COSMOS: The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean (Part 2 - 6)

[galacticunion]

carl sagans ship look like a light ship a real galactic ship made out of light and consciouness 

[MrNance91]

the best music i've ever heard,so peacefull,carl sagans the man.

[Glarium1]

@MrNance91 i've actually put the full audio from Cosmos in my iPod.best thing i've ever done

[MrNance91]

@Glarium1 thanks for the comment.

[academicroach]

how can we see the milkyway from the outside?

[british123able]

@academicroach we cant, we just assume we know what it looks like, either that or et took a picture and returned it to us.

[defiythelie]

@academicroach space crafts. 

[academicroach]

@defiythelie in the future maybe

[cookechris28]

I wish we'd watch this in science class, not the boring-ass shit they make us watch now.

[GorterPoss]

@dronevalleykk We're certainly insignificant in terms of the space we occupy in the universe, but in terms of sentient life forms, we may be anything from a rarity to the only game in town.

[sefmm]

8:20 what is he talking about? intelligent beings have evolved... what planet is that? i don't understand.

[DarkCaedus]

@sefmm He is simply entertaining the possibility of alien life in our galaxy. He is not referring to any specific planet.

[dannyuc]

@dronevalleykk - Every rational human assign his own value, and thus significance.

[TheREALDanontheMoon]

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite video on Youtube.

[danvgeg]

Did anyone else notice that the promoted video following this video is a mormon video?

Kinda ironic...

[danvgeg]

I hope we eventually become a type 3 civilization so that planetary destruction does not wipe out the human race.

[Rebun24]

no matter how many time i watch this show my mind still gets blown away

[hitchman84]

CARL SAGAN'S COSMOS: Where cynicism comes to die.

[wahdateumat]

awesome



[RJL738]

This is amazing, planets will most likely be found to outnumber stars.

[jmichelly]

Anyone knows the name of the music that plays in this segment?

[tjp87]

Carl Sagan was an amazing man. He died far too young RIP.

ps watch this on 420

[LBromoHojo]

I love the ambient music in this clip.

[dtbrookes]

@LBromoHojo It is Vangelis's "Creation du Monde"

[lingh89]

Science makes the Universe as grand as it can ever be imagined - nothing else is as grand, Science is the only truth. Everything else is unprovable and subject to false logic and ideas

[azimebrahimi60616]

Carl stays in my heart .... until d second i join him .....

[stabbification]

and this was 30 years ago..we know so much more now..you gave me peace when things were bad as a kid Carl Sagan..enjoy your trip through the universe....

[bowiehero]

6:58 was his solo album cover.

[bowiehero]

6:56 was his solo album cover.

[PrincessUnicorn69]

I am soo high and this is so beautiful. thank you!

[Snowboardbb86]

There is nothing more interesting than space & the universe in which we live.

[Sonolumino8939]

I wonder how many times I was baked watching this??? Too manyyy. A splash. Cosmos. Collide and live. Amazed.

[UnBoundBeatz]

@OhReallyNoWai- dude just imagine. We are so small!!!!! Compared to everything else in the universe.

[Willjin]

it's inspirational to watch and hear him speak, makes me think of how far we've come since then, and of how far we'll go.

[carlitos1009]

Very interesting

[knas26]

LOl the speaker sounds like kermit the frog

[DoctorGreyMD]

@knas26 Also like Agent Smith. But show some respect, he is not just "a speaker". He is Carl Sagan, call him by his name. I think he has earned that much, with all he has given humanity.

[sjcgill]

I need this. On dvd.

Now.

I have to watch this from start to finish. Lights off.

[darkforest03]

R.I.P my dear friend,my dear teacher,my dear brother. we will meet again.

[Alienmad462]

@darkforest03

Carl did not believe in the after-life.

he is still alive in our mind and hearts.

[javonne]

Someone needs to clone this man, we need him back!!!

[jpr422]

@javonne he was one of the most brilliant minds of our time.

[ExplicitAndEquipped]

@javonne So we can have an exact copy of Sagan walk around wondering why people adore him? That would give the said clone an arrogant attitude, am I wrong?

[kutubu1]

Carl Sagan said that the milky way has 400 billion stars but i heard other astronomers say 100 or 200 billion, are they just guessing ? what's a 100 billion stars?

[Elcore]

Carl Sagan's spaceship makes Jesus' spaceship look like a Ford Fiesta. Don't get me wrong, Jesus is a much badder bro than Sagan but he's not good with technical stuff.

[georgejonez]

i like how he says exploohde

[OhReallyNoWai]

I don't think anyone can comprehend the size of the universe... On average it takes just over 8 mins for the sun's light to reach earth, Carl is talking about that galaxies are about 300,000 lightyears away from each other... try to imagine that distance, holy shit! And even that is just a small fraction of the universe. Some light that we see can be from stars that died long before humans even existed. In comparison Earth is so puny, but to us, yet so massive... it's fascinating.

[Kamicolod]

First time I read this book it scared me.

Shit is alway crashing into other shit in the universe and we're overdue for a big dinosaur killin rock to fall on us.

There are asteroids just two or three planets away you know......

Sleep well.

[TheFretTrain]

@Kamicolod Ya, dinosaurs were thought to be killed by a meteorite (a meteor that breaches the atmosphere and lands on Earth). It wasn't very big, but if Earth was hit by a meteorite, the impact would send dust particles up in the air to shroud the Sun. With that enormous impact, the dust particle would block the sun for a year. Now that's scary shit.

[kevyk135]

It's just an explanation of science to billions and billions of idiot's such as we!

[SuperPandas]

Fuck, man, this shit is so deep. I can't begin to fathom what another civlization out there would look like or function. I can't even think about it. Anything I can think of just comes from a human's mindset. I'm restricted to what I percieve as functioning or looks. My mind is so blown to pieces right now. Fuck God, I believe in Carl Sagan, and I have fuckin' proof that he existed.

[blinkboy2008]

look at the image of the Milky Way and how it appears those stars are packed in tight next to one another - and then think that our nearest star is still 4 light years away. Amazing.

[ninjaswordtothehead]

I can totally picture the set they filmed this on to actually be Carl Sagan's house. I mean, can't you see him just chillin' on that couch reading, or using that TV screen as a viewer for a telescope?

[juanarruti]

The incomprehensible nature of nature.  ~Richard Feynman~

[antigen4]

third grade science...? ugh.

[rhybro]

Could Carl Sagan have been an alien trying to tell us something

[VioletCornell]

@rhybro

To suggest that Carl Sagan is an alien is to undermine our ability as human.

[gordonbourbonbiscuit]

AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL ! ! !

[texasrhythm]

good luck patriot you got over 10 hours left.

[godofapplez]

omg! look at 4:14 above the yellow line in the center of the screen, in above that in the center of your screen you should se a little drawn girls head!!!!

[XMalleus]

lol i do see it

[SebastianEngland]

This is why I got interested in smoking marijuana in high school! CS+bong+a mate=fun fun fun!

[domboy22]

its a damn shame that its taken me more than half of my life before I got interested in the cosmos. Sagan... genius, makes it so understandable and accessible. Fantastic.

[JohIVplaysGH]

I believe in the theory of evolution, but I believe as well in the allegorical truth of creation theory. In other words, I believe that evolution, including the principle of natural selection, is one of the tools used by God to create mankind. Mankind is then a participant in the creation of the universe itself, so that we have a closed loop. I believe that there is a level on which science and religious metaphor are mutually compatible.

[sondano]

a supremely intelligent being would never create something as pathetic as a human body unless he is also supremely evil so that's it about God creating humans we humans would create a much better machine than our own body if we had the power so we know what's wrong with us but God didn't? yeah right makes sense

[AbeChang2]

And that level is the imagination.

[leeb6789]

did you see a floating old dude in the sky in this video?

[xNeverthought]

A pity, people have voted you down for having an open mind.

[dietermauer]

allegorical truth of creation theory?

You sir, are deluded. Stop wishthinking and try to accept the reality as it is.

Just think about what reasons are there, to believe in Evolution, and the reasons to believe in an omnipotent beeing (In your case I assume, 1 God) or many omnipotent beeings as there are thousands you can choose from, who created everything.

[dietermauer]

So i ask again, what "God" are you talking about ?

Vishnu, Thor, Tupá, Wotan, Jesus, Aphrodite or Osiris? or non of them?

Pls pick carefully, since when you worship the wrong one, according to religious people, you could be in trouble...

[KiljanArslan]

@dietermauer

what does it matter? Can we not be religious and believe in evolution, can we not believe in going beyond the pale blue dot?

[rosewind26]

When I was little the idea of a star dying was my first real comprehension of mortality, I actually cried and had a very hard time dealing with the idea

[MogartheCurly]

man, 2:00 in the mornin, this is good stuff.

it's scary though, we're all jsut a series of chemical reactions, of star stuff. but it's more than that.. we're life., but a bunch of matter, but life.

i'm rambling because carl sagan just blew my freaking mind. and it's 2:00 in the mornin.

[0oRouseticalo0]

watch our place in the cosmos, the symphony of science, dawkins has a line in the song that states just what you said.

[USpatriotz]

It's 4 and I'm not gonna stop. I can't belive that I've not heard of CS. This is way better than any History Ch doc.

[SLAYER0429]

@MogartheCurly I am in the same situation and it is almost 3 in the morning for me

[screat]

@MogartheCurly its amazing how the Universe grew something within itself to ponder itself,,,,Blows the noggin

[cookeelee]

@MogartheCurly DUUUUUDE I'm having the same experience right now at the same time hahahahaha.

[SolomonGrundy101]

I can't bear to think that this man's been dead for 13 years!

[sickofpeoplesshit]

does anyone know what they did with the set for his "ship"

[jonozoom]

how is that evil? death is death. people die, animals die, plants die, planets die, stars die, galaxies die. death isn't evil. it doesn't have any kind of intention, it just happens. nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

[reveriearchitect]

yes

[sickofpeoplesshit]

Its "have to" not "gotta"

and to be fair this approach must betaken with everything.

[hellsspike]

you worthless piece of trash, I WISH I COULD SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT for making such a stupid fucking interpretation like that, you dont know shit, so dont even comment on what carl sagan says you sack of dog shit fuck you

[maurice]

Well well well, a fan of peace visionary Sagan makes violent threats against fiolks he disagrees with. Now, what is Carl Sagan talk more consistent with? Using violence to control ideas, like science's enemies and Middle Ages religion? Or that doing the opposite of what any yob says, for its own sake, is a vital moral principle for the upholding freedom? Meaning, I will comment on Sagan DIRECTLY BECAUSE you said otherwise.

[Blakkrose666]

Isn't that exciting? That even though our bodies and mind have have come so far (and theres so much more to learn!!!) That eventually, we will become apart of something else, that is possibly greater than what we already see and know!!! And to think, that someday, if Man manages to not destroy ourselves, we can actually travel to other galaxies! Maybe theres an intergallatic nation, just waiting for new members to discuss what we all have learned....Although, I don't think it'll be in our time.

[msole06]

unfortunately... :(

[Heliosphan15]

are people actually arguing on Carl Sagan videos? for shame, just enjoy it. and maybe learn something

=)

[cookiecache2]

Star stuff

[lastdudestanding69]

Carl Sagan.. Now that's a legit prophet!

[thotkrime]

Just curious, how the hell can we see our own galaxy from the outside??

[Rampant7990]

Simple, we "draw it" from gathered information, reference points, etc., just like a map, and now with computers and satellite imagery , much easier to do.

By the year 1785 we had a pretty accurate picture of our galaxy drawn up for us from star counts, done by William Herschel.

[Dragonzz7]

We are on an outer arm of the milkyway, so we can easily look in towards the center :) the complete galaxy shots are computer models taken from actual observations from the edge on perspective

[mobby32]

If there is some kind of heaven this man is there....

[trebleclefts]

Before the TV program Cosmos there was The Ascent of man by Prof Jacob Bronowski, this is where Sagan got the idea for Cosmos what is really a remake of Bronowski's Ascent of man.

[vidstrika22]

i think the biggest evidence intelligent life on other planets is earth...there are billions of planets. this is a planet.....just like all the others which are planets

[pnisvgina]

Very good! You're learning! Keep up the good work kiddo!

[Anetuka]

Doesn't Carl seem a bit frightened at 6:24?

[ftutbs]

well he had to steer clear of the pulsar. you dont want to plummet into a sun you know. shows over

[acs1978au]

I think that hes trying to tell us something in this clip. Theres absolutely no way that we are alone in the universe.

[nethius]

So you got that impression too? lol

[shkotay]

@acs1978au Indeed Sagan always felt we were not alone and could not be. At the time though scientists couldnt touch the idea of extraterrestrial life. It was academic suicide to publicly consider it. But he was so extraordinarily eloquent in his suggestions wasnt he? Cosoms STILL fascinates me and makes me feel small :D

[siukong]

@shkotay Based on what we know about how life arose on Earth and the sheer size of the universe, it really shouldn't be that controversial an opinion. In fact, if our reasoning is sound it's a near certainty that it's out there somewhere in some form. The PERTINENT question is whether any of it is near enough to us. If the nearest intelligent life is 1,000,000 light years away, then our chances of ever meeting them or even becoming aware of them are pretty much nonexistent.

[shkotay]

@siukong With present technology, absolutely. Current estimates on being able to have the technology and energy resources to use wormholes or develop faster than light drives are on the order of thousands to millions of years. But we still know so astoundingly little about life and where it might be. It could be the next system over, or we could be one astoundingly rare cosmic accident. Read on type 0, 1, 2 and 3 civilizations. Type 3s are speculated to be able to overcome these distances.

[siukong]

@shkotay Well, in a way it's a double-edged quandary. On the one hand, if civilizations are more rare, then it's quite unlikely that we could cross paths. Even if they were as eager to find other intelligent life as we are, they probably wouldn't be thorough enough to find us unless they miraculously arose in one of our neighbouring galaxies and at the same time as us. If civilizations are more common, then an ordinary backwater place like us might not be worth the trouble.

[continued...]

[siukong]

@shkotay [continued]

But as you say, we know so little that we don't really know.

When it comes to unintelligent life though, I'm much more optimistic. Who knows what kinds of strange and remarkable life we might find? Even if it's just microbial, I'm sure it would create a huge paradigm shift in both science and society as a whole. Might we discover something like that in my lifetime (the next ~60 years)? I hope so.

[shkotay]

@siukong Well NASA researchers recently discovered microbial life here on earth which is essentially alien in form and forced them to reassess the many new ways in which life can exist :D The issue of the universe is...there is so much SPACE and this little blue dot of a planet is but one mote of dust in a near infinity of them. Still the law of very large numbers can still even apply in this case :D I should hope that when that time comes we are alive to see it! Not likely, but we can hope :D

[siukong]

@shkotay Err ... that should be "we know so little that we can't really say anything for certain." Was getting ahead of myself.

[7anmv]

A Wonderful Man. So clear, So concise. So Easy To Understand.

Miss Him Loads.

[ronaldec7]

I remember as a boy when this show first came on TV. I went from a C student to an A student. A spark was lit. I wish there was some one like him for my kids.

[AtheistPride007]

Neil deGraisse Tyson is probably the closet living person to him right now.

[exsodus2]

look into nova scienceNOW. it's a new show, and it's in the vein of bill nye the science guy meets carl sagan. i think it is fitting.

[TheMartianBotanist]

My hero.

[terrasidius]

awesome!

[toolbox58]

AMAZING!!