to most modern interviewers on television, Turner is very good. Imagine the improbability of CNN giving a scientist this much time to speak today.
Can you even imagine how much devastation a nuclear war would do? Not only would billions of humans die but also thousands of other species of life on Earth. Yet there are so many people out there, that in their arrogance, think every action we do will have no long term consequences. It's a fatal mindset.
Does anyone else here feel like Turner is just completely bouncing around without ever really getting in depth about anything? He'll ask something and Carl will respond with a paragraph or so and then suddenly he's off on another topic without even exploring it or anything of that sort...I really think the only people who'd be able to interview him about this sort of thing would be other scientists...people who could actually know, really well, what they're asking about...
I think Ted Turner did a good job interviewing Carl Sagan here, I mean he had to be carefull what to ask and when to ask it- Carl Sagan was an environmentalist and an astronomer,that is primarily where his credentials lie. he was a key figure in establishing models for the nuclear winter scenario,and although most of them are now considered inaccurate,it was at the time military funded so sagan could not critisize the military in this interview as he did in others.sagan thinks before he talks
According to Sagan's recommendations: never vote Republican; probably can't trust Democrats, either. A third party candidate, then, like Nader. More likely, we're screwed.
@darkprose Or recognize that people that do have an understanding of these issues, Mr. Sagan, me, most of the lovely people providing commentary down below I am sure and you I hope, exist; and we can elect those people. Not the fanatically religious and more often than not creationist & corporate Republicans and not the pussy uncommitted to their principles Democrats.
But us Americans, even liberals, are too conservative to ever elect someone like that. Not now. Not for a while. *sigh*
nuking a comet or asteroid is about the stupidest solution possiable. Blow a astroid up and now you have a thousand pieces hiting a thousand different places. Astroid deflecting plans allways, allways, work to deflect them.
oh really? Then I don't want to be called light skinned anymore...because hundreds of years ago my people were slaves, too. Moorish oppressors! We were also enslaved thousands of years ago by the Romans. Where's our reparations!
Oh wait...my people evolved and got over it. Nevermind.
This is the result of Political Correctness. Hypersensitivity.
We need to bring back All in the Family. On applications, I don't want to be referred to as a white or Caucasian. I want to check "Honky Lips". I only want to see ethnic slurs...because fuck hypersensitive people and PC Victim culture. Fuck it. Fuck it in the ass with a cactus.
DeGracia/(Racially insensitive running mate) in 2012!
I guess I kind of agree, but the I think many people do nothing to help the environment and only add to the problem. The fact that they might have the 'best intentions' only makes it worse.
China with their billions now pollutes more than us so what is suppose to be done about countries like that? Like he said even if we just did something it wouldn't matter if every other nation in the world continued the same way. Are we suppose to go to war over pollution, only to cause more pollution?
As of 2006, Americans produce 19 metric tons of carbon dioxide per capita every year. China produces 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per capita every year.
What did I say? I said with their "billions", we have 300 million. If you think people are so bad for the earth then feel free to jump off a cliff and help the earth out. Who even knows how correct your numbers are anyway. I saw a list that showed the top 10 places with the worst pollution and 7of them were in China.
Calm down. I didn't say "people are so bad for the earth". I showed that the average Chinese citizen produces a quarter of the pollution the average American citizen does.
Australia, where I live, is nearly as bad as America, we produce 8.1 metric tons of CO2 per person every year. Don't take what I said as an attack towards America
Trying to understand what? Christians routinely deny any scientific findings that diminish the credibility of their scripture, if any remains at all.
Christians aren't trying to understand anything because they're convinced they have all the answers already.
As far as loving humanity goes, slavery is sanctioned throughout both testaments. Misogyny runs rampant all over its pages and things like genocide and murder are everywhere to be found in that book.
You don't know any of those types of people? Well, you should. They're all over our government, in our schools, etc. The place they don't seem to have a foothold, however, is in the realm of science.
Does it come as a surprise to you that during the eight year Bush administration, stem-cell research didn't receive a single cent of federal funding?
Now why is this? Could it be that fervently religious people allow dogma to supersede their own moral intuition?
Hey, I'm totally with you on that. I think stem cell reseach is a MUST, just like I think space exploration needs to take some of the military's budget. But then, Bush is hardly a Christian either, despite what he claims.
Bush is hardly a Christian? Says who? The doctrine of Christianity at its most fundamental level allows you to become a Christian at any point in time simply by accepting Jesus. It's a bunch of shit.
Religion is not about understanding the world. It's about providing (with no corroborating evidence whatsoever) answers to incredibly important questions. Again, it's a bunch of shit.
As far as your genocide comment goes, no. Joshua and the Amorites should ring a bell here.
You know, it never ceases to amaze me how you people can sit there and say, with complete confidence, that somebody who claims to be a Christian isn't, simply because his of her actions poke holes in your case for Christianity.
What about Falwell? Was he not a Christian? I guarantee you he was more Christian than you'll ever be, and that's because he didn't compromise when it came to scripture. There was no "interpretation" with him.
I should expand on what I said earlier. Most of the great scientists felt compelled to learn more about the universe BECAUSE of their religious beliefs. & the only place where science seems to disagree with the Bible (haven't read the Quran yet) is #1, 6-day creation and #2 birds are mentioned before reptiles. When you combine billions of years into a single chapter, you miss stuff. Jesus himself said scripture must be interpereted. Genocide is not encouraged in the Bible, following God is.
I agree with your take on scientists, although I would expect you to concede that "most" is a gross exaggeration. Newton is among the scientists you're referring to, however influential scientists of the modern world that also embrace religious doctrine are far and few between. Ken Miller and Francis Collins come to mind here.
While a few may have found success in separating dogma from scientific research, no reasonable person can conclude that the two are interchangeable.
"Genocide is not encouraged in the Bible, following God is."
I don't think so. This is just the type of bullshit rationalization that religious moderates and fundamentalists alike are constantly spewing.
If following god is encouraged, and part of his orders entail the wiping out of a society or civilization, genocide is implicit in the precepts set forth by this divine dictator.
You can't escape that fact, and attempting to utilize that type of faulty logic is wholly dishonest.
Nuclear winter cools the planet by soot/dust particles in the upper atmosphere reflecting a percentage of the total sunlight hitting the earth back into space.
Green house gases warm the planet by allowing visible light through the atmosphere which warms up the earth. This heat would normally be emitted back into space in the form of infrared radiation, however green house gases absorb radiation in the infrared spectrum thus trapping the energy and heating the earth.
all that environment issues are really a problem for the future of the human being but are we prepare to do something about it ? to solve this if this problem is related to the growing global population what we suppose to do stop to have kids for a while and staring to plant trees
@Greig1424 See, I've read Carl was arrested TWICE during the same series of demonstrations...he mentions the thing here somewhere, Gorbachev had said "let's both mutually disarm" and the pres basically said it was propaganda and the US did nothing, he got arrested climbing the fence on one of the nuclear test sites both times...I'd have paid money to see that...I can't picture Carl Sagan "riled up" like that, I think it'd be bloody awesome...
@gnome33 destruction of America how so? all I ever hear of from Carl Sagan is a philosophy that would make humans better I don't see him ever talking about destroying anywhere, only recent leaders have decided to bring war and suffering to millions of people around the world, Sagan was anti war and anti nuclear bombs
If we were producing more intelligent human beings, that'd be fine. But since we're producing more idiots every year, you are definitely correct. We're fucked.
"Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded" -Abraham Lincoln
New Book:'Call Me Ted', 11/10/08.He shud've called it,'Ted Turner:Call Me F****** Brilliant!' Live Long & Prosper!! Carl Sagan-I still miss, never get over!Sagan&Turner r not "irreligious"!There r 4 types of mindsets: 1.type try understand God using superstition&ritual&bamboozle 2.type use science&skeptical thinking to understand nature/cosmos ie "God".U can say that Grand Unifying Theory is God! 3.those that say they atheists r actually #2!And then 4. Hindus which r 1 minus the bamboozle & 2!
i would not call it god. when i think of god i get this image of the white bearded man in the clouds shooting lightening bolts. i have no idea what i would call it. for a laugh i would call it what george carlin did, "the big electron". you should have added 5 for the agnostics, they don't know & some might not care. i would not have added bamboozle. some people do whole heartedly believe in their religions & would not trick someone b/c then they couldn't be counted for their supposed religion.
Ted Turner should b US Envoy/Ambassador 2UN! Tho I wud like 2 also c him n FCC so he could stick it 2all those who took from him! Turner is just brillitant;he may b filthy rich but he has conscience &trying 2make better world!He outbursts only coz he sees that others don't see the same urgencies/needs he does-it's like putting a smart kid amonst bunch of dummies!That's why he Carl Sagan fan-coz they on same mindset: Brilliant!I bought his new book, yet to finish it-too busy working like a slave!
this country ppl like carl in the charge, instead of bankers and landowners. seems like science is an artform for carl, a way of life, which i like a lot. the closer we come to understanding nature the closer we could get in joining hands as ppl of color and diversity and just, well chill out in the sun.
SO ahead of his time. also it seems Ted Turner has a worst speech impediment than Carl Sagan ever did. Talks like a little boy getting his chu chu train! lol
i've always had contempt for the human species as well has hated being a human, overly consuming mindlessly. But I can do my part by having no more than 1 kid. That makes me feel good that I can do my part to help the population problem. I hope we get enough to follow suit.
I also thought that way...but at the rate stupid people are reproducing, you might want to consider having more kids to counter all the stupid people replicating themself
Yes I think gpohls is right, having kids is important, especially well educated intelligent kids. Otherwise you'll be leaving our future in the hands of Britney Spear's kids.
It's troubling to see that nothing has changed since the past 20 years, except that we got smaller telephones and computers. The technology evolves, but our mentality is set in a stasis. One day we won't be able to control our own inventions.
Ted Turner may be rich, may be religious, but he is open minded. By interviewing Carl on CNN he exposed science to millions of minds. We should be greatful.
lol "turner is dumb". guess what? turner is one of the VERY few people who actually care about nature, our species, and the cosmos. man turner isnt bad, he DOES care, serious
Business as usual, money, money, money oh and a tithe to the immaginary god. Religious lies are tearing the world apart and the brainwashing continues in the temples, mosques and churces. Everyones distracted by a big house, fancy car and shiny new gizmos. gimme gimme gimme
He is amazing like he can tell the future. I think he should have been the president of the united states. But stupid ass religious people wont vote for a man with such great knowledge and logical thinking. They would probably kill him.
If i were the leader of the world, and my scientific advisors came up to me during the global warming crisis and told me it has nothing to do with human forces, i would still publicise the threat of global warming being attributable to mankind. and here's why...
anything that can bind humanity together for the first time in history, is certainly worth a scientific mockery. the ends justify the means in this case.
Your strategy could well backfire. The truth will come out and you will have discredited what ever goals you have. There are powerful forces with vested intersts in the status quo and they would pounce on that like the predators that they are. You would probably do mor harm than good.
Stick with the truth or you will become your enemy.
perhaps you are correct? but any rational person would not be furious that you kept something from them, if the product was the closest thing in history to a global unity. if binding the people together meant keeping something from them, would you not do the same? and besides, even if global warming was not atributable to human development at THAT time, it would no doubt become a problem in the future.
if the people found out their progress was not damaging the environment, they would no doubt be more confident that what they do is not as harmful as was first thought. so if keeping something from the public meant that a) they bind together for the common goal of planetary preservation (a first in history, and a major step towards world unity), and b) the deterrance of any future threat of global warming.
(forgot to finish this) ... b) the deterrance of any future threat of global warming, then what is the problem? do the ends not justify the means in this case?
YOu tread on dangerous grounds with you rational. In the end it comes down to you believing that you personally should and could determine the course of human activity on this planet by any means at your disposal. You are not the first to take such a position but history does not support it.
Interviewer was a dick
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Carl Sagan - "Our collective free time needs to shift as much as possible to education. Whether you're a young student or finished school long ago, get out to the library whenever you can and work hard to learn everything you can about this world. Each individual and society will benefit from being able to solve more problems and make better decisions. Education is an amazing discovery process that repays you endlessly."
TheLogicalBrain 3 months ago
In 2250, there is a nuclear war that wipes out most of humanity. At the last moment, Carl Sagan went back in time to try and change history. Either that, or he is an alien.
playadominical 5 months ago
do you think carl ever got exhausted from blowing so many minds???
kbp5520 6 months ago 25
@kbp5520 LMAO
umbrellaBuddha 6 months ago
carl sagan is the difference between religion and science. religious cunts only talk about faith morality, supernatural monkey in the sky, heaven, hell bla bla..n science talk bout the real facts, reality, life, evidence, reasoning, conciseness, advancement etc etc.
chinamanspeakenlis 7 months ago
@chinamanspeakenlis i agree with you, we have to put our feet on earth, and reality thanks i hope for more peopple like you in this pale blue dot the only home we ever have.
legolasgreenleaff 5 months ago
6 people work for BP
hobbesdream 8 months ago
nuclear power also is dangerous, as clearly seen in Japan. Yet Obama wishes to follow through with Nuclear power technology, the US has 62 nuclear power plants as it is, nuclear energy is incredibly dirty and dangerous and should be substituted by something else.
daviddahl83 8 months ago
@daviddahl83 If we could make nuclear power safer and knew what to do with nuclear waste nuclear power would probably be the most viable option. Its really just utilizing the process the sun uses. Since that is still a problem tho our best bet is solar
zzyzx0788 7 months ago
@daviddahl83 It isn't dirty. It's dangerous but it is cleaner than what we are using. What is clearly seen from Japan is that the regulatory agencies that regulate nuclear power need to be strong and independent. If Japan had followed thier own rules they wouldn't have this trouble.
Look to France if you want to know how to do it right.
monokhem 7 months ago
Too many puppies?
DystopianEmpire01 8 months ago
@DystopianEmpire01 with guns in their hands
aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy 8 months ago
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DystopianEmpire01 8 months ago
@aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy ? Well, it is'nt what I'd prefer, but it might help with the overpopulation problem we have. Condoms would be alot less violent.
DystopianEmpire01 8 months ago
@DystopianEmpire01 lol i thought you were quoting a song by the band Primus. the song is called "too many puppies" and one of the lines is "too many puppies, with guns in their hands."
but yes i agree condoms would be a better solution for overpopulation haha
aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy 8 months ago
after watching so many sagan videos, i've officially decided that he talks just like a slowed down jeff goldblum
jherr328 9 months ago
@jherr328 Or a faster Agent Smith.
monokhem 7 months ago
I can't even imagine how dumb you'd have to be to dislike a Carl Sagan interview. Derrr Thay talk two much with words and shit! DerrrP!! Sad that those so far 6 retards get to benefit from all the things science and great scientists have brought us. Longer lives, medicine, refrigeration, computers, moving pictures, the printing press, not having to live in a cave....ya those things suck. Those six dumbasses should have to give up all things science has brought us and go live in caves.
CMWilliamsFoundation 10 months ago
Hopefully nuclear winter will occur just in time to reverse the effects of global warming.
rm06c 10 months ago
@rm06c derp
4Locke4 10 months ago
@rm06c hahahaha that was funny
jagovRUS 10 months ago
@rm06c the end result of global warming is an ice age.
nuclear winter would be so much worse than global warming
endauthority 8 months ago
i think carl sagan would love the internet , and youtube eta i could of seen him doing blogs eta :( such a mind
snakeboy742 10 months ago
The six morons who disliked this video ought to be ashamed of themselves!
Torchmark 11 months ago
"We are in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we are trying to save." --Carl Sagan for the win.
fc007 11 months ago
I remember this interview. I was a little boy then and after i watched it i had a sick obsession to plant seeds of trees everywhere even on the asphalt (mother told me that in a long run, plants are stronger than asphalt).
nadoeloiskat 1 year ago
@Greig1424
He was a leader :] But in science, not in politics.
humanoideric 1 year ago
@humanoideric
Science is incredibly important for politics. An educated mind in science understands the world we live in more than some politician. I'd say they are the perfect candidates for politicians.
g0tcadaver 9 months ago 3
7:29 carl flip turner off.
knightj75 1 year ago
Carl AH, Iv AhH, Nuclear AH, AH..AH
Shatter7 1 year ago
"We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we are trying to save."
Carl Sagan, what a great guy he was at promoting science and education! Such a clear mind and such a clear message.
TheSlowThinker 1 year ago
4:30
He nails it. That statement is one of many that bridges rationality, humanism, and socialism.
The opposite of Carl Sagan is Glenn Beck.
mntlPurple 1 year ago
@mntlPurple Glenn Beck and Carl Sagan should be in the same sentence.
fc007 11 months ago
How dare this idiot interrupt the great Carl Sagan. That pisses me off.
jedichris8 1 year ago 7
Ted Turner has to be the worst interviewer ever.
chauloko 1 year ago 6
@chauloko If you compare him to most modern interviewers on television, Turner is very good. Imagine the improbability of CNN giving a scientist this much time to speak today.
heathdwatts 1 year ago
Lol Carl Sagan is so much smarter than the interviewer; it’s embarrassing and awkward almost.
MarvelsofaLifetime 1 year ago 2
@MarvelsofaLifetime he was smarter than most people
Greig1424 1 year ago
Ted Turner is an inbred dipshit
loopguru66 1 year ago
Ahhhh...Turner sounds like a redneck.
TechMaven 1 year ago
Can you even imagine how much devastation a nuclear war would do? Not only would billions of humans die but also thousands of other species of life on Earth. Yet there are so many people out there, that in their arrogance, think every action we do will have no long term consequences. It's a fatal mindset.
derekxnl 1 year ago 2
Does anyone else here feel like Turner is just completely bouncing around without ever really getting in depth about anything? He'll ask something and Carl will respond with a paragraph or so and then suddenly he's off on another topic without even exploring it or anything of that sort...I really think the only people who'd be able to interview him about this sort of thing would be other scientists...people who could actually know, really well, what they're asking about...
ZarathustrasCrown 1 year ago 2
I suspect that Ted Turner is a product of inbreeding.
loopguru66 1 year ago
ted turner is a douche
TheTacticalBeatDown 1 year ago
Excellent point of the interview to end on
weedbix 1 year ago
I think Ted Turner did a good job interviewing Carl Sagan here, I mean he had to be carefull what to ask and when to ask it- Carl Sagan was an environmentalist and an astronomer,that is primarily where his credentials lie. he was a key figure in establishing models for the nuclear winter scenario,and although most of them are now considered inaccurate,it was at the time military funded so sagan could not critisize the military in this interview as he did in others.sagan thinks before he talks
SpecterReflector 1 year ago
According to Sagan's recommendations: never vote Republican; probably can't trust Democrats, either. A third party candidate, then, like Nader. More likely, we're screwed.
darkprose 1 year ago
@darkprose Or recognize that people that do have an understanding of these issues, Mr. Sagan, me, most of the lovely people providing commentary down below I am sure and you I hope, exist; and we can elect those people. Not the fanatically religious and more often than not creationist & corporate Republicans and not the pussy uncommitted to their principles Democrats.
But us Americans, even liberals, are too conservative to ever elect someone like that. Not now. Not for a while. *sigh*
Territomauvais 1 year ago
@Territomauvais Don't give up hope. Nothing is divinely decreed; even the sun will wink out one day. Anything is possible.
darkprose 1 year ago
Turner is not qualified to host this interview. He might do well on George W Bush. But not Carl Sagan
vegduck 1 year ago 3
If only God was like Carl Sagan.
BeardedBill86 1 year ago 10
those nukes might save us one day, from a comet or asteroid.
userwl2850 1 year ago
Dumbest comment ever.
NightmareRequiem 1 year ago
nuking a comet or asteroid is about the stupidest solution possiable. Blow a astroid up and now you have a thousand pieces hiting a thousand different places. Astroid deflecting plans allways, allways, work to deflect them.
googoo120 1 year ago
fuckin comentator with "a" speech impediment, so 70s man..A...
smilingasteroid 1 year ago
he said dark skinned people lol
ChestTat 1 year ago
i'm curious...
what's wrong with calling a person with dark skin a dark - skinned person?
StarCreme 1 year ago 32
@StarCreme Absolutely nothing! Anyone who has a problem with it is an idiot!!!
phix01 6 months ago
@StarCreme i'm not sure but i believe it might have something to do with slavery... I might be wrong though because i'm usually wrong...
ramtinking 4 months ago
@ramtinking
oh really? Then I don't want to be called light skinned anymore...because hundreds of years ago my people were slaves, too. Moorish oppressors! We were also enslaved thousands of years ago by the Romans. Where's our reparations!
Oh wait...my people evolved and got over it. Nevermind.
jackiedegracia 2 months ago
@StarCreme
This is the result of Political Correctness. Hypersensitivity.
We need to bring back All in the Family. On applications, I don't want to be referred to as a white or Caucasian. I want to check "Honky Lips". I only want to see ethnic slurs...because fuck hypersensitive people and PC Victim culture. Fuck it. Fuck it in the ass with a cactus.
DeGracia/(Racially insensitive running mate) in 2012!
jackiedegracia 2 months ago
@ChestTat
And?
dhood1980 1 year ago
Carl Sagan was brilliant and passionate. Ted was great in this too. CNN as it was...certainly has changed a lot since then. It worst ways.
bigcyhutch 1 year ago
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
Intriguing anyway thanks.
RJL738 2 years ago
Aaaahhh aaahhhh aaahh aaahhhhh Turner has the most annoying aaaahhhs
temdatli 2 years ago 82
@temdatli especially when compared to Carl's great rhetoric skill
soreiks 1 year ago
@temdatli he seems so unprofessional, how'd he get so rich and famous
octemberfury 1 year ago
Ted Turner is such a dick. lol
Carl was wonderful. :(
leaptheman 2 years ago
Remember this video was filmed in 1989, hes only saying what was known at that point in time..
EddieJVale 2 years ago
7:34 He is far beyond right.
TheCottonTop 2 years ago
No don't bash Ronald Reagan, c'mon.
No one is an "anti-environmentalist". No one in this country goes out of their way to pollute the environment.
TheCottonTop 2 years ago
I guess I kind of agree, but the I think many people do nothing to help the environment and only add to the problem. The fact that they might have the 'best intentions' only makes it worse.
NotDuncan 2 years ago
"You know, it never ceases to amaze me how you people can sit there and say, with complete confidence, that..."
"...The fundamentalists are correct about religion. "
oddjobmj 2 years ago
How shall we fuck off O Lord?
fredfinks 2 years ago
You're embarrassing yourself and seem to be obsessed with trolling Carl Sagan videos.
FUCK OFF!
YouKnowWhereThisEnds 2 years ago
Only because there's bigoted arrogant trolls like YOU who like to start fights rather than learning.
wado1942 2 years ago
Carl Sagan sounds like Walter Cronkite to me.
ErichoTTA 2 years ago
ted turner is a douchebag...carl sagan is my hero
idiotbox2012 2 years ago 3
Yeah I tend to agree with that. Turner used to be cool until he sold out to Time Warner and AOL.
surfingthechaos 2 years ago
China with their billions now pollutes more than us so what is suppose to be done about countries like that? Like he said even if we just did something it wouldn't matter if every other nation in the world continued the same way. Are we suppose to go to war over pollution, only to cause more pollution?
SteveCarleze 2 years ago
As of 2006, Americans produce 19 metric tons of carbon dioxide per capita every year. China produces 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per capita every year.
spenceII 2 years ago
What did I say? I said with their "billions", we have 300 million. If you think people are so bad for the earth then feel free to jump off a cliff and help the earth out. Who even knows how correct your numbers are anyway. I saw a list that showed the top 10 places with the worst pollution and 7of them were in China.
SteveCarleze 2 years ago
Calm down. I didn't say "people are so bad for the earth". I showed that the average Chinese citizen produces a quarter of the pollution the average American citizen does.
Australia, where I live, is nearly as bad as America, we produce 8.1 metric tons of CO2 per person every year. Don't take what I said as an attack towards America
spenceII 2 years ago
*Australia has 18.1 tons of CO2 emmisions per capita each year.
spenceII 2 years ago
I remember when ted said "christianity is a religion for losers"...i'll never forgive him for that. He is very arrogant.
sandroeleven 2 years ago
And here I was thinking that forgiveness is supposed to be a Christian virtue.
TimmonsCello 2 years ago 7
You know nothing about that arrogant prick Turner...no values....NONE. I hate him...
sandroeleven 2 years ago
lol hate him all you want. The fact remains that Christianity is, indeed, a religion for losers. The same can be said of all other religions.
Ted Turner hit the nail on the head that time.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago 4
Yeah, trying to understand and love humanity is very loserish indeed.
wado1942 2 years ago
Trying to understand what? Christians routinely deny any scientific findings that diminish the credibility of their scripture, if any remains at all.
Christians aren't trying to understand anything because they're convinced they have all the answers already.
As far as loving humanity goes, slavery is sanctioned throughout both testaments. Misogyny runs rampant all over its pages and things like genocide and murder are everywhere to be found in that book.
Bottom line: Religion is for losers.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago
That sounds like a pretty ignorant, bigoted response to me. While you're at it, why not burn some crosses on all the Christian's front lawns?
The kind of people you describe exist, but I don't know any of them. I think your description is about 100 years outdated.
wado1942 2 years ago
You don't know any of those types of people? Well, you should. They're all over our government, in our schools, etc. The place they don't seem to have a foothold, however, is in the realm of science.
Does it come as a surprise to you that during the eight year Bush administration, stem-cell research didn't receive a single cent of federal funding?
Now why is this? Could it be that fervently religious people allow dogma to supersede their own moral intuition?
I think so.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago
Hey, I'm totally with you on that. I think stem cell reseach is a MUST, just like I think space exploration needs to take some of the military's budget. But then, Bush is hardly a Christian either, despite what he claims.
wado1942 2 years ago
Bush is hardly a Christian? Says who? The doctrine of Christianity at its most fundamental level allows you to become a Christian at any point in time simply by accepting Jesus. It's a bunch of shit.
Religion is not about understanding the world. It's about providing (with no corroborating evidence whatsoever) answers to incredibly important questions. Again, it's a bunch of shit.
As far as your genocide comment goes, no. Joshua and the Amorites should ring a bell here.
Thanks bud.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago 2
You know, it never ceases to amaze me how you people can sit there and say, with complete confidence, that somebody who claims to be a Christian isn't, simply because his of her actions poke holes in your case for Christianity.
What about Falwell? Was he not a Christian? I guarantee you he was more Christian than you'll ever be, and that's because he didn't compromise when it came to scripture. There was no "interpretation" with him.
The fundamentalists are correct about religion.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago
I should expand on what I said earlier. Most of the great scientists felt compelled to learn more about the universe BECAUSE of their religious beliefs. & the only place where science seems to disagree with the Bible (haven't read the Quran yet) is #1, 6-day creation and #2 birds are mentioned before reptiles. When you combine billions of years into a single chapter, you miss stuff. Jesus himself said scripture must be interpereted. Genocide is not encouraged in the Bible, following God is.
wado1942 2 years ago
I agree with your take on scientists, although I would expect you to concede that "most" is a gross exaggeration. Newton is among the scientists you're referring to, however influential scientists of the modern world that also embrace religious doctrine are far and few between. Ken Miller and Francis Collins come to mind here.
While a few may have found success in separating dogma from scientific research, no reasonable person can conclude that the two are interchangeable.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago
"Genocide is not encouraged in the Bible, following God is."
I don't think so. This is just the type of bullshit rationalization that religious moderates and fundamentalists alike are constantly spewing.
If following god is encouraged, and part of his orders entail the wiping out of a society or civilization, genocide is implicit in the precepts set forth by this divine dictator.
You can't escape that fact, and attempting to utilize that type of faulty logic is wholly dishonest.
Trumpetz81 2 years ago 6
I'd go further and say that any dogmatic belief is a belief for losers.
erixmix 2 years ago
that's a dogmatic belief.
jacksawild 1 year ago
@erixmix (I'd go further and say that any dogmatic belief is a belief for losers)
only in the minds of the liberal lemmings of society such as Yourself.
gnome33 1 year ago
@sandroeleven
Christianity isnt for losers, thats right, but it is definitly not something intelligent to believe in.
dietermauer 1 year ago 2
im surprised how he can stay cool...
frwiss 2 years ago
20 years later and it is still as relevant. I nearly LOL'd at Prez Bush.
manchester26m 2 years ago 3
yes. i think the 'nuclear war' of nations is more dangerous today because religion is involved. no one can argue with religion.
i hope that every person in this planet realize how stupid it is to reduce ourselves to the level of barbarity of war.
rayanneflowers 2 years ago 2
Nuclear winter cools the planet by soot/dust particles in the upper atmosphere reflecting a percentage of the total sunlight hitting the earth back into space.
Green house gases warm the planet by allowing visible light through the atmosphere which warms up the earth. This heat would normally be emitted back into space in the form of infrared radiation, however green house gases absorb radiation in the infrared spectrum thus trapping the energy and heating the earth.
lollerskate20 2 years ago
all that environment issues are really a problem for the future of the human being but are we prepare to do something about it ? to solve this if this problem is related to the growing global population what we suppose to do stop to have kids for a while and staring to plant trees
dejabu24 2 years ago
this man was saying this 20years ago why did no-one listen. Why was this man not a leader what a missed opertunity such ashame he is dead
Greig1424 2 years ago 88
@Greig1424 Carl said this then bush happend
Thatsthebadger1 1 year ago
@Greig1424 See, I've read Carl was arrested TWICE during the same series of demonstrations...he mentions the thing here somewhere, Gorbachev had said "let's both mutually disarm" and the pres basically said it was propaganda and the US did nothing, he got arrested climbing the fence on one of the nuclear test sites both times...I'd have paid money to see that...I can't picture Carl Sagan "riled up" like that, I think it'd be bloody awesome...
ZarathustrasCrown 1 year ago 2
@Greig1424 You really have to look deep to figure out what these two baboons are hinting at.
gnome33 1 year ago
@gnome33 what do you mean Baboons??
Greig1424 1 year ago
@Greig1424 they are for the destruction of America, and are in support of a new world order.
gnome33 1 year ago
@gnome33 destruction of America how so? all I ever hear of from Carl Sagan is a philosophy that would make humans better I don't see him ever talking about destroying anywhere, only recent leaders have decided to bring war and suffering to millions of people around the world, Sagan was anti war and anti nuclear bombs
Greig1424 1 year ago
@Greig1424 He was a leader in thought to all rational people.
scottie0904 11 months ago
Its sad that this interview was over 10 years ago.
What have we done to change?
Sweet fuck all.
I am sort of glad Carl wasn't around to see how far downhill we have gone as a species.
downundabruthahood 2 years ago 3
5 Billion people living on the earth in 1989? Wow! We have 4.5 billion tomany in my oppinion. Were fucked.
pnisvgina 2 years ago 2
and it keeps multiplying!
If we were producing more intelligent human beings, that'd be fine. But since we're producing more idiots every year, you are definitely correct. We're fucked.
xkingxgrimx 2 years ago 5
Agreed.
Soon as i know how to build a rocket out of coke cans, i am the fuck out of this shithole.
Apparently, Venus is quite warm this time of year.
downundabruthahood 2 years ago 4
yes... we are growing EXPONENTIALLY... scary
rayanneflowers 2 years ago
I agree NapalmNewt.
pulvinosophist 2 years ago
Ted Turner has the most obnoxious accent and mannerisms. UAHAHA UAH UAH UAH
NapalmNewt 2 years ago 4
And he is scary.
josesilva9910 2 years ago
yeah turner is a douche, he's so lost its not even funny
seektheself 2 years ago
"Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded" -Abraham Lincoln
silversobe 3 years ago
Turner is an arrogant twat. Dr. Sagan is a genius.
Hereticbooks 3 years ago
I see Turner for the first time - he looks to me like a redneck that got on tv.
insertbadname 2 years ago
Hahaha, I dont think they like each others so much, Carl sagan called him stupid and gave him a midle finger XD
h666a 3 years ago
New Book:'Call Me Ted', 11/10/08.He shud've called it,'Ted Turner:Call Me F****** Brilliant!' Live Long & Prosper!! Carl Sagan-I still miss, never get over!Sagan&Turner r not "irreligious"!There r 4 types of mindsets: 1.type try understand God using superstition&ritual&bamboozle 2.type use science&skeptical thinking to understand nature/cosmos ie "God".U can say that Grand Unifying Theory is God! 3.those that say they atheists r actually #2!And then 4. Hindus which r 1 minus the bamboozle & 2!
1rendezvous 3 years ago
i would not call it god. when i think of god i get this image of the white bearded man in the clouds shooting lightening bolts. i have no idea what i would call it. for a laugh i would call it what george carlin did, "the big electron". you should have added 5 for the agnostics, they don't know & some might not care. i would not have added bamboozle. some people do whole heartedly believe in their religions & would not trick someone b/c then they couldn't be counted for their supposed religion.
quietAtheist20 3 years ago
Ted Turner should b US Envoy/Ambassador 2UN! Tho I wud like 2 also c him n FCC so he could stick it 2all those who took from him! Turner is just brillitant;he may b filthy rich but he has conscience &trying 2make better world!He outbursts only coz he sees that others don't see the same urgencies/needs he does-it's like putting a smart kid amonst bunch of dummies!That's why he Carl Sagan fan-coz they on same mindset: Brilliant!I bought his new book, yet to finish it-too busy working like a slave!
1rendezvous 3 years ago
CARL ! ..its binna long time errrrrrrr
sweettechnique 3 years ago
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Hey I know, if nucleur winter cools the glob we can use that to offset global warming, problem solved.
WhiteJack8791 3 years ago
this country ppl like carl in the charge, instead of bankers and landowners. seems like science is an artform for carl, a way of life, which i like a lot. the closer we come to understanding nature the closer we could get in joining hands as ppl of color and diversity and just, well chill out in the sun.
civilright 3 years ago
SO ahead of his time. also it seems Ted Turner has a worst speech impediment than Carl Sagan ever did. Talks like a little boy getting his chu chu train! lol
machngunjoe 3 years ago
i've always had contempt for the human species as well has hated being a human, overly consuming mindlessly. But I can do my part by having no more than 1 kid. That makes me feel good that I can do my part to help the population problem. I hope we get enough to follow suit.
mycatisromeo 3 years ago
I also thought that way...but at the rate stupid people are reproducing, you might want to consider having more kids to counter all the stupid people replicating themself
gpohls 3 years ago
ever seen Idiocracy? a 2006 Movie?
mycatisromeo 3 years ago
Yes I think gpohls is right, having kids is important, especially well educated intelligent kids. Otherwise you'll be leaving our future in the hands of Britney Spear's kids.
WhiteJack8791 3 years ago
Let's hope our future is more secure than that.
Chromatype 3 years ago
K, I think he was religious at the time of this interview.
TaYLOR182MEST 3 years ago
It's troubling to see that nothing has changed since the past 20 years, except that we got smaller telephones and computers. The technology evolves, but our mentality is set in a stasis. One day we won't be able to control our own inventions.
Lyrand 3 years ago 3
frankenstien?,..........maybe?
porkinwitz 3 years ago
carl sagan was ahead of his time
abiddle726 4 years ago 6
20 years ago and he is talking about co2 and greenhouse effect? we should revive carl sagan ask him to save the world!
lumbrikus 4 years ago 12
Ted Turner may be rich, may be religious, but he is open minded. By interviewing Carl on CNN he exposed science to millions of minds. We should be greatful.
TaYLOR182MEST 4 years ago 8
ted is one of the biggest atheist around, thats why jane fonda left him.......but i do agree with you on the other points.
porkinwitz 3 years ago
I'm trying to understand how Ted's religiosity, or lack thereof, is relevant. Please explain.
javery303 3 years ago
To be successful in innovative business, you have to be open minded.
Myndir 3 years ago
lol "turner is dumb". guess what? turner is one of the VERY few people who actually care about nature, our species, and the cosmos. man turner isnt bad, he DOES care, serious
heythereimbaked 4 years ago 6
Yeah, he's an example of someone who accepted the moral responsibility that comes with the power of money.
Myndir 3 years ago
Business as usual, money, money, money oh and a tithe to the immaginary god. Religious lies are tearing the world apart and the brainwashing continues in the temples, mosques and churces. Everyones distracted by a big house, fancy car and shiny new gizmos. gimme gimme gimme
Blea1958 4 years ago 6
He is amazing like he can tell the future. I think he should have been the president of the united states. But stupid ass religious people wont vote for a man with such great knowledge and logical thinking. They would probably kill him.
jayjasonbird 4 years ago 7
20 years old and we (America) stil ain't done shit about this stuff.
BoozyBeggar 4 years ago 5
Amazing how advice given over 20 years ago could have been said yesterday and still be entirely relevant.
Sagan is like a modern Jesus without the outrageous claims.
riversonthemoon 4 years ago 14
sure it's been 20 years but how many of those years had a Bush been in the white house?
ultragrl21 4 years ago
carl sagan+great man, genius
kindheartatheist 4 years ago 3
Ted that fucking retarded needs to go back to being a fireman
spiricom489 4 years ago
Understanding is the most important thing for humans to do in order to survive.
TaYLOR182MEST 4 years ago 3
If i were the leader of the world, and my scientific advisors came up to me during the global warming crisis and told me it has nothing to do with human forces, i would still publicise the threat of global warming being attributable to mankind. and here's why...
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
anything that can bind humanity together for the first time in history, is certainly worth a scientific mockery. the ends justify the means in this case.
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
Your strategy could well backfire. The truth will come out and you will have discredited what ever goals you have. There are powerful forces with vested intersts in the status quo and they would pounce on that like the predators that they are. You would probably do mor harm than good.
Stick with the truth or you will become your enemy.
Secularprophet 4 years ago
by the time the truth comes out, i would already have admitted to the falsity, and exposed my intent.
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
thereby discrediting yourself and your cause.Anyway you cut it you will be saying "I'm a liar, so believe me."
Secularprophet 4 years ago
perhaps you are correct? but any rational person would not be furious that you kept something from them, if the product was the closest thing in history to a global unity. if binding the people together meant keeping something from them, would you not do the same? and besides, even if global warming was not atributable to human development at THAT time, it would no doubt become a problem in the future.
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
Of course if people were rational you wouldn't have to resort to emotionalism in the first place. There is pleanty to fix on the planet.
Secularprophet 4 years ago
if the people found out their progress was not damaging the environment, they would no doubt be more confident that what they do is not as harmful as was first thought. so if keeping something from the public meant that a) they bind together for the common goal of planetary preservation (a first in history, and a major step towards world unity), and b) the deterrance of any future threat of global warming.
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
(forgot to finish this) ... b) the deterrance of any future threat of global warming, then what is the problem? do the ends not justify the means in this case?
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
YOu tread on dangerous grounds with you rational. In the end it comes down to you believing that you personally should and could determine the course of human activity on this planet by any means at your disposal. You are not the first to take such a position but history does not support it.
Secularprophet 4 years ago
perhaps it is a double bladed sword, and there really is only one way to find out for certain, but that is my take on it.
dazedandconfucious 4 years ago
kurtilein3: Sshhhhhhhhhhh!
bobgee1999 4 years ago