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  • Truly epical!

  • @DZMOST you teach their kids

  • @MasterRainwater1

    That's the ticket ,yep =P

  • How does Giorgio Tsoukalos fit into the side bar's relevant videos?

  • Alex el capo estuvo aqui

  • great use of greenwood's piece

  • I love how Carl Sagan is so detached from humanity and can see things from a wider perspective.

  • i got goosebumps from 1:49

  • this may not be the first time

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  • I'm sad to say in my debate team at the highschool I attend, we have the topic of the Advancing of Space Programs. Only 3 people agree to advance while the rest laugh at SETI, NASA, the ideas to expand the human race outwards into space. They call it a waste of money and time.

    These are the people soon to be the future voters, citizens, and possibly leaders of our world's nations. I wish they could understand the words of Sagan, and realize the ignorance of their words.

    It hurts man

  • @DesolateGrunt Damn. Same thing in my class about five years ago. At least this is on Youtube and spreading.

  • @DesolateGrunt That actually scares me a lot!!

  • I am not caucasian. I am not floridian. I am not American. I am a human of the planet earth. If people started thinking this way, things would be different.

  • @TrollingIsGay good point

  • @TrollingIsGay Definitely this!

  • @TrollingIsGay

    They would also conceive others are such aswell.

    And that is what is best about that way of thinking.

  • @TrollingIsGay Why? What's wrong with being proud of your local nation or community or even ethnicity (as long as you don't look down upon other nations, communities and ethnicities, of course)? What's holding you back from being proud to be an American or a Floridian? I'm Jewish and I'm proud of my nation's acheivments over the past 3-or-so millenia, and I'm also very proud of humanity as a whole. One can't always think on a 7-billion-person scale, we're more than just humans.

  • @niceguy1068 Because pride is the polar opposite of humility, and 'The meek shall inherit the Earth'...

  • @niceguy1068 There is nothing wrong with being proud of your ethnicity or country. After all, its what makes us unique. But if one day, we could put all our differences beside and just work together to end world problems such as hunger, AIDS, war, etc, We could advance as a species. We could live up to our fullest potential.

  • @TrollingIsGay true man so true ..race country's ..its all bull ...homo sapiens ..earth ..thats us ..i wish we could all work together ..

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  • @TrollingIsGay We don't even have to define ourselves with the earth. We are the universe itself!

  • @TrollingIsGay lol patriotism is given a lot of weight in politics - imagine a politician saying "well we are not _____ we are human" - that would be interesting

  • Good!

  • Unfortunately there are only a fraction of "enlightened" people in this world ...

  • If Sagan was still alive, I would suggest him for president.

  • politics, the worst fad invented.

  • @25alo2514m money is probably the worst invention by what we can see today..

  • That parking lot of cars is a disgusting scene. They should all be melted down.

  • cool story bro

  • music is way too loud

  • The first good use of the world epic since forever

  • what song is in the background?

  • @WowWhatJust

    "Moon Trills" by Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)

  • Is there anyone in the world that says that this is boring or stupid. Who are those people that start a war who are those people that say kill the Jewish, hate the black or white or the one's who denies science and says that god has invented everything

  • -___- The number of ignorant people by far outweigh the intellectuals. How can you show them the way when they refuse to open their mind.

  • @DZMOST first of all by not surrendering like this, but at least trying

  • @DZMOST And when they reproduce at a much higher rate :/

  • @DZMOST It's like convection. The intellect is repressed at first but soon because of their intellect, it rises to the top, and the herd which once mocked it follows behind them in their wisdom. Then comes the dominance of the intellect. It becomes the status quo until time passes and it's ego again fades to the bottom of the convection. However as he falls, a new intellect rises from the bottom. The remaining herd at the top now represent closemindedness as they too fall. Its a cycle of change

  • @DZMOST That is the challenge humans face to prove to the rest of the universe we are worthy too be here..imo

  • Song from video is called Bodysong part 1 by Jonny Greenwood

  • Ok, it seems to be Tehellet by Jonny Greenwood, i think. But its a cover of some kind. Any ideas peeps?

  • @darrenrose100 The music is Moon Trills by Jonny Greenwood, not Tehellet.

  • Happy Birthday Carl! the cosmos sure misses you, and Earth needs you now more than ever.

  • Any idea where this music is from??????

  • People that don't like education don't really know what a vast and awesome experience they're loosing. It's something that people should thrive for instead of flout, it's truly the most epic matter in life.

  • Hi, I'm 2 weeks old and watching this video.

  • Please somebody, what is the music on this vide? I cant seem to find it.

    THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • in the sagan series there are two (i assume) brilliant videos, which i am unable to watch in germany due to the music they have.

    could you upload a version avaliable in germany?

  • Is anyone going to open ‘best way to open a beer’ in the side bar after this video?

    NO HOPE!!!!

  • fuck you ab the earth the rid in ob if you dint getit thwtan you nwill never get it

  • Why didn't you include the music in the credits, man?

  • @meloche1syndrome "This video was gay". Wisdom like that will surely lead us into a bright future.

  • I really wonder who the 67 dislikes came from...

  • yeah this video deserves millions of views, no doubt.

  • There's a video in the sidebar titled "best way to open a beer". It's truly sad that that video has over 3 million views, not this one.

  • @JormatarPWN so you're aware that the videos on the sidebar are listed depending on the videos you watch? xD

  • @htlhausi I'm not saying I didn't immediately start clicking on it frantically :D

  • @JormatarPWN Don't minimize the art of opening beer... why, that is right up there with space exploration and world peace!

  • jonny greenwood and carl sagan. win

  • Thumbs up if you saw Helios 1 at 3:01

  • Sagan so eloquantly exposes reality for what it is, both wonderful and to be feared, for we do now have the ability to wipe ourselves from future history. Through his words your mind opens up to the vast possibilities that the natural world and the cosmos are filled with.

  • There is only one good, Knowledge. And only one evil, ignorance.

  • I'm 14 years old as of yesterday. My grand-dad showing me this was probably the best gift I could've ever asked for. Because now, I know what I want to do in my life. I want to help, inspire, enlighten, and expand humanity in every way I can. As much as i can, i will try to expand my own view, while acheiving credentials through education, and without intolerance and ignorance, I now know that I want in life. I would like to give thanks for the opportunity to love humanity so early in life.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever Do it man, don't let anyone get in your way or tell you you can't. Be the next Sagan.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever

    Amen.

    I feel exactly the same way, and I owe part of who I am at this moment to the first time I saw 'Pale Blue Dot'.

    I want to inspire and create and expand our knowledge as a species and my knowledge as an individual.

    What more can I ask for than a world with less ignorance?

  • @Thornleyfan4ever I'm 14 as well, and I've got to say, this has completely changed not only my perspective on my life, but my perspective on our species as a whole. I hope that everyone will embrace the opportunity to do what you would want to do. I only hope that everyone realizes what could be out there, and how petty many conflicts are sweeping the world. If our species could unite, imagine the possibilities.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever you have a lot to learn, kid.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever That was so inspirational. Do yourself and family proud, and hold on to that, don't let life blow you off course. +1.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever ill be suprised if your goals do not change due to the culture that is constantly influencing you

  • @Thornleyfan4ever cool story bro make sure you don't get deluded with religion while you're at it!

  • @nayrnayr93 I'm Mormon and I love Carl Sagan; not all religions are incompatible with science.

  • @onelowerlight All religions are incompatible with science unless the religion ignores part of itself. If you believe what the bible says is true, you are not being scientific.

  • @dabomb1357 I'm sorry you believe that. There are many ways to read the bible, and many other scriptures besides the bible that are not necessarily incompatible. Both religion and science grow out of the human experience, and I personally believe that the best path to truth is to focus on the ways in which religion and science intersect and support each other, not to obsess over the issues where they appear, for the moment at least, to be in irreconcilable conflict.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever You are far beyond 14 with a comment like that.

  • @Thornleyfan4ever You are (mentally of course) far beyond 14 with a comment like that.

  • @Talnoy2692 Thank you, it means alot :)

  • i would like to state that age is irrelevant, base your worth on your intelligence. your dreams, honestly, if your twelve and have clear view of the world i have respect for you. that said, we have to be the stupidest people ever. the way we are, is incredibly destructive. good luck to us. were to caught up in oil problems and crappy music.

  • I love these videos alot. And I mean a lot. You've done a fantastic job.

  • The shot at 1:45 took me a while to recognize, but when i did, i was completely shocked... Damn.

  • Great video! It is a importent issue - keep up spreading this word

  • If anything could inspire us as a species to stop our pointless aggression towards each other it would most definitely be space. For once we see the vastness of it all we will come to realize that there is so much more to life than what is on our small planet. As we begin to see this unfold we will undoubtedly unite and begin our expansion into the cosmos. We will shed our old hatreds and beliefs and adopt newer more progressive ones. We will as a species finally conquer our limitations.

  • @ZeroRemorse You should read some Arthur C Clarke. He was a visionary.

  • @MrOopsidaisy I will take you up on that advice.

  • Never stop making these videos.

  • Holy crap this reminded me of the ending for Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

    Same ideas.

  • @FasterThanRainbows Oh man so true... Now im scared...

  • Whats the music here? Does anyone know the name? Or where its from?

  • @darrenrose100 It's in the credits

  • I don't think that people 30-40 years ago went to bed, invariably thinking "the world seems kinda broken." Somehow, it is not a huge societal issue, though. 

  • Someone make Carl Sagan president of the world :c

  • @skndpn He's dead. Just sayin.

  • I love that videos of Lady Gaga get 20 million hits and videos of great minds like Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking get a mere 100,000. Goes to show you just where peoples heads are.

  • wow

    

  • They should get a proper film maker to shoot real footage of a hydrogen bomb going off in order just to remind the world how dangerous they are.

  • This is fucking awesome. Please make more.

  • I would like to state now that as a 17 year old; I understand the problems facing this world. I firmly believe that ignorance is the worlds greatest threat. I believe I must defend my generation. We do not all run around chanting Biebers name and succumbing to corporate rule. I am not some hippie politics graduate either, I am a normal kid. We are not all ignorant. A lot of us care for more than booze and women.

  • @speddsk8rocker I can empathisize. I am also a 17 with a comparable view on things.

  • @speddsk8rocker You can begin the change in the world by learning how to use a semicolon properly.

  • @speddsk8rocker Appreciate your thoughts. Looking forward to the day that you confide and join the corporate world.

  • @WestJetOwner I have thought about this myself. I will die one day, I will have my century. The earth has its billions of years. No matter how much money I get I will die, no matter the comforts I gain in life I am insignificant. A bunch of atoms, working together in an incredibly complicated system. But if I could make a difference, help to advance the human race with the time I have, then I have an impact. I am not brilliant at physics. I have a great talent for Geography. I can help change.

  • @WestJetOwner Confide?

  • @speddsk8rocker booze and women are pretty good though haha

  • @speddsk8rocker true that

  • @speddsk8rocker

    You're definitely on the right track.

    I don't think our generation is any dumber than generations before because that argument has been made since ancient Greece. There has always been an educated minority, and an ignorant majority. However, what separates our society from those before us, is that our people are voluntarily ignorant. That is the sad truth: when the opportunity to become educated is handed to us, many choose to decline.

  • @speddsk8rocker we should talk sometimes. you seem to be on the same track as me.

  • @speddsk8rocker Agreed - 16 and from the UK.

  • @speddsk8rocker You are a pretentious arrogant dickhead though.

  • @speddsk8rocker You are one of little, I am also 17 & looking at the world, I see the world going back to what seems like religious and political polarity, something unseen in years if not ever. This polarity is splitting humans farther than we thought possible. This is even scarier considering how easy it now is to communicate. This must be addressed, we must realize that we are humans not monsters. The future might be scariest thing that faces us, it is why we most embrace it and long for it!

  • @frenchy108 you know im 45 ..and given what the media shows u that young people are this and that ..you refilled my faith in humanity ..:)

  • @speddsk8rocker what's wrong with women? 

  • @speddsk8rocker Well said. Thanks. 

  • did he died?

  • the problem is that as humans we fear what we do not know, this causes war, and desperation. greed among other things as well skew the perception of value, we are caught up in a blinded society based on war, and stereo types. open your eyes, do not trust what the government says or what the bible says, because those things mask you, brothers and sisters we are all the same, the same blood runs through our veins, through peace, love, and equality we will strive towards the stars.

  • You no what all these comments by atheists and ultra religious nuts tell me? That you guys are unsure about your own beliefs, thus finding a need to go out of your way to offend others. Most of the world has freedom of religion, so SHUT THE FUCK UP AND BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE. Enjoy the damn video instead of wasting your time on trying to shove your beliefs (or the lack of thereof) down other peoples throats, on Youtube of all places.

  • gave me goosebumps

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  • This is a great representional video of earth for the aliens

  • 3:42 i see jamaica!

  • anybody else think Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix was going to start playing? haha

    but on a side note, i love Carl Sagan

  • @snaplaxer Fucking troll.

  • I like chicken.

  • If this series of short films doesn't move you, provoke you or inspire you, then you have no soul and are dead inside.

  • @ciaranoc i feel like this comment is somewhat out of place on a video that emphasizes science and nature and discourages religion (the reference to the soul i mean)

  • @cronchify Soul, as in passion, joie de vivre, enthusiasm, zeal, etc. Definitely not in the religious sense!

  • @ciaranoc but surely if thats true then there is no point in saying it cos the ppl who are moved will know that if u are not then u have no soul and the people with no soul will not give a shit

  • @ciaranoc I am deeply moved by all seven of the sagan-series videos....and I don't have a soul. But no worries, neither do you. The more I learn about the way the universe works, the more alive I become....and discarding the myth of the soul has been part of the process. ;)

  • @b14blah absolutism isn't a good path to take, be it science or religion. with the way you're phrasing it, i feel it's important to point out that you're reeeeallly making science sound like a cult. in my own opinion, having a soul means having every little bit of wonder and curiosity and humbleness that sagan's talked about. for me, it's the part of us that reaches for the stars in the first place.

  • @Vinco No I'm not making science sound like a cult. Science is a process....a self-correcting one. Religion is not self-correcting. Every time that religion "corrects" or admits that it is wrong about a subject, it is due to the enormous pressure put onto it by empirical facts....by science.

  • @Vinco Cont'd: Don't play word games with me either. When you play the semantics game, you can make the word "soul" mean whatever you like. Why use a word that is so tangled up with religious nonsense when you can simply say that you are filled with wonder and curiosity? By your standards, I can say that having a soul means not believing in anything supernatural and completely rejecting all religious concepts....and you would have no argument against my claim.

  • @Vinco Cont'd: Just to be clear, I am open-minded. If the process of science one day shows that we have something that we might could call a soul, then I would be the first in line to examine the evidence. But as a man once said (and Sagan himself quoted him in his book 'The Demon-Haunted World') "It is important to have an open mind...but not so open that your brain falls out".

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    Videos like this should be seen by everyone, people from all corners of the world

    The message it offers is especially pertinent to our time and it truly inspires us to be wiser than we've been

    Thank You, damese :)

  • The music is odd and distorted (high frequencies), you should look into the quality. The rest of your videos have been quite good!

    Figured out with my ATH-M50s...

  • Sagan is enigmatically relevant, even from the grave.

  • series needs to be broadcast on tv

    on every channel at the same time

  • I like the music to Part 7

  • Absolutely chilling. I look forward to the next in the series!

  • This might as well be music.

  • POOKOO!

  • I came

  • I like watermelon.

  • Sometimes I lay on the ground and pretend to be a waffle...

  • It is absolutely brilliant that humankind's collected wisdom is all on youtube. No more excuses for not learning stuff, as the best and brightest of our spiritual teachers, scientists, astronomers, intellectuals, and thinkers are posting all their present and past talks on youtube. One can fasttrack a university education by spending time with the greatest thinkers and artists of our time on youtube. It's amazing. I'd recommend Tedtalks/Lord Martin Rees: Is this the Final Century?

  • Never before has our future looked so bright and so dark.

    Our actions today determine which we will live in.

  • We are truly a hazard to ourselves and im 17 but still I have trouble believing that I will see my kids to grou up to get married and have kids of their owns :l

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  • @pintpot I'm not interested in your hypothetical (I would accept hypotheticAL btw) and bogus claim. All I know is that according to New Oxford, American Heritage and Random House dictionaries (all sources I consider legitimate) epical is a proper, although archaic word. That is all.

    Good luck on your quest to rewrite these books. I just hope your focus isn't concentrated on history books instead, as that would be bad news for all of us.

  • its like Morgan Freeman meets Barack Obama

  • I dont really get the last image with the 'renewable energy budgets'

    Are those nations implementing sustainability or ruining sustainability?

  • @dzloll Yeah really. Is it per-capita or not? The Canadian Federal level government has made cuts over the last 3/4 decade - although regional (Provinces) governments have subsidized renewable energy. Sun-tracking solar panels are part of 1/10 country family farms it seems.

  • The world is soo Beautiful and tragic

  • Carl Sagan gave me a gift when i was a gift it was a telescope...Man my dad and I still use it in HIS HONOR... WE MISS YOU CARL!! You are now venturing the stars now.

  • woah mindfuck

  • 63 dislikes = creationists

  • Is epical a word?

  • @garenzy Though I love the song, I could almost agree with what you say.

  • tl;dw

  • angryrhino420 Yeah, fuck our species, the only ones so far to enter space. Fuck our planet, the only planet known to harbor life. Let us let our fears govern everything we do. Fuck your paranoia.

  • Kept trying to figure out if 1:56 was spelling something out...

  • great. i feel like a douch bag for being human now.

  • I have a zit on my upper lip.