CARL SAGAN - "Almost no one attempts to educate themselves on the basics of science and technology, yet our society is based on these. TV takes up far too much of our time and is apparently much more attractive to most of us than the beauty and wonder of science. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." - CARL SAGAN
"We would be compelled to acknowledge that Stalinism was rooted not in the backwardness of the country, but in the congenital incapacity of the proletariat to become a ruling class. Then it would be necessary to establish, in retrospect, that the present USSR was the precursor of a new and universal system of exploitation." -- Leon Trotsky, 1938
we are anonymous, we are aware of the corruption in the world's governments and their apathy for the human lives because of money.
we are aware of the governments' attempt to cover on the news of the rebellions to keep us as slaves for the current system.
we are anonymous, we declare war on the corrupted system, join the plan to get your freedom and rights back. you are a human being, your life has value. we are anonymous, we are legion, expect us!
Carl had changed my life forever, opened my eyes to the true meaning and beauty of life. He is so inspirational and will be an amazing figure in the history of mankind, as long as that pale blue dot exists. And, perhaps longer!
Religious freaks beware! For sometimes the truth is painful. This video challenges everything you've ever believed. Learn it, understand it, accept it.
The same kind of humans that killed people and made wars in the name of religion are now killing in the name of science. Religion was manipulated so hardly, and science is in our days.
God is the same for all religions, he is the life and the light, the joy and the only true that ever existed. This universe works like him. We humans don't understand God like he rely is. Anyways, you all will understand a day! Amen.
@TheGaga32gaga enough with your religious bullshit!!! wake up.. if theres GOd why all this suffering continue.. lets just accept that as of now we really dont know where we came from or why the universe exist.. we dont need the concept of believing in fairy tales or a book made by primitive men..
@TheGaga32gaga The god(s) of all religions are small, invented in the infancy of human kind as a coping mechanism for what could not be understood or explained in the environment they lived in. They evolved over the thousands of years as humans knowledge evolved. The gods who remain today are still small as they deal with only this planet and their human creators. Science deals with the entire universe which is unknown to your god. Science allow us to dismiss all gods ever invented.
List of Current and Recent Social Unrest, Conflicts and Wars based on Religion: Afghanistan, Côte d'Ivoire, East Timor, India, Indonesia, province of Ambon, Indonesia, province of Halmahera, Iraq, Kashmir, Philippines, Russia,
Chechnya, South Africa, Sudan - Darfur Region, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Lybia, Egypt, Bahrain and many more. Some of these conflicts never ceases and people are murdered everyday.
@Riggro I agree, I drives me nearly insane when I think about how many people there are who believe such utter nonsense and how much better this world would be if it wasn't for the plague of religion.
Yo estoy seguro de que el Maestro Sagan ha sido y será uno de los genios más intensos que ha tenido la humanidad. El acercó la ciencia a nosotros, los simples mortales que buscamos la respuesta a la pregunta de quienes somo y para qué estamos aquí de una manera muy comprensible. Definitivamente era un sabio en toda la extensión de la palabra.
Carl Sagan is my hero and ultimate figure, for my everyday life and action.
Let's spread this message, each day, as long as we're still breathing, in ANY kind of effort and endeavor each of us is doing.
Then perhaps, humanity and this world would be so much exponentially better than the current point,..and to truly make significant meaningful progress as well, as citizen of our beloved Earth!
@Riggro: “@FlawdaFootball lol no matter what you do it will be unimportant... :)” – But look at what you are capable of doing once you accept that fact.
The fact that all the different gods described or invented by the different religions are downright ABSURD, doesn't mean that there is none. I have always amired and learned from Carl Sagan's view, and from what I can remember he assumed that the universe responded to some sort of superior intelligence, though not to some white bearded old man, of course.
“Every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there; on the mote of dust, suspended, in a sun-beam.” – Sends chills down my spine every time; and I watch this video at least twice, every day.
I have to say I like the "Pale Blue Dot" with the movie clips over this one. It evokes much more of an emotional reaction/connection to Carl Sagan's words.
Carl, you are missed more than you could ever possibly imagined.
Since you left, countless technologies even you could not have envisioned have been invented, and our small world is more closer-knit than ever before. Our species, as you predicted, is at a turning point.
Your words come to us, through these new technologies, as a beacon shines through the sky.
I have heard what you said, and i have taken your hope to heart. I am trying, as best i can, to spread your words as far as i can.
Despite the fact that I am not a believer I still do think religion, at its core, has a value. I do believe in miracles and i believe in spinoza's god. I also want to spread this very inspiring speech I only just want to say that you don;t have to be an atheist to see the value and truth behind this nor do you have to claim that all of religion is ridicilous. There are tow things that inspire me in life: this and my own world view (which matches this)
@akirosette i feel sad. u get the message nd the video has done its job, graphics dont matter. hw did u even let ure self concentrate on the video's quality
Actually there are probably thousands and thousands of great scientists out there with equal or greater knowledge, but these are the ones that can communicate it the best.
its hard to watch this now, due to the oil. i dont know if people grasp whats been done to this our home. no hurricane can compair to this. no earth quake or flood. its slow death. its poison. 2012 approaches and look at this. look at the escalation. god help us all.
@dnabiologic - I don’t understand what well enough? You’re the idiot who typed this comment: “@dprague Dont you understand what you say is what all religion says,,,
This is what scientists feel when they study the universe. Glorious insignificance, awestruck meaninglessness... A numinous encounter with the infinite... it can be called many things, but it transcends everyday experience...
I am not an atheist, but I think that God rarely, if ever, intervenes in the individual lives of people. Even then, there is often collateral damage. Sagan has nailed it here. We have seen the enemy and they is us.
Genesis 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
you tube should have this video permanently promoted, his speech needs to be put in the school curriculum as mandatory listening/reading, and if anyone tries to start a fight, make them listen to carl sagan pale blue dot on repeat for 1 hour, not that is a punishment to listen to carl sagn, but maybe no more fighting after that
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Always enjoy it when the atheists prattle on about how evil it is to have any mention of GOD and then want to indoctrinate our kids in the public schools with their view of our origins.. Hitler would love it.
how was your statement even a "response" to what I said?
where did Hitler come in?
Schools CAN and DO do teach religion, it's called bible studies, but that belongs in a course called religious studies not science.
I'm sure you would object to evolution being taught in your church and/or bible studies course, so by the same token creationism should not be taught in a science course.
@thefutureboom My reply was from a statement made by another post on here where it was stated that all children should be forced to listen to this pale blue dot diatribe in the public schools - but it appears that the post is no longer present, that is where it came from.
@thefutureboom from the comment you made a week ago - here it is - "you tube should have this video permanently promoted, his speech needs to be put in the school curriculum as mandatory listening/reading, and if anyone tries to start a fight, make them listen to carl sagan pale blue dot on repeat for 1 hour, not that is a punishment to listen to carl sagn, but maybe no more fighting after that " - just in case you forgot you posted it.
Carl Sagan (in the pale blue dot speech) was neither advocating theism nor atheism, he was advocating unity. Regardless of your religious or religious non beliefs , he asked for humans to realize each other as equals. I hope I have helped clear the message for you, and I hope you agree with the message, and I hope you agree it is most important all people are exposed to the message
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unfortunately he technically was advocating athiesm, as too many theists fundamentally must believe in superiority to others, 3 major religions believe that they will be rewarded with a paradise that others who do not do as they will never deserve.
There are 10,000+/- current religions in thw world. Countless previuos religions. Not a single one has ever proven that any of God exisit or has ever exisited. Mr. Sagan pointed out what is evident and believed in life. Not delusions. Take away religions and the world might suffer peace.
agree... the humans or any other species fight for survival by any means.. either it is to do with food , shelter or replication values , we compete with each other to transfer over DNA in the best possibe way we can to next generation... without religons the problem dosent go away because its US who are the problems.. im afraid
BTW this is an amazing video.. carl segan is a prophet to me.
You think too biologically. Sociologically, we would kill eachother for cultural differences to achive a hegemony, or because one side lost to another and wants revenge. Retalliations could go on endlessly and is a far bigger motive than religion is, for people to want to kill one another. Economics and jealousy play a key role as well. It is economically sound to exploit a people's labor and resources for your own benefit, as well as eny those who have the power to do it.
@dprague As right as you are, you fail to extend that same point to your own beliefs.
There has been 10,000+/- scientific and philosophical theories that all assumed they were completely and totally correct and would, all by themselves, lead to some period of enlightenment and greater understanding that would forever alter the course of human events..
But in fact, we are more or less the same exact species as we were ~50,000 years ago when the first "modern" human came into being. *continued*
@dprague Maybe we know a bit more, maybe we're a little bit less naive and have a healthy amount of experience, but if any third party was out there, taking notes and analyzing things, they would regard the "progress" we've made with the same amount of interest as you or I would get from an anthill. "So what," this imaginary third party would say, "You still have the same beliefs, the same cultural habits, the same diet, the same traditions, and make the same mistakes time and time again. *cont*
@dprague If this third party would be impressed with anything humanity does, it would be its beliefs in the metaphysical. Not that religion is required of a higher organism, but it is still a very unique habit of ours and one we should take no same in, even if it might be mere folly to begin with. *continued... man... this character count is annoying as hell...*
God and science both come from the same source: HOWs and WHYs. Humanity's eternal curiosity. We ask and ask and are never satisfied. We are equally resistant to ideas new and old. The only way for any idea to survive just from one day to the next is for it to build up defenses, reasons as to why its right.
This is why science today is as strong as it is - because religion was always there attacking it at every turn, building up science's defense.
@dprague Abscence of evidence does not give you the right to say there's an evidence of obscence - Carl Sagan. I'm not a religious person, but you can't be compleatly bolivious to it. That way you will just become like the religious folk, oblivious. The way science gives you hope, some people feel hope through god. I don't think the world would be any better or worse without religion. But being compleatly oblivious is exactly what religions do, and it won't be tolerated in the scientific communi
@KillinDaWelfareMCs And it is religious leaders who tell everyone who can have what resources. And it is religiuos leaders who rule. Learn about the history of economics and politics, then post. Oh, and I wish I had space in this post to list the wars that have been based on religion.
@KillinDaWelfareMCs You think the war in Libya is not somewhat based on religion? or how about the entire movement in the Middle East at the moment? You obviuosly understand little of Islam. The people as described by Karl Marx are rising up against the rulers because they want equality that Islam is based on. Sir, all of the current military and social events in the Middle East at the moment are based on religion. Islam was designed to break the sects. That is what is going on now.
@KillinDaWelfareMCs Israel - Palestine, the Civil War in Yemen and the guerrilla war currently ongoing in Congo, spearheaded by the Lord's Resistance Army. There's three right off the cuff, directly stemming from religion. Just because it isn't in the western media, doesn't mean it isn't happening.
@KillinDaWelfareMCs There are still wars going on because of religion. Resources are becoming a more popular feud, but religion nonetheless still accounts for more deaths in human history than anything else.
@homie3626 You don't think that if we had science only instead of religion we wouldn't have wars over that? Human nature is to t they are right one way or another there will be war. like peace, War is a constant, just as Religion has caused Wars it has caused Peace. Think on that, my friend. Science or Religion there will be war.
@soulpelt1 I never said science couldn't cause wars, I was just pointing out the fact that religion has killed a devastating number of people in the name of God.
many schools have the mandatory standing for the singing and playing of national anthem, I would love to have the morning standing for the pale blue dot, imagine the power of every single country, every morning at around 9am listening to the same great message of pale blue dot
there are 24 time zones, that means every day, it is 9am 24 times, so 24 times a day millions of people will be reciting pale blue dot, imagine the loudness and power and the feeling of unity, instead of reciting the national anthem, you are reciting the INTERnational anthem
a fantastic, visionary sentiment! perspicuous and pertinent to any era, yours is truly an incredible idea! hopefully, people will understand how imperative it is we view ourselves as "one" before it's too late. :)
By definition and your own admittance creationism is not a science. It is faith. I'm not telling you what to believe in or not believe in, but do not confuse the subjects. Creationism is the idea that god created the universe and put all life on earth. So there you have it, it's based on faith, bible, god, religious, whatever you want to call it. But don't call it science.
I'm not going to be an asshole and say you suck for believing this or that or force you not to believe But don't think for a second I will hesitate to disagree with religion.
by the way since the all life on earth is technically one life, we have the same (DNA) code for life but a different arrangement of the code (genome)
in response to god brought all life on earth, first of all there is no mention of organism smaller than can be observed with the naked eye, secondly many species have died and come into existence since then
no.. thomas jefferson would enjoy it... after all thomas jefferson was a scientist first and foremost.. and had the belief that in order to avoid the troubles of the past we have to understand the present..
I also enjoy it when atheists put out the message of reality and science, then hear how religious people feel threatened and attacked.
It speaks to the religious persons awareness of how lame and factually unsupported their views are. How they need to shut down all those in disagreement with their version of religion, lest they be forced to actually think instead of comfortably and blindly following a specific interpretation of an old book.
I believe it's from a Vangelis album from the 80's. He was a Greek keyboard whiz from that period along with the likes of Jean Michelle Jarre and Rick Wakeman. He was a prolific movie and documentary score writer (think Chariots of Fire).
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Carl Sagan was such an amazingly brilliant man , but how can anyone look at our universe, super universe and super mega universe and not believe in a God? Our tiny planet is like a dust particle in space compared to what God created 154 billion ( and more ) light yrs. away from our tiny galaxy . I would love to tell Mr. Sagan that he was wrong. THERE IS A GOD! only humans don't want to except things they cannot grasp or comprehend.
Can YOU even comprehend the true meaning of God? or how about the true meaning of the universe? How can you say the man is wrong when his thoughts have traveled that deeply into the consciousness of the universe. Once you have traveled that path, there is most likely no reason to tell anyone that they're wrong.
There is no evidence to support the existence of God.Sagan believed in the facts not myths. Sagan was both an evolutionary Biologist and a physicist. Sagan knew how the universe formed from the moment the "Big Bang" happened until 15 billion years later which includes evolution of life on earth. He has observed No "bubble maker". If you read Sagan's works you will see just how random evolution is and how many tosses of the dice it takes to evolve such complex organisms as us.
Carl said, "We are star stuff." and "a way for the cosmos to know itself."
In fact, all the atoms on earth and in our bodies came from supernova that blew up over 5 billion years ago.
Really, aren't we all just walking, talking stardust -- this cosmos become AWAKE and looking it back at itself? -- and aren't we intimately connected to it all?
YES carbon, iron, and everything else. What else could we have come from?? Hey, guess what, everything in existence came from an even bigger bang, the "big bang". How could it be otherwise? Only an idiot would celebrate that.
Sorry if you can't see the logic in that.
Regarding privelige, I do share the sentiment. However, at the moment we are the PLANET come awake, looking at our own tiny neighbourhood. We only have the POTENTIAL to be the cosmos awakening.
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The maker of this video seems to hold exactly the same tribal biases Carl Sagan warns us about, as he never shows western leaders or soldiers in a negative light, while he shows an imaginary friend as a "creator of civilization".
Everyone who enjoys listening to Carl Sagan, I implore you to watch movies by Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking and check out a movie called Religulous by Bill Maher.
Don't settle for just watching a few short clips on youtube. Go out and get all of the information you can that will help you know more about the universe as well as modern science today.
I don't know that I quite agree with recommending Dawkins... he's obviously a highly intelligent man, but he seems to revel in vitriol at times, at least in my mind.
Sagan manages to be simultaneously respectful and skeptical, something Dawkins doesn't even attempt.
i enjoyed this vid
MrBrucebracey 6 days ago
love the video man
khijasmith 1 week ago
perspective, yo
xwoahxbabyx8 2 weeks ago
it amazing to think that we the human race live on this mote of dust caught in a beam of sunlight
make me feel humb on this thought.- corncrake19
corncrake19 1 month ago
54 dislikes are from martians!
savio399 2 months ago
There is a clip in the audio. Fail?
infratuna 2 months ago
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CARL SAGAN - "Almost no one attempts to educate themselves on the basics of science and technology, yet our society is based on these. TV takes up far too much of our time and is apparently much more attractive to most of us than the beauty and wonder of science. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." - CARL SAGAN
TheLogicalBrain 3 months ago
"We would be compelled to acknowledge that Stalinism was rooted not in the backwardness of the country, but in the congenital incapacity of the proletariat to become a ruling class. Then it would be necessary to establish, in retrospect, that the present USSR was the precursor of a new and universal system of exploitation." -- Leon Trotsky, 1938
GluttonForSex 4 months ago
I spread this on my toast every morning!
ElectricalNoises 4 months ago
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verdaderamente todo un cientifico de la creacion humana y un hombre de
1wallelike 4 months ago
this is Carl Sagan talking? nice.
AlwaysBe5 5 months ago
when are we going to move on??
evolve??
frvfilms 5 months ago
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we are anonymous, we are aware of the corruption in the world's governments and their apathy for the human lives because of money.
we are aware of the governments' attempt to cover on the news of the rebellions to keep us as slaves for the current system.
we are anonymous, we declare war on the corrupted system, join the plan to get your freedom and rights back. you are a human being, your life has value. we are anonymous, we are legion, expect us!
whatis-theplan(dot)org
M0n0liths 6 months ago
thumbs up if you don't understand why ppl this video decline (54 at 07/11)!
what is it? No brain, less brain, brain hurts?
bigbear6foot 6 months ago 2
53 people are creationists..lol
legalizeit727 7 months ago
Carl had changed my life forever, opened my eyes to the true meaning and beauty of life. He is so inspirational and will be an amazing figure in the history of mankind, as long as that pale blue dot exists. And, perhaps longer!
legalizeit727 7 months ago
Religious freaks beware! For sometimes the truth is painful. This video challenges everything you've ever believed. Learn it, understand it, accept it.
guitarplayer5293 7 months ago in playlist Pale Blue Dot 8
This video makes me want to conquer the world , RAHAHAHAHAHA ( sardonic laughter )
salemthemerciless 8 months ago
WHO are the 53 soul-deprived personages that disliked this? I can only shake my head in dismay . . .
thoof2001 8 months ago 14
The same kind of humans that killed people and made wars in the name of religion are now killing in the name of science. Religion was manipulated so hardly, and science is in our days.
God is the same for all religions, he is the life and the light, the joy and the only true that ever existed. This universe works like him. We humans don't understand God like he rely is. Anyways, you all will understand a day! Amen.
TheGaga32gaga 9 months ago
@TheGaga32gaga enough with your religious bullshit!!! wake up.. if theres GOd why all this suffering continue.. lets just accept that as of now we really dont know where we came from or why the universe exist.. we dont need the concept of believing in fairy tales or a book made by primitive men..
UrgentUrge 8 months ago
@TheGaga32gaga The god(s) of all religions are small, invented in the infancy of human kind as a coping mechanism for what could not be understood or explained in the environment they lived in. They evolved over the thousands of years as humans knowledge evolved. The gods who remain today are still small as they deal with only this planet and their human creators. Science deals with the entire universe which is unknown to your god. Science allow us to dismiss all gods ever invented.
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Sagan weeps.
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“The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.” - Dr. Carl Sagan
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Peace ~ TLC
PapaLuvTLC 10 months ago
@dprague Ah from the Starwars missiles I get it!
xxDanielTM93xx 10 months ago
List of Current and Recent Social Unrest, Conflicts and Wars based on Religion: Afghanistan, Côte d'Ivoire, East Timor, India, Indonesia, province of Ambon, Indonesia, province of Halmahera, Iraq, Kashmir, Philippines, Russia,
Chechnya, South Africa, Sudan - Darfur Region, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Lybia, Egypt, Bahrain and many more. Some of these conflicts never ceases and people are murdered everyday.
dprague 10 months ago
this shit brings me to tears everytime...
if only people could see the big picture...
Riggro 11 months ago
@Riggro I agree, I drives me nearly insane when I think about how many people there are who believe such utter nonsense and how much better this world would be if it wasn't for the plague of religion.
marchingwarrior 10 months ago
Carl Sagan was a great man...A Powerful Mind
moubham 11 months ago 2
He would be the ambassador of Earth. :D
cbrtMetallicA420 1 year ago
@cbrtMetallicA420 Guess what someone asked on Yahoo Answers if anyone alive or dead should represent earth as ambassador.
Guess which one got chosen?
Ronald Reagan!
I got thumbs down for putting Carl Sagan or Benito Juarez!
xxDanielTM93xx 11 months ago
@xxDanielTM93xx but Carl Sagan IS the one who should represent us! either him or Tito Puente :P
Riggro 10 months ago
@xxDanielTM93xx You mean "Raygun"?
dprague 10 months ago
I think I'm in heaven.
gumcounter 1 year ago
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gumcounter 1 year ago
Yo estoy seguro de que el Maestro Sagan ha sido y será uno de los genios más intensos que ha tenido la humanidad. El acercó la ciencia a nosotros, los simples mortales que buscamos la respuesta a la pregunta de quienes somo y para qué estamos aquí de una manera muy comprensible. Definitivamente era un sabio en toda la extensión de la palabra.
hastem85 1 year ago
48 aliens on earth it would seem
Usernamenottaken2k 1 year ago
well done! i like the collection of images you pulled together. :-)
laughingowl28 1 year ago
Thank you for putting this video up. \m/
TheFaceMeIter 1 year ago
Carl Sagan is my hero and ultimate figure, for my everyday life and action.
Let's spread this message, each day, as long as we're still breathing, in ANY kind of effort and endeavor each of us is doing.
Then perhaps, humanity and this world would be so much exponentially better than the current point,..and to truly make significant meaningful progress as well, as citizen of our beloved Earth!
nikiwonoto 1 year ago 3
@nikiwonoto Can humanity accept insignificance?
optionism 1 year ago
All this video makes me want to do is quit college so I don't get trapped in an 8am-7pm job and piss away my life doing something unimportant
FlawdaFootball 1 year ago
@FlawdaFootball lol no matter what you do it will be unimportant... :)
Riggro 1 year ago
@Riggro: “@FlawdaFootball lol no matter what you do it will be unimportant... :)” – But look at what you are capable of doing once you accept that fact.
MarvelsofaLifetime 1 year ago
The fact that all the different gods described or invented by the different religions are downright ABSURD, doesn't mean that there is none. I have always amired and learned from Carl Sagan's view, and from what I can remember he assumed that the universe responded to some sort of superior intelligence, though not to some white bearded old man, of course.
cambiarmivida 1 year ago
“Every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there; on the mote of dust, suspended, in a sun-beam.” – Sends chills down my spine every time; and I watch this video at least twice, every day.
MarvelsofaLifetime 1 year ago
"There is perhaps no better demonstration the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world"
Hell Yeah
moneycrab 1 year ago
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I have to say I like the "Pale Blue Dot" with the movie clips over this one. It evokes much more of an emotional reaction/connection to Carl Sagan's words.
gregmc3 1 year ago
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I have to say I like the "Pale Blue Dot" with the movie clips over this one. It evokes much more of an emotional connection to Carl Sagan's words.
gregmc3 1 year ago
I have to say I like the "Pale Blue Dot" with the movie clips over this one. It inspires much more of an emotional connection to Carl Sagan's words.
gregmc3 1 year ago
Carl, you are missed more than you could ever possibly imagined.
Since you left, countless technologies even you could not have envisioned have been invented, and our small world is more closer-knit than ever before. Our species, as you predicted, is at a turning point.
Your words come to us, through these new technologies, as a beacon shines through the sky.
I have heard what you said, and i have taken your hope to heart. I am trying, as best i can, to spread your words as far as i can.
R.I.P.
icannotfly 1 year ago 36
@icannotfly well said mate
UrgentUrge 8 months ago
What is the name of the picture you use as thumbnail, if you know? It looks like an old Chinese emperor, or something like that.
hotkonto 1 year ago
@hotkonto @gregmc3 probably Confucius, he's a philosopher and teacher.
nonconservative 1 year ago
@nonconservative Good call, that might be the man. Konfutse was much more than a philosopher and a teacher by the way.
hotkonto 1 year ago
RIP Carl SAGAN
MysticalVentus 1 year ago
Despite the fact that I am not a believer I still do think religion, at its core, has a value. I do believe in miracles and i believe in spinoza's god. I also want to spread this very inspiring speech I only just want to say that you don;t have to be an atheist to see the value and truth behind this nor do you have to claim that all of religion is ridicilous. There are tow things that inspire me in life: this and my own world view (which matches this)
Fangornmmc 1 year ago
Sorry, your version is pretty bad.
akirosette 1 year ago
@akirosette i feel sad. u get the message nd the video has done its job, graphics dont matter. hw did u even let ure self concentrate on the video's quality
amannvig 1 year ago
Breathtaking, thanks for posting.
investoraustin 1 year ago
Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Hitchens, David Attenborough, Brian cox, James Randi....Legends.
Thatsthebadger1 1 year ago 3
@Thatsthebadger1 and Sam Harris.
darthherky 1 year ago
@Thatsthebadger1 ... and the one and only Richard Feynman.
Actually there are probably thousands and thousands of great scientists out there with equal or greater knowledge, but these are the ones that can communicate it the best.
Cheers,
3point14rat
3point14rat 1 year ago
I want to know who the 45 people are that gave this video a thumbs down.
What sad individuals they must be......Carl Sagan is a hero of the human species we should all strive to be so intellectually honest and poetic.
RedlineMMA 1 year ago
I'm doing that----------------- thank, you
Sarratt 1 year ago
its hard to watch this now, due to the oil. i dont know if people grasp whats been done to this our home. no hurricane can compair to this. no earth quake or flood. its slow death. its poison. 2012 approaches and look at this. look at the escalation. god help us all.
cyblur 1 year ago
who is that american in black suit at "every corrupt politicians" (1:00)and who is that bearded man at "supreme leader" (1:05) thanx
earthangelrojanie 1 year ago
@earthangelrojanie Former US President Richard Nixon and Supreme Ayatollah Khameini (sp) of Iran
jTF2 1 year ago
@jTF2 is president nixon somehow do corruption? sorry in not american I just a curious asian thanx ^^
earthangelrojanie 1 year ago
To anyone that gets hit in the heart by this video, I don't know you... but I love you :-)
SourcesAreEverything 1 year ago 2
Thank You for sharing it with us...!!!! Fantastic!!!!
aazv23 1 year ago
Excellent visual interpretation. Thanks
Biofishable 1 year ago
MOMENTARY masters of a FRACTION of a DOT. He couldn't have described it any more meaningless than it truly is.
EternallyRecurring 1 year ago 3
this moment and this place is the only place-time we can be... let;s make our pale blue dot, a little brighter each one of us... cheers
abodus 1 year ago
google Doe's Account.
4Wammer 1 year ago
Does anybody know where i can find this without the music?
nheimi99 1 year ago
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This version sucks the original is 100% maybe 110% better than this piece of shit.
barrelfever 1 year ago
@barrelfever and a crack whore is a 110% better than your mom.
darthherky 1 year ago
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@dprague Dont you understand what you say is what all religion says,,,
They say,,,,,,
-Listen to me,,,,and "take away" the rest,,,,,,
Then we have this world of today.
,,,another way to go,,,is to:
Understand, Forgive, and help each other.
DNA
dnabiologic 1 year ago
@dnabiologic - What an incredibly stupid post. You obviously don’t understand how grammar conventions work either.
MarvelsofaLifetime 1 year ago
@MarvelsofaLifetime ,,,What an icredibly stupid comment ! You obviously don´t understand good enough.
dnabiologic 1 year ago
@dnabiologic - I don’t understand what well enough? You’re the idiot who typed this comment: “@dprague Dont you understand what you say is what all religion says,,,
They say,,,,,,
-Listen to me,,,,and "take away" the rest,,,,,,
Then we have this world of today.
,,,another way to go,,,is to:
Understand, Forgive, and help each other.
DNA”
MarvelsofaLifetime 1 year ago
Carl Sagan was a great philosopher. This speech almost brings tears to the eyes if you actually think about it.
reptilianaaronMVP 1 year ago 37
We are all just a pale blue dot. :)
GoreTorn16 1 year ago
This is what scientists feel when they study the universe. Glorious insignificance, awestruck meaninglessness... A numinous encounter with the infinite... it can be called many things, but it transcends everyday experience...
dprice1291 1 year ago 2
I am not an atheist, but I think that God rarely, if ever, intervenes in the individual lives of people. Even then, there is often collateral damage. Sagan has nailed it here. We have seen the enemy and they is us.
runswithchickens 1 year ago 2
The comments posted to this video, especially those about religion, illustrate the truth of Sagan's remarks.
cincinnatuschili 1 year ago
You meant fortunately he was advocating Atheism. Apology accepted.
reynoldscorey 1 year ago
WoW!
rnm1011 1 year ago
People will see this as they will. To me this is a great humbling video. Great job !
frankg3rd 1 year ago 9
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Genesis 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
skipastar1 2 years ago
Sorry nat, you're so narrow minded and dense you can't even recognize gentle facetious sarcasm.
Duhh???
goog2k 2 years ago
The music is form the TV series Cosmos.
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell, Part 1
thisisthecall 2 years ago
you tube should have this video permanently promoted, his speech needs to be put in the school curriculum as mandatory listening/reading, and if anyone tries to start a fight, make them listen to carl sagan pale blue dot on repeat for 1 hour, not that is a punishment to listen to carl sagn, but maybe no more fighting after that
thefutureboom 2 years ago 6
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Always enjoy it when the atheists prattle on about how evil it is to have any mention of GOD and then want to indoctrinate our kids in the public schools with their view of our origins.. Hitler would love it.
jasonlittlejohn89 2 years ago
how was your statement even a "response" to what I said?
where did Hitler come in?
Schools CAN and DO do teach religion, it's called bible studies, but that belongs in a course called religious studies not science.
I'm sure you would object to evolution being taught in your church and/or bible studies course, so by the same token creationism should not be taught in a science course.
thefutureboom 2 years ago 2
@thefutureboom My reply was from a statement made by another post on here where it was stated that all children should be forced to listen to this pale blue dot diatribe in the public schools - but it appears that the post is no longer present, that is where it came from.
jasonlittlejohn89 2 years ago
@thefutureboom from the comment you made a week ago - here it is - "you tube should have this video permanently promoted, his speech needs to be put in the school curriculum as mandatory listening/reading, and if anyone tries to start a fight, make them listen to carl sagan pale blue dot on repeat for 1 hour, not that is a punishment to listen to carl sagn, but maybe no more fighting after that " - just in case you forgot you posted it.
jasonlittlejohn89 2 years ago
Carl Sagan (in the pale blue dot speech) was neither advocating theism nor atheism, he was advocating unity. Regardless of your religious or religious non beliefs , he asked for humans to realize each other as equals. I hope I have helped clear the message for you, and I hope you agree with the message, and I hope you agree it is most important all people are exposed to the message
thefutureboom 2 years ago 7
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unfortunately he technically was advocating athiesm, as too many theists fundamentally must believe in superiority to others, 3 major religions believe that they will be rewarded with a paradise that others who do not do as they will never deserve.
akirosette 2 years ago
hmmm, good point
thefutureboom 2 years ago
There are 10,000+/- current religions in thw world. Countless previuos religions. Not a single one has ever proven that any of God exisit or has ever exisited. Mr. Sagan pointed out what is evident and believed in life. Not delusions. Take away religions and the world might suffer peace.
dprague 2 years ago 111
We would kill eachother for different reasons. With or without religion, there would not be world peace.
pytko3 1 year ago 2
agree... the humans or any other species fight for survival by any means.. either it is to do with food , shelter or replication values , we compete with each other to transfer over DNA in the best possibe way we can to next generation... without religons the problem dosent go away because its US who are the problems.. im afraid
BTW this is an amazing video.. carl segan is a prophet to me.
rikci1 1 year ago
You think too biologically. Sociologically, we would kill eachother for cultural differences to achive a hegemony, or because one side lost to another and wants revenge. Retalliations could go on endlessly and is a far bigger motive than religion is, for people to want to kill one another. Economics and jealousy play a key role as well. It is economically sound to exploit a people's labor and resources for your own benefit, as well as eny those who have the power to do it.
pytko3 1 year ago 2
@pytko3 I guess we won't know till we try eh?
SimoonSam 1 year ago
@dprague Dont you understand what you say is what all religion says,,,
They say,,,,,,
-Listen to me,,,,and "take away" the rest,,,,,,
Then we have this world of today.
,,,another way to go,,,is to:
Understand, Forgive, and help each other.
DNA
dnabiologic 1 year ago
@dprague Maybe if you learned to spell existed and exist right, you'd put up a good arguement.
Then again, probably not.
Besides, this vid isn't even about religion. Without religion we might be in even more chaos.
TataRoids 1 year ago
@dprague
OfficialHypnotik 1 year ago
@dprague As right as you are, you fail to extend that same point to your own beliefs.
There has been 10,000+/- scientific and philosophical theories that all assumed they were completely and totally correct and would, all by themselves, lead to some period of enlightenment and greater understanding that would forever alter the course of human events..
But in fact, we are more or less the same exact species as we were ~50,000 years ago when the first "modern" human came into being. *continued*
SgtHydra 1 year ago
@dprague Maybe we know a bit more, maybe we're a little bit less naive and have a healthy amount of experience, but if any third party was out there, taking notes and analyzing things, they would regard the "progress" we've made with the same amount of interest as you or I would get from an anthill. "So what," this imaginary third party would say, "You still have the same beliefs, the same cultural habits, the same diet, the same traditions, and make the same mistakes time and time again. *cont*
SgtHydra 1 year ago
@dprague If this third party would be impressed with anything humanity does, it would be its beliefs in the metaphysical. Not that religion is required of a higher organism, but it is still a very unique habit of ours and one we should take no same in, even if it might be mere folly to begin with. *continued... man... this character count is annoying as hell...*
SgtHydra 1 year ago
God and science both come from the same source: HOWs and WHYs. Humanity's eternal curiosity. We ask and ask and are never satisfied. We are equally resistant to ideas new and old. The only way for any idea to survive just from one day to the next is for it to build up defenses, reasons as to why its right.
This is why science today is as strong as it is - because religion was always there attacking it at every turn, building up science's defense.
The two forms of knowledge need each other, imo
SgtHydra 1 year ago
@SgtHydra I agree that society lives upon the warm grounds of questions and defense.
optionism 1 year ago
@dprague until necessity drives us to fight over resources.
CapnJ1mmy 1 year ago
@CapnJ1mmy that will be water
rongenman 1 year ago
@dprague
Go science, go science go!
MattyHild 1 year ago
@dprague Abscence of evidence does not give you the right to say there's an evidence of obscence - Carl Sagan. I'm not a religious person, but you can't be compleatly bolivious to it. That way you will just become like the religious folk, oblivious. The way science gives you hope, some people feel hope through god. I don't think the world would be any better or worse without religion. But being compleatly oblivious is exactly what religions do, and it won't be tolerated in the scientific communi
dide101 1 year ago
@dprague I'm embarressed that 95 other people did not truly understand Carl Sagan either...
dide101 1 year ago
@dprague i'm preety shure that this is the only video with him you wathced
you realy don't understand that what happens bad has nothing to do with a relligion, but o human
emonel96 11 months ago
@dprague War is hardly about religion. It is about resources.
KillinDaWelfareMCs 10 months ago
@KillinDaWelfareMCs And it is religious leaders who tell everyone who can have what resources. And it is religiuos leaders who rule. Learn about the history of economics and politics, then post. Oh, and I wish I had space in this post to list the wars that have been based on religion.
dprague 10 months ago
@dprague I don't think any war in the world right now is based on religion.
KillinDaWelfareMCs 10 months ago
@KillinDaWelfareMCs You think the war in Libya is not somewhat based on religion? or how about the entire movement in the Middle East at the moment? You obviuosly understand little of Islam. The people as described by Karl Marx are rising up against the rulers because they want equality that Islam is based on. Sir, all of the current military and social events in the Middle East at the moment are based on religion. Islam was designed to break the sects. That is what is going on now.
dprague 10 months ago
@KillinDaWelfareMCs Israel - Palestine, the Civil War in Yemen and the guerrilla war currently ongoing in Congo, spearheaded by the Lord's Resistance Army. There's three right off the cuff, directly stemming from religion. Just because it isn't in the western media, doesn't mean it isn't happening.
randar3 10 months ago
@KillinDaWelfareMCs There are still wars going on because of religion. Resources are becoming a more popular feud, but religion nonetheless still accounts for more deaths in human history than anything else.
homie3626 10 months ago
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soulpelt1 10 months ago
@homie3626 You don't think that if we had science only instead of religion we wouldn't have wars over that? Human nature is to t they are right one way or another there will be war. like peace, War is a constant, just as Religion has caused Wars it has caused Peace. Think on that, my friend. Science or Religion there will be war.
soulpelt1 10 months ago
@soulpelt1 I never said science couldn't cause wars, I was just pointing out the fact that religion has killed a devastating number of people in the name of God.
homie3626 10 months ago
@homie3626 I don't agree. I think people have killed a devastating number of people in the name of religion.
mrorsom 9 months ago
@mrorsom That's the same thing. "Religion" = millions of people who follow.
"In the name of God" = In the name of religion..
homie3626 9 months ago
@homie3626
there can't be peace without war...
if you don't know hate you can't feel love,
if you don't know love you can't feel hate...
RyuTrysSword 8 months ago
many schools have the mandatory standing for the singing and playing of national anthem, I would love to have the morning standing for the pale blue dot, imagine the power of every single country, every morning at around 9am listening to the same great message of pale blue dot
thefutureboom 2 years ago
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Yes, if it recognized the creator of the blue dot.
skipastar1 2 years ago
there are 24 time zones, that means every day, it is 9am 24 times, so 24 times a day millions of people will be reciting pale blue dot, imagine the loudness and power and the feeling of unity, instead of reciting the national anthem, you are reciting the INTERnational anthem
thefutureboom 2 years ago 4
a fantastic, visionary sentiment! perspicuous and pertinent to any era, yours is truly an incredible idea! hopefully, people will understand how imperative it is we view ourselves as "one" before it's too late. :)
pauliborracho 2 years ago 22
By definition and your own admittance creationism is not a science. It is faith. I'm not telling you what to believe in or not believe in, but do not confuse the subjects. Creationism is the idea that god created the universe and put all life on earth. So there you have it, it's based on faith, bible, god, religious, whatever you want to call it. But don't call it science.
thefutureboom 2 years ago
I'm not going to be an asshole and say you suck for believing this or that or force you not to believe But don't think for a second I will hesitate to disagree with religion.
thefutureboom 2 years ago
by the way since the all life on earth is technically one life, we have the same (DNA) code for life but a different arrangement of the code (genome)
in response to god brought all life on earth, first of all there is no mention of organism smaller than can be observed with the naked eye, secondly many species have died and come into existence since then
thefutureboom 2 years ago
no.. thomas jefferson would enjoy it... after all thomas jefferson was a scientist first and foremost.. and had the belief that in order to avoid the troubles of the past we have to understand the present..
ohgrx 2 years ago
I also enjoy it when atheists put out the message of reality and science, then hear how religious people feel threatened and attacked.
It speaks to the religious persons awareness of how lame and factually unsupported their views are. How they need to shut down all those in disagreement with their version of religion, lest they be forced to actually think instead of comfortably and blindly following a specific interpretation of an old book.
3point14rat 1 year ago 3
sorry, but i have to give you a poor rating.
the images are shuffled way too fast and that's annoying when i'm trying to listen to sagan's calm, soothing voice.
zapopaul 2 years ago
anyone know what music this is? the piano playing? please and thanks.
sexytutorials 2 years ago
I believe it's from a Vangelis album from the 80's. He was a Greek keyboard whiz from that period along with the likes of Jean Michelle Jarre and Rick Wakeman. He was a prolific movie and documentary score writer (think Chariots of Fire).
Naughtyjug 2 years ago
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Carl Sagan was such an amazingly brilliant man , but how can anyone look at our universe, super universe and super mega universe and not believe in a God? Our tiny planet is like a dust particle in space compared to what God created 154 billion ( and more ) light yrs. away from our tiny galaxy . I would love to tell Mr. Sagan that he was wrong. THERE IS A GOD! only humans don't want to except things they cannot grasp or comprehend.
1martuska 2 years ago
@1martuska 154 billion light years?
where did you get that figure? the universe is only 13 odd billion years old.
joe588 2 years ago
@joe588
Probably a made up figure like most creationist "facts"
believerornot 2 years ago
Can YOU even comprehend the true meaning of God? or how about the true meaning of the universe? How can you say the man is wrong when his thoughts have traveled that deeply into the consciousness of the universe. Once you have traveled that path, there is most likely no reason to tell anyone that they're wrong.
resonate4fe 2 years ago
There is no evidence to support the existence of God.Sagan believed in the facts not myths. Sagan was both an evolutionary Biologist and a physicist. Sagan knew how the universe formed from the moment the "Big Bang" happened until 15 billion years later which includes evolution of life on earth. He has observed No "bubble maker". If you read Sagan's works you will see just how random evolution is and how many tosses of the dice it takes to evolve such complex organisms as us.
LorettaAnakin 2 years ago
I'm not sure you understood the video right then
eoliathain 2 years ago
You have to admit, he lifted our vision up and helped us to see further.
Bless you Dr. Sagan
Toopncoffee 2 years ago 6
Wow this is so powerful...
I wish there was a way to get rid of human stupidity the way it is possible to get rid of cities...
How I wish people would realize the prison they have created for themselves, and be free of all the stupidity that comes with it...
cloud1232006 2 years ago 2
Carl said, "We are star stuff." and "a way for the cosmos to know itself."
In fact, all the atoms on earth and in our bodies came from supernova that blew up over 5 billion years ago.
Really, aren't we all just walking, talking stardust -- this cosmos become AWAKE and looking it back at itself? -- and aren't we intimately connected to it all?
Happy New Year!
enjoy the dance
goog2k 2 years ago
If we are stardust then everything is stardust, and the word loses it's meaning.
So to say we are stardust is nothing special, meaningless.
natmanprime 2 years ago
nat, the iron in your blood and the carbon in your brain all came from stars that blew up billions of years ago.
Sorry, if you can't appreciate the incredible wonder of that.
I feel quite privileged to be this cosmos become AWAKE and looking back at itself.
goog2k 2 years ago
YES carbon, iron, and everything else. What else could we have come from?? Hey, guess what, everything in existence came from an even bigger bang, the "big bang". How could it be otherwise? Only an idiot would celebrate that.
Sorry if you can't see the logic in that.
Regarding privelige, I do share the sentiment. However, at the moment we are the PLANET come awake, looking at our own tiny neighbourhood. We only have the POTENTIAL to be the cosmos awakening.
natmanprime 2 years ago
Yeah, okay nat. Whatever you say.
goog2k 2 years ago
NOW you're getting it!
natmanprime 2 years ago
That earth exists is just an assumption.
trakkaton 2 years ago
ROFL at the mid 90's cliche white couple on the waterfront bench, and the probably-fictional black family.
McLarenF1God 2 years ago
Carl Sagan is second to none in bringing the cosmic knowledge to a level understandable by everyone.
Excellent video!
shkembechorba 2 years ago 20
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The maker of this video seems to hold exactly the same tribal biases Carl Sagan warns us about, as he never shows western leaders or soldiers in a negative light, while he shows an imaginary friend as a "creator of civilization".
randomuser1975 2 years ago
maybe just take it for what it is? dude, youve just watched an awakening, more truth than the good book?........
piran75 2 years ago 3
"Every corrupt politician" *picture of Richard Nixon*
AwfulVision 2 years ago
FYI Hitler was a western leader. -_-
MrMalavon 2 years ago
Hey man can you do us a favor and yank out that pic of edison and swap it out for someone better? I recommend tesla.
jamesassbag 2 years ago 6
Everyone who enjoys listening to Carl Sagan, I implore you to watch movies by Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking and check out a movie called Religulous by Bill Maher.
Don't settle for just watching a few short clips on youtube. Go out and get all of the information you can that will help you know more about the universe as well as modern science today.
DanielHemstock 2 years ago 68
I don't know that I quite agree with recommending Dawkins... he's obviously a highly intelligent man, but he seems to revel in vitriol at times, at least in my mind.
Sagan manages to be simultaneously respectful and skeptical, something Dawkins doesn't even attempt.
scottkarana 2 years ago 4
@DanielHemstock thanks for your sharing.
shuechung 1 year ago
@DanielHemstock Agreed
bd1965 1 year ago
CARL LIVES ON !
joncosm 2 years ago 19
Yes!... Mr. Sagan lives!!!!!!
elverdaderosol 2 years ago 2
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i think he kind of reinforces why someone would WANT to compete for power when he says we're pretty much stuck on earth for a while....
WEAREPLAGUED 2 years ago
So you think because people can't settle down on Mars as peaceful pioneers sent in the name of humanity they become corrupt and materialistic?
elektrolurch1000 2 years ago
I can't even count how many times I've watched this.Really humbling and..just awesome.lol.Sagan kicks ass!
dilusional1 2 years ago 27