Carl Sagan Who Speaks For Earth 03

[doodleguitarist]

I don't get why Carl Sagan tries do disprove god all the time. I mean why would anyone try to disprove him/herself?

[bub777]

6:30 "the old appeals..."

[slaunie]

THANK YOU, MAN!!!!!!!!!

[dlbattle100]

Now as Rick Perry was going along and approaching Washington DC, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him "Rick, Rick, why do you persecute me?" He asked "Who are you?" The reply came "I am Carl Sagan whom you are persecuting." Rick got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing.

[CannibalCatfish]

i wish the US would hurry up and crumble into nothing, then humanity may have a chance to survive for an extended period of time.

[tabrisangel19]

ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!

[Beef1188]

1 man doesn't like it? Somebody should drop a nuke in his living room.

[MarkRyanSchulz]

@Beef1188 Kim Jong Il died. No need to do this now.

[TheUndertakerSaysRIP]

there is something special about this man... unlike other machine-minded scientists

[TralalFace]

yo dudes, i am not letting my amazing species die along with the planet in which they thrive.

Thumbs up for one world

[nanomagnetic]

in a twisted way this makes me want to play Fallout 1/2 again.

[9jester9]

you guys are funny, you cant sell the planet so why would the people in power want to take care of it? we are here to do their bidding and keep quiet, if we make too much noise they start a war to shut us up. its been happening for milennia, why would it change now? there is only one answer, remove the people from power.

[nauort23]

I have to wonder if he got this idea from Dr. Seuss's Lorax, who speaks for the trees...

[poliser0]

everyone knows its madness..

Madness?

THIS IS CARL SAGAN

*kicked down the pit*

[pitcalco]

I do like Sagan, he was entertaining and he popularised many fields of science. However, when he starts philosophising on the state of human existence, he can really be full of himself.

[murfdawg2010]

It seems, if you watch intently til the end, that looking down on the Earth you get a feeling of oneness.

I think that if space flight were made more open to the public, that we all would experience this feeling on a more personal level. Perhaps just that feeling would be enough to change peoples outlook on religion, race, and all of the other segregation's that we place upon ourselves.

[faMilliaR]

@murfdawg2010

The comfortable view is too easy for too many. Toleration is the *difficult* view.

[MatthiasCorvinu]

If you all enjoy this video then I would highly suggest checking out the Zeitgeist movement and Project Venus.

[4everkeim]

@MatthiasCorvinu yes sir

[AFpilotJJ]

sounds like a commercial for fallout 3

[Forestsarecool]

genies of death

[friendlyskies23]

A WWII every second for the length of a lazy summer afternoon.

[mohfoz77]

EXCELLENT.

CARL SAGAN was the wise man of the 20th century. He is an inspirations of all of us.

We miss him dearly.

[iDeist]

Brilliant

[Sp00lDonkey]

scientist, poet, philosopher, wise man, ambassador, genius, pioneer, hero.

[WhirledSol]

I was just about to write the same thing.

[Taolbi]

Well, so was I.

Except Poet would be swapped with genius.

[hewlett1963a]

carl sagan puts things in a simple but very hard hitting way, this video should be played in all classrooms around the world, we have to forget the people in power, who have become accustomed to weapons of mass destruction, lets change the ethos of our young, we lost a great voice when he sadly left so many years ago, RIP carl sagan

[Whorse69]

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Well said.

[ManlySlut]

The most amazing thing, is he has so much more great quotes.

[nunayobiz]

Man has NEVER made a weapon that he has not used. It's only a matter of time before a nuke is set off somewhere.

[ksocean]

Agreed, someday someone will think it's "necessary". And that will either unleash a firestorm, or a world-wide social upheaval. If those in power know what's best for them, they'll make sure that doesn't happen.

[PaxInvictis]

That reminds me of the "Foundation" saga, by Asimov, in which "Earth" is said to have been destroyed and thus contaminated forever by radioactive explosions, and in which is told that, when the military personnel of a spaceship at war heard it's captain order to use the nuclear trusters to make a nuclear bomb to nuke a planet they were warring against, they simply hang the captain and head back home to get a new one.....

[UbiquitousChe]

New Zealand emphatically doesn't have to have nuclear weapons.

[PaxInvictis]

Nobody needs to have them, very emphatically.

[irkedd]

the dude was awesome.

R.I.P.

[ksocean]

What a stirring segment. If we don't do something, the alternative will someday be a war that will litter the planet with wastelands like Chernobyl. Then it won't matter how "right" you are.

[tabrisangel19]

@ksocean I often thought if we got into nuclear war there would be not be a whole lot of fighting hereafter, just a lot of hugging and crying.

[PaxInvictis]

Of course, no extraterrestrial intelligence would send a diplomatic mission to "have a talk with the UN".

That would definitely show no intelligence at all.

If you want to get to know another country, you don't read the official brochure and ask the Minister of Tourism.....

[PaxInvictis]

The image of the Earth seen from space should be shown to every child.

There's nothing more moving and touching that seeing that intelligent life (if we may say that we are intelligent) is so rare.....

[PaxInvictis]

As a Captain of a sailing ship said once: In this boat or we row all in the same direction or we drown together.

This planet is our interstellar boat.

Or we row in the same direction or we can kiss our sorry asses goodbye.

What is it going to be?

[numnums21]

the latter i'm afraid

[PaxInvictis]

Well..."Some" fears are more than justified, don't you think?

We can and we must, eventhough we are bound to loose, try to change that.

[numnums21]

i definitely agree it's just sad that we have so must potential and the thing thats going to take that all away from us is......us. in fact most of us will actually LET it happen.

tho trying to change things couldn't hurt.

[PaxInvictis]

Well, let me put it this way:

IF we don't try, it'll be all over in not so long time.

If we try, however, we MIGHT have one chance in ten. And that's much more better chances than anybody gets when he plays the lottery.

[PaxInvictis]

And, from my point of view, if i was ready to risk all i had even knowing there were no chances to win, with about one in ten.....i'm roaring to do it.

Let not be said we didn't even try.

[numnums21]

well said

[PaxInvictis]

What he did not get right is that IF there's a nuclear war, then nothing will be left.

Once a civilisation reaches a certain level of technological development, or it learns the value of life and the meaning of "differences" and "tolerance" or it does not learn anything else.

There is NOT second chances for this stage.

We can not ask for another round of the dice.

We can not put another coin and play again.

We can not push the reset button and restart Humankind.

[silverbackman]

We must first and foremost abolish aggressive centralized institutions such as the central State. Self-rule must be established for every human INDIVIDUAL, but we can be united culturally. We cannot have such absolute property claims as individuals, because this is what leads to war. We must learn to share the world around us.....because in reality the only thing we can absolutely own is our bodies.

[silverbackman]

The major problem facing mankind is a problem that has been around for millions of years. That is of course the problem of power. Political power first and foremost, because from the institution of the State comes the economic powers that concentrate most of the wealth in the hands of a few.

[miighankurt]

I think this man with his advice saved mankind.

[luciddreamtv]

Carl is one of my Heros. If only he could have been president of America!

[JCLegion]

President of the world maybe?

[PaxInvictis]

He wouldn't have accepted to rule-

Only to lead and to teach.

So...no presidency for him.

That was ANOTHER sign that he was from another planet...

[nathanforst1]

Carl Sagan was a nexus of ideals and ideas. It still haunts me that he was taken away from us, with so little meaning. He never saw his dream come into fruition. Sadly, neither will we, unless we can enact change in our society. There has to be an awakening of the human condition, in which Sagan had a sense of eloquence in expressing.

For the future, we must all do our part.

[lighterfootstep]

Gosh, he was eloquent. And this particular message -- about nuclear weapons -- is as appropriate today as when Sagan was alive.

[HenryDavidThoreauII]

the saddest thing mentioned by Sagan was this: that a substantial number of our world scientists, supposedly "the most brilliant", are raised to spend much of their active and most productive years developing instruments of death for governments. to me, thta's the most heinous, most depressing, thought among all thoughts concerning the human species.

[stevieu83]

Extremely so.

[wuhwuh]

Fight your inner selfish first and simultaniously work for justice and the preservation of the environment.Denie corrupt politicians your vote.Change the sytem from within and without

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Why won't people listen to people like HIM rather than Bush or Bin-Laden?

[BulletMagnetOWI]

The most honourable path is also the hardest to follow.

[PaxInvictis]

And you will find the hardest resistance to follow it.

[JohnBach]

Carl Sagan was a singularly moral atheist with a good message. He is like a secular prophet.

[dana42078]

Carl Sagan is a God. I'm prolly one of the very few that own the 7 dvd's of the cosmos. Ive learned so much from this man. The day he left us all was a sad day.

[stuga]

where did you get the series? how many are there total?

[dana42078]

I bought it off ebay...its in like 8 diff languages....it has 7 dvd's total 13, hour long episodes...i can watch it over and over

[darkpheonix262]

today the soviet union is gone but a grave new and mor dangerous threat come from fanatical groups vigerously working to bring death to all who stand in there way. terrorists will become the straw on the camels back of society

[laurencewf]

That, or more likely, our reaction to them. You always become what you swear to destroy when you fight it not with reason, but with dogma.

[leporidus]

Is this clip from the "Cosmos" series, too? Looking back, it's mindboggling how much thought Carl Sagan had put into it.

[zeroyon04]

wow, this is incredibly deep and meaningful. If I could give it a 10/5 I would.