Humans are not really wise. ]they think they are. They can be knowledegeable or learn things from books or others. But to develop, or possess God's wisdom is a lot more to be desired. Humans are limited in their ways and thinking, and without their given brain they would be handicapped. God is the unlimited and everexpanding creative force that created this all so He is really wise and so are His followers.
@KusanagiRai THAT'S HOW IT MAKES ME FEEL!!! thank you!, i spent about 20 minutes thinking of how to explain how this makes me feel, then i decided to read the comments.
and all these people come here to argue about religion and whether God exists. treat each other more kindly. Is that so hard to understand? Is that against any religious or nonreligious teaching? Grow up people.
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It was recently reported that a planet 400 light years away is extremely similar to ours, has a sun, two moons, and averages 70 degree temperatures. It is assumed there are 100's, maybe 1000s of planets just like ours. I love Carls message though. We need to be good to ourselves, the people and animals we love, and to our earth, our home.
Can really luck go that far? That every thing such as the sun distance and earth location are exactely in the right and perfect places and we do live in the only place in universe that life can be exist on??
@DawningProductions It is exactly because of the massive size of the universe it is impossible and out of logic for the human being to exist on this planet which is in the perfect place in that huge galaxy by luck
@swea7li1 Not really...? If you're talking purely mathematical chances, then the odds of humans and life appearing in their universe is pretty much expected. Think about the sheer amount of time the universe has been around and sheer size of it, that is still expanding. The chances of life happening and evolving into us is rather high when you have to consider those almost unfathomable dimensions of the universe we live in.
@TheBanile Mathematics is considered as the mother of all science, beautiful and accurate science but unfortunately not in all cases. Despite the unfathomable size of the universe, on a small scale in a cases of complex shapes Math can only estimates the size or area of the shape by applying theories such as Simpson’s rule, which means trying to get near the true figure, then what about the massive and full of complexity universe?? Can u trust Math with that?
@swea7li1 Mathematics can explain many things in this world, though other disciplines of science are needed as mathematics tends towards absolutes. I'm no expert mathematician and I wouldn't claim to be, however calculating odds is generally simpler mathematics. When you have the area of the universe combined with the sheer amount of time it has been around, with the mechanisms that exist with chemistry and biology, the chances of life are not far-fetched or impossible.
@TheBanile I’ll give u an example to clarify the matter. If u walk in the desert and found a perfect, beautiful and great palace and somebody told you that it was built by an explosion from dust no one have build it or Interferes with it. All the doors, windows, gardens, fountains, and parkings are in their places and the only explanation provided to you that is you’ve been told that “this is mathematically expected” would you buy that?
@DawningProductions Not perfect but great nevertheless. Reason why we can live here and not there is because our species adapted to this planet over the millions of years. In mars we would be like polar bear in the Sahara desert, blue whale on land and human 50km under the sea. Not really meant this just for you but everyone who thinks humans are "designed" and perfect. Look at your knees, you back and that remainder of tail left in your bones. You evolved, you aren't perfect
@DayDreamAscent "An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no god. By some definitions atheism is very stupid." -Carl Sagan
Because it is intelligent to claim that you know more then what is not proven, nor unproven? Not following a religious Deity, is not the same as being an Atheist. Beliefs such as Agnosticism, Deism, ext are far more rational.
@DayDreamAscent So, if God did "exist", why would these "intelligent atheists" be considered smart? Your sly comment doesn't make sense, but I can understand where you're trying to get with it.
@DayDreamAscent God is not biased as humans. Also atheists must be disgusted from the fact that in such a vast universe there no other random creation :) as your evolution dictates. Its only us buddy, waiting to be judged.
@goowhite You make a claim from ignorance.The 1st is the assumption that life evolved only here on Earth,at this present moment no one can say definitively weather this is true or not,and even if we are,how do you make the jump from being the only beings in the universe,to beings that are awaiting judgement from a supernatural god/gods.if all the Christian god is there for is to fucking judge people then i want nothing to do with him.
@goowhite were probably are not the only ones out there. From 1995 when the first extra solar planet, Bellerophon (51 Pegasi b) was discovered there have been over 700 other factually confirmed planets orbiting other suns and a few thousand planet candidates awaiting to be confirmed or not. Those are not just numbers, those are other planets just as real as this one. And it would be just ignorant to claim that life itelligent or not only exists on this one planet.
@matzoball101 It does, it means he's smart enough to ask questions about god(s) and religions and has the intellectual capacity to understand they're all bullshit. If you would like to know more about the origin of different religions and god(s), I suggest you read a book named "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong (A former catholic nun). That should be easier for you to comprehend than biology and physics books.
@santooryYour so bigoted you think your belief is "true"
Just because your an atheist doesn't give you some sort of instant intellectual verification. Most people are atheists because they watched family guy or some shit and are as weak minded and easy to manipulate as religious people.
Here some intelligent people
Dr Martin Luther King jr,
Malcolm X,
J.R.R Tolkien,
Tupac Shakur,
C.S Lewis,
Isaac Newton
Its ignorant to think that only atheists are intelligent and religious people aren't
@matzoball101 First of all if you want to talk about theist intellectuals, you can't go any further back than 1859, because there was absolutely no clue whatsoever about how humans came to existence before the publication of darwin's theory so almost everyone believed in god. Second, if one is an atheist, it implies that he or she has a critical mind, which is considered an intellectual asset, which qualifies one as being smarter than an average person. This doesn't mean theists can't be smart..
@matzoball101 Let me clarify the definition for you: If you are intelligent then there's a significant higher chance that you would be an atheist. Just compare the number of scientists (20th/21st centuries of course) who don't believe in god to the ones who do. That basically proves the above definition.
If you consider yourself an atheist just because you like the word, or you like family guy (or whatever the fuck else) then you are not considered to be an atheist, I agree with you on that.
Wow earth is so incredibly lucky! I mean just think as we discover more and more planets with NO LIFE at all and here we are so delicately cared for by a system that's functioned for billions of years. Wow we sure are lucky. I mean you'd almost think that maybe it wasn't luck at all but perhaps a design of some sort. I mean if you could see the forest instead of a bunch of trees that is. Oh, well, I feel lucky!
Often thought every world leader,every dictator every despot should be taken up to view our planet as only astronauts have seen it..Maybe it would let them see how small the space they are fighting for really is
I was in middle school (maybe late elementary school, can't remember) when this was first broadcast in the US as a segment on Sagan's show Cosmos. (Yeah, I know, just severely dated myself. ;) I feel no shame whatsoever in admitting that show changed my life. I'll always be grateful to Carl Sagan for giving me a lifelong interest in science, and respect for the dedication and hard work of those who plumb the mysteries of our universe.
I get a bit choked up every time I hear this quote.
Truly powerful words. My teacher played this video in class, and our high school science class went from making "Uranus" jokes to dead silence. Really makes you think, and captures what some people take a lifetime to learn in a few paragraphs. Why fight over practically nothing, when instead humanity can work together to "protect and cherish the pale blue dot" -- the only dot we can ever truly call home.
it's kinda sad actually to know the fact that perhaps only less than 1% of human's population are as wise as this man here (Carl Sagan)...most, or I'd dare to say, 99% of humanity are either not wise/smart enough to realize this, or just pure simply being ignorant...
Carl Sagan was a visionary, and his untimely death 15 years ago today was one of the greatest and most understated losses of the 20th century. Perhaps if the leaders of this country, and of the world were as selfless, caring and dedicated as this man, we wouldn't have war, or famine, or poverty, or genocide, or tax cuts for billionaires, or large scale suffering.
He puts everything into perspective with this video and if every world leader were to wake up tomorrow morning and watch it, it would change the world. His messages about our society and our planet remain some of the most potent and important even fifteen years after his death. It saddens me deeply to imagine what else he could have accomplished. Rest in peace, Carl. We all need some perspective.
This book opened my eyes to the realization that it is so much more humbling and meaningful to be here and who i am, i feel now that life is so much more than just "our fate". "Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.”
@2010Jakeypoo It is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) from Earth, as part of the solar system Family Portrait series of images. The Voyager 1 spacecraft, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and to take a photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of Carl Sagan.
If humans were intelligent, this video would have a hit count in the millions, not the hundreds of thousands; we need WAY more people saying what this great man has said.
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Every time I hear Carl Sagan, I laugh. I remember his statement "We are all made of "Star Stuff". What a bunch of whooey! A slight shred of science, mixed with his own fabricated crap about where it all started. So called scientist..LOL!! Its the biggest joke of all that everyone stopped and listened to him in the first place. He simply stated what many of our societies "itching ears" wanted to hear so they could feel good about their own lack of faith. He was quite an opportunist at best.
@Dahlehouse Damn troll. He was a real scientist, he did, in an hour of his life, more than you will ever do in your whole existence, even if you live for one fucking thousand years. Me, an astronomer who decided to study Maths and Astronomy thanks to Sagan, IS TELLING YOU, moron
@Dahlehouse You have no idea WHY he said that, do you? All of the elements of the universe were made in the cores of stars. YOU ARE MADE OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
@Dahlehouse Let me guess. You're the type of person who looks at the "pale blue dot" image and thinks almost nothing? Can you not grasp the astonishing thought of being so small and insignificant that you are only noticed by the tiniest fraction of existence? Even after watching this video, you still comment on someone just feeding crap to society's "itching ears." Just goes to show how little thought you actually put into that comment, or into the entire concept of this video at all.
To those who haven't heard: There is a sequel to "Cosmos," currently in production and is planned for a 2013 release. Ann Dryuan (Sagan's widow) and Seth Mcfarlene (creater of Family Guy) are producers and the host is Neil Degrasse Tyson.
@webmastertool I can understand the initial reaction when one hears that Seth Mcfarlene is being involved with "Cosmos", but Seth is a huge fan of Sagan and science in general. When he was first discussing the project with Ann Druyan and the Fox network, he actually offered to pay half the costs of the production. I highly doubt we'll hear him narrate or make an appearance, but he reconizes the imporance that a more updated show to Cosmos can bring to the general public.
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Ironic that Sagan claims astronomy is a humbling discipline as he is a towering contradiction which is evidenced by very recording I have seen or heard. His opinions, stated as facts, call into question his so-called scientific disinterestedness. He is certainly not detached. First a materialist, then a scientist.
for example, imagine the world without religion - how many stars could we visited, how many children could have normal lives now, how many people could live freely and happily and dying in their beds in their 100th year of life knowing that their children will inherit a better and wiser world! how many species of animals could have been saved, how many diseases cured, how many dreams could have come true...without religion, you could have a vacation on some distant world in some distant galaxy
only from this distance we can see how small the biblical god is compared to universe...sure...it is the center of the universe...
...politics, royalty and religion - greatest enemies of mankind - greatest enemies of reason, racionality, freedom, free-thinking, love, compassion, honor and truth - also the greatest hypocrites that have ever seen the light of day
There are lots of version on youtube. Hopefully in maybe 1 year the entire world would watch this. Im doing my part passing this to all my friends and people that I know.
@ShredThatSchecter Carl Sagan used a very different definition of atheism than most atheists do today. He defined an atheist as "someone who knows there is no god." However, most people who self-identify as atheists today had the exact same position as Sagan did. Most atheists would say that they lack a belief in a god, disbelieve the existence of a god or the belief that there are no gods. Notice how they make no claim of knowledge, only belief. Sagan thought only the knowledge claim was silly
No, but thanks for asking. Btw, Jesus thought that by standing on the highest mountain he could, in theory, see every kingdom of the world, and that if you believed in your heart that he was lord, you would be saved. What he didn't know, even though according to the bible he was also the creator of the universe and was in fact god incarnate, that we live on a sphere, and that we think (believe) with our brains. So I don't put too much stock into what he said or thought.
@Manifestatheist Stephen Hawking did not ever deny the existence of God; he merely ambivalized it. This is a word I made up out of thin air, according to its context.
There's nothing to indicate that the Earth is flat. Jesus knew the Jewish scriptures and was certainly familiar enough to have read about the "circle of the earth"
As you said, He IS the Creator, so to say he thought the Earth was flat is absurd.
@BubbaCoop According to scripture, Jesus stood on the top of the highest mountain and overlooked every nation. In a 2 dimensional world, on the "circle of the earth", this is possible; on a sphere it is not. The understanding of many Mesopotamian peoples of the time was that a flat Earth sat upon pillars, with a dome covering the top. In many myths, the god(s) lived on top of the dome. This view can be seen throughout the bible: Genesis, Joshua, Ezekiel, Matthew, off the top of my head.
It never ceases to amuse me that those who spend so much of their time trying to disprove what they think is a fairy tale insist that the clearly historical literature like Genesis is allegory and the clearly poetical language disproves the bible because it's not historically accurate. Jesus and Satan both being supernatural beings, there's not reason to take this point literally. As an argument that the Bible says the Earth is flat...the argument falls, well, flat
@BubbaCoop 1. I don't spend any time trying to disprove the biblical fairy tale--it's content speaks for itself. 2. I hope "the clearly historical literature like Genesis" is you trying to be ironic. 3. I do believe that the authors of Genesis were trying to be literal, and thought that their view best explained the way things are. Additionally, if the bible didn't reflect the flat-earth perspective throughout, I would be inclined to grant you that this passage was figurative.
@BubbaCoop Only a fool would think "hanging on nothing" is scientifically accurate; it's not. It does not "hang" on "nothing". The Bible also says the Earth is in a fixed position (1 Chron 16:30, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 96:10). The Bible also is mistaken in calling Pi exactly 3; the Bible is scientifically ignorant. Psalm 75:3 says the Earth is supported by pillars.
@BubbaCoop "Job 26:7..." This very chapter proves my point!--keep reading the chapter: v10: he marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. 11: the pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. You are going to find things in the bible that may be accurate or close to it; but, compared with the things this book gets wrong, a thinking adult cannot conclude it is god-inspired or the word of any knowledgeable deity.
Any human lacking humility has never contemplated the immensity of the universe. Carl Sagan was and continues to be an inspiration to so many. A man with forethought and vision unsurpassed in modern times.
how appropriate that the bible calls the inhabitants of the earth are like a film of dust and that the earth hangs upon nothing. jehovah is our grand creator. isaiah chapter 40
carl sagan is a genious. thanks for giving us a clear explanation of our universe and the world we live in
how appropriate that the bible calls the inhabitants of the earth are like a film of dust and that the earth hangs upon nothing. jehovah is our grand creator. isaiah chapter 40
Humans are not really wise. ]they think they are. They can be knowledegeable or learn things from books or others. But to develop, or possess God's wisdom is a lot more to be desired. Humans are limited in their ways and thinking, and without their given brain they would be handicapped. God is the unlimited and everexpanding creative force that created this all so He is really wise and so are His followers.
royalsteven 16 hours ago
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EasyCompanyable 2 days ago
JJ of skins bought me here?
The0neThatG0tAway 5 days ago
The music spoiled it
cymruadam 1 week ago
This video... makes me want to hug someone.
KusanagiRai 1 week ago
@KusanagiRai THAT'S HOW IT MAKES ME FEEL!!! thank you!, i spent about 20 minutes thinking of how to explain how this makes me feel, then i decided to read the comments.
elmotouchesme97 2 days ago
Can you all stop talking? I'm trying to listen.
AlphaNorcalli 1 week ago 2
and all these people come here to argue about religion and whether God exists. treat each other more kindly. Is that so hard to understand? Is that against any religious or nonreligious teaching? Grow up people.
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WHERE IS YOUR SCIENCE NOW?
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informationstatiob 2 weeks ago
Oh my god the "dot" at 0:08 .. do you think there's life on that planet? Maybe aliens? Do you need a green card to visit?
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swea7li1 3 weeks ago
Carl Sagan for King.... of everything....
AmbientGeek 3 weeks ago 2
Is the music in the audio book as well?
qmriis 3 weeks ago
It was recently reported that a planet 400 light years away is extremely similar to ours, has a sun, two moons, and averages 70 degree temperatures. It is assumed there are 100's, maybe 1000s of planets just like ours. I love Carls message though. We need to be good to ourselves, the people and animals we love, and to our earth, our home.
97g8gnfg 3 weeks ago 2
Can really luck go that far? That every thing such as the sun distance and earth location are exactely in the right and perfect places and we do live in the only place in universe that life can be exist on??
swea7li1 4 weeks ago
@swea7li1 Yes, it is lucky but not unlikley when you consider the size of the universe. We are not the only place life can exist either.
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swea7li1 3 weeks ago
@DawningProductions It is exactly because of the massive size of the universe it is impossible and out of logic for the human being to exist on this planet which is in the perfect place in that huge galaxy by luck
swea7li1 3 weeks ago
@swea7li1 Not really...? If you're talking purely mathematical chances, then the odds of humans and life appearing in their universe is pretty much expected. Think about the sheer amount of time the universe has been around and sheer size of it, that is still expanding. The chances of life happening and evolving into us is rather high when you have to consider those almost unfathomable dimensions of the universe we live in.
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@TheBanile Mathematics is considered as the mother of all science, beautiful and accurate science but unfortunately not in all cases. Despite the unfathomable size of the universe, on a small scale in a cases of complex shapes Math can only estimates the size or area of the shape by applying theories such as Simpson’s rule, which means trying to get near the true figure, then what about the massive and full of complexity universe?? Can u trust Math with that?
swea7li1 3 weeks ago
@swea7li1 Mathematics can explain many things in this world, though other disciplines of science are needed as mathematics tends towards absolutes. I'm no expert mathematician and I wouldn't claim to be, however calculating odds is generally simpler mathematics. When you have the area of the universe combined with the sheer amount of time it has been around, with the mechanisms that exist with chemistry and biology, the chances of life are not far-fetched or impossible.
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@TheBanile I’ll give u an example to clarify the matter. If u walk in the desert and found a perfect, beautiful and great palace and somebody told you that it was built by an explosion from dust no one have build it or Interferes with it. All the doors, windows, gardens, fountains, and parkings are in their places and the only explanation provided to you that is you’ve been told that “this is mathematically expected” would you buy that?
swea7li1 3 weeks ago
@swea7li1 Well no, We developed here because its perfect. This isnt the only plannet able to have life idiot.
DawningProductions 3 weeks ago
@DawningProductions Not perfect but great nevertheless. Reason why we can live here and not there is because our species adapted to this planet over the millions of years. In mars we would be like polar bear in the Sahara desert, blue whale on land and human 50km under the sea. Not really meant this just for you but everyone who thinks humans are "designed" and perfect. Look at your knees, you back and that remainder of tail left in your bones. You evolved, you aren't perfect
DonnZ0r 3 weeks ago
skins sent me here
altachick21 4 weeks ago
makes everything so insignificant
sophied6294 1 month ago 2
You would think if God existed, he'd stop giving all the intelligence to atheists.
DayDreamAscent 1 month ago 113
@DayDreamAscent "An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no god. By some definitions atheism is very stupid." -Carl Sagan
TheZhoukui 3 weeks ago
@TheZhoukui there's gnostic atheism and agnostic atheism. Carl was an agnostic atheist.
StOnion 3 weeks ago
@TheZhoukui an atheist is someone who believes there is no god. big difference my unwashed friend
gronkierw 3 weeks ago
@gronkierw I just quoted Carl Sagan, so you "unwashed friend" is he.
TheZhoukui 3 weeks ago
@DayDreamAscent He's testing us
SilentEcho8 3 weeks ago
@DayDreamAscent
Because it is intelligent to claim that you know more then what is not proven, nor unproven? Not following a religious Deity, is not the same as being an Atheist. Beliefs such as Agnosticism, Deism, ext are far more rational.
Antrix32 3 weeks ago 2
@DayDreamAscent Solid proof that God doesn't exist.
vics337 3 weeks ago
@DayDreamAscent That's ignorant. Congrats on becoming what you hate.
BlueFireat 3 weeks ago
@DayDreamAscent So, if God did "exist", why would these "intelligent atheists" be considered smart? Your sly comment doesn't make sense, but I can understand where you're trying to get with it.
sweatherbee87 2 weeks ago
@DayDreamAscent God is not biased as humans. Also atheists must be disgusted from the fact that in such a vast universe there no other random creation :) as your evolution dictates. Its only us buddy, waiting to be judged.
goowhite 1 week ago
@goowhite You make a claim from ignorance.The 1st is the assumption that life evolved only here on Earth,at this present moment no one can say definitively weather this is true or not,and even if we are,how do you make the jump from being the only beings in the universe,to beings that are awaiting judgement from a supernatural god/gods.if all the Christian god is there for is to fucking judge people then i want nothing to do with him.
animeisadrugx 1 week ago
@goowhite were probably are not the only ones out there. From 1995 when the first extra solar planet, Bellerophon (51 Pegasi b) was discovered there have been over 700 other factually confirmed planets orbiting other suns and a few thousand planet candidates awaiting to be confirmed or not. Those are not just numbers, those are other planets just as real as this one. And it would be just ignorant to claim that life itelligent or not only exists on this one planet.
kumili727 5 days ago
@kumili727 there are approximately 200 billion stars in the milky way
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and there are approximately 200 billion galaxies
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so there are roughly 40 sextillion stars in the universe.
We also estimate that there are about 1.6 planets to each star. so, As a VERY rough estimate, there are about 64 sextillion planets in the universe.
If someone trys to tell me that life exists on but 1 of these plaets, I will laugh in their face. NOTE: these are VERY rough calculations.
elmotouchesme97 5 days ago
@elmotouchesme97 Right now nature is laughing at you. There is no evidence of any life out there yet. And you will probably die waiting.
goowhite 4 days ago
@goowhite aah, I despise people like you, so ignorant,, so closed-minded...
elmotouchesme97 3 days ago
@elmotouchesme97 Completely agree. was about to tell the douche below you something along the same lines. Good thing I scrolled down hah.
bingbang3214 2 days ago
@bingbang3214 haha, it's amazing how people can actually think that life exists only on Earth, it's so strange to me, it's almost fascinating...
elmotouchesme97 2 days ago
@DayDreamAscent Maybe he did.
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@DayDreamAscent
jesus fucking christ get over yourself
your not a fucking genius stop being so pretentious
just because your an atheist doesn't make you smart you fag
matzoball101 1 week ago
@matzoball101 It does, it means he's smart enough to ask questions about god(s) and religions and has the intellectual capacity to understand they're all bullshit. If you would like to know more about the origin of different religions and god(s), I suggest you read a book named "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong (A former catholic nun). That should be easier for you to comprehend than biology and physics books.
santoory 1 week ago
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matzoball101 1 week ago
@santooryYour so bigoted you think your belief is "true"
Just because your an atheist doesn't give you some sort of instant intellectual verification. Most people are atheists because they watched family guy or some shit and are as weak minded and easy to manipulate as religious people.
Here some intelligent people
Dr Martin Luther King jr,
Malcolm X,
J.R.R Tolkien,
Tupac Shakur,
C.S Lewis,
Isaac Newton
Its ignorant to think that only atheists are intelligent and religious people aren't
matzoball101 1 week ago
@matzoball101 First of all if you want to talk about theist intellectuals, you can't go any further back than 1859, because there was absolutely no clue whatsoever about how humans came to existence before the publication of darwin's theory so almost everyone believed in god. Second, if one is an atheist, it implies that he or she has a critical mind, which is considered an intellectual asset, which qualifies one as being smarter than an average person. This doesn't mean theists can't be smart..
santoory 1 week ago
@matzoball101 Let me clarify the definition for you: If you are intelligent then there's a significant higher chance that you would be an atheist. Just compare the number of scientists (20th/21st centuries of course) who don't believe in god to the ones who do. That basically proves the above definition.
If you consider yourself an atheist just because you like the word, or you like family guy (or whatever the fuck else) then you are not considered to be an atheist, I agree with you on that.
santoory 1 week ago
@matzoball101 Tupac Shakur,really? oh yes your religious.
animeisadrugx 1 week ago
@animeisadrugx
he was a smart man
you dont need to be a politician to be socially aware
matzoball101 1 week ago
theres no reason to presume that we are the only humans alive now, our knowledge is no where near good enough
trisoutlaw86 1 month ago
thx ricky! this made a nice new years greeting..thanks for being on the dot! and cracking up the shit out of me!
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chill3d1965 1 month ago
Thumbs up if Ricky Gervias sent you here.
healkaran123 1 month ago 11
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Thumbs up even though he didn't send me here. I think it's cool that he's sending people here.
hellomate639 1 day ago
Ricky sent me.
SoundsSimply 1 month ago
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sorry, I fell asleep after the first 30 seconds, did I miss anything. (sorry I had something else to do, and couldn't watch it again.)
57bluenoser 1 month ago
Wow earth is so incredibly lucky! I mean just think as we discover more and more planets with NO LIFE at all and here we are so delicately cared for by a system that's functioned for billions of years. Wow we sure are lucky. I mean you'd almost think that maybe it wasn't luck at all but perhaps a design of some sort. I mean if you could see the forest instead of a bunch of trees that is. Oh, well, I feel lucky!
theshortladders 1 month ago
Often thought every world leader,every dictator every despot should be taken up to view our planet as only astronauts have seen it..Maybe it would let them see how small the space they are fighting for really is
terrymagpie 1 month ago 2
Yes Gervais!
SIRDWIGHTKS 1 month ago 4
Inspiring!
SlackerInc1 1 month ago
ricky sent me here :)
claudiakelly95 1 month ago 86
@claudiakelly95 why bother saying that sad act
bensimps123 1 month ago
@claudiakelly95 Me too
H1ghAsa 3 weeks ago
Did Sagan have an open mind regarding things he did
not see, specifically God and aliens? I know he would
say extraordinary claims required extraordinary evidence.
theetrue 1 month ago
Who can anyone dislike this video????
Metal1998 1 month ago
This video would be awesome to the Mass Effect soundtrack song "Vigil"
blueb0g 1 month ago
I was in middle school (maybe late elementary school, can't remember) when this was first broadcast in the US as a segment on Sagan's show Cosmos. (Yeah, I know, just severely dated myself. ;) I feel no shame whatsoever in admitting that show changed my life. I'll always be grateful to Carl Sagan for giving me a lifelong interest in science, and respect for the dedication and hard work of those who plumb the mysteries of our universe.
I get a bit choked up every time I hear this quote.
LolRaptor 1 month ago
Truly powerful words. My teacher played this video in class, and our high school science class went from making "Uranus" jokes to dead silence. Really makes you think, and captures what some people take a lifetime to learn in a few paragraphs. Why fight over practically nothing, when instead humanity can work together to "protect and cherish the pale blue dot" -- the only dot we can ever truly call home.
Heffalumpluvver 1 month ago in playlist Pale Blue Dot 6
it's kinda sad actually to know the fact that perhaps only less than 1% of human's population are as wise as this man here (Carl Sagan)...most, or I'd dare to say, 99% of humanity are either not wise/smart enough to realize this, or just pure simply being ignorant...
no wonder humanity is soo broken nowadays!..
nikiwonoto 1 month ago 4
tnx omegle guy :D
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Carl Sagan was a visionary, and his untimely death 15 years ago today was one of the greatest and most understated losses of the 20th century. Perhaps if the leaders of this country, and of the world were as selfless, caring and dedicated as this man, we wouldn't have war, or famine, or poverty, or genocide, or tax cuts for billionaires, or large scale suffering.
harrymeadows4 1 month ago 2
He puts everything into perspective with this video and if every world leader were to wake up tomorrow morning and watch it, it would change the world. His messages about our society and our planet remain some of the most potent and important even fifteen years after his death. It saddens me deeply to imagine what else he could have accomplished. Rest in peace, Carl. We all need some perspective.
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harrymeadows4 1 month ago
RIP Carl Sagan, 15 years ago today, the world lost one of the greatest astronomers in the 20th century. Thank you Carl for getting me in to science.
hellraiser666789 1 month ago 3
I had tears in my eyes after watching this. Miss Carl.
madhukollu 1 month ago
pfft the lord will like provide
carlsunshine 1 month ago
love this! was pointed this way by eyeearbrain.webs.com
henceseventytwo 1 month ago
Carl Sagan a.k.a (The benevolent) Agent Smith
AceHikes 1 month ago
259 Idiots that think the earth is flat and sun rotates around earth.
elchippe 1 month ago
This book opened my eyes to the realization that it is so much more humbling and meaningful to be here and who i am, i feel now that life is so much more than just "our fate". "Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.”
― Carl Sagan
sarahkinser11 1 month ago 3
How can anyone dislike this video, even if you don't like his style, the rhetoric is so poignant...
Afrikaanus 1 month ago
Sagan for 2012...one can only dream
jetli80 1 month ago 7
words cannot describe, oh wait, they can, only if sagan takes the role of doing so
thetastiestcola 1 month ago 3
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
evenglare 1 month ago 6
This is awesome. Could someone plz tell me how this picture was taken?
2010Jakeypoo 1 month ago
@2010Jakeypoo that's what i was wondering
justin70108 1 month ago
@2010Jakeypoo It is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) from Earth, as part of the solar system Family Portrait series of images. The Voyager 1 spacecraft, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and to take a photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of Carl Sagan.
TheIronMagus 1 month ago 3
I miss you Sagan.
MorshuLimitedEdition 1 month ago
Sagan was not only a great scientist... he was a poet.
hawkinscraig05 1 month ago 3
Better than any sermon I've ever heard.
Cuclean 1 month ago 21
he doesn't say anything about dinosaurs wtf
kodikai123 1 month ago
If humans were intelligent, this video would have a hit count in the millions, not the hundreds of thousands; we need WAY more people saying what this great man has said.
HowlingWolf518 1 month ago
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Every time I hear Carl Sagan, I laugh. I remember his statement "We are all made of "Star Stuff". What a bunch of whooey! A slight shred of science, mixed with his own fabricated crap about where it all started. So called scientist..LOL!! Its the biggest joke of all that everyone stopped and listened to him in the first place. He simply stated what many of our societies "itching ears" wanted to hear so they could feel good about their own lack of faith. He was quite an opportunist at best.
Dahlehouse 1 month ago
@Dahlehouse Damn troll. He was a real scientist, he did, in an hour of his life, more than you will ever do in your whole existence, even if you live for one fucking thousand years. Me, an astronomer who decided to study Maths and Astronomy thanks to Sagan, IS TELLING YOU, moron
Astroboy1971 1 month ago 2
@Dahlehouse You have no idea WHY he said that, do you? All of the elements of the universe were made in the cores of stars. YOU ARE MADE OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
icarus212001 1 month ago
@Dahlehouse Let me guess. You're the type of person who looks at the "pale blue dot" image and thinks almost nothing? Can you not grasp the astonishing thought of being so small and insignificant that you are only noticed by the tiniest fraction of existence? Even after watching this video, you still comment on someone just feeding crap to society's "itching ears." Just goes to show how little thought you actually put into that comment, or into the entire concept of this video at all.
Heffalumpluvver 1 month ago 4
To those who haven't heard: There is a sequel to "Cosmos," currently in production and is planned for a 2013 release. Ann Dryuan (Sagan's widow) and Seth Mcfarlene (creater of Family Guy) are producers and the host is Neil Degrasse Tyson.
misinglink15 1 month ago
@misinglink15 fuck yeah but what does mcfarlene have to do with it?
webmastertool 1 month ago
@webmastertool I can understand the initial reaction when one hears that Seth Mcfarlene is being involved with "Cosmos", but Seth is a huge fan of Sagan and science in general. When he was first discussing the project with Ann Druyan and the Fox network, he actually offered to pay half the costs of the production. I highly doubt we'll hear him narrate or make an appearance, but he reconizes the imporance that a more updated show to Cosmos can bring to the general public.
misinglink15 1 month ago 5
@misinglink15 YES! Wait, as a film or a TV show?
icarus212001 1 month ago
@icarus212001 Its being filmed as a TV show, a film would be too short for something as awesome as Cosmos.
misinglink15 1 month ago
@misinglink15 Oh thank science.
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hasantariq123 1 month ago
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Ironic that Sagan claims astronomy is a humbling discipline as he is a towering contradiction which is evidenced by very recording I have seen or heard. His opinions, stated as facts, call into question his so-called scientific disinterestedness. He is certainly not detached. First a materialist, then a scientist.
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MrJimmyNapoleon 1 month ago
Very interesting
educationalnut 1 month ago
Just saw this before i saw the MOVIE: ANOTHER EARTH. MIND BLOWN
ultraret 2 months ago
for example, imagine the world without religion - how many stars could we visited, how many children could have normal lives now, how many people could live freely and happily and dying in their beds in their 100th year of life knowing that their children will inherit a better and wiser world! how many species of animals could have been saved, how many diseases cured, how many dreams could have come true...without religion, you could have a vacation on some distant world in some distant galaxy
WoollyMammoth16 2 months ago
only from this distance we can see how small the biblical god is compared to universe...sure...it is the center of the universe...
...politics, royalty and religion - greatest enemies of mankind - greatest enemies of reason, racionality, freedom, free-thinking, love, compassion, honor and truth - also the greatest hypocrites that have ever seen the light of day
WoollyMammoth16 2 months ago
pure poetry
beaverliqour 2 months ago
1:17, look at the moon, you can see a skull on it lulz
mydevelopments 2 months ago
If you're looking for a similar speech, look up "The Great Dictator" by Charlie Chaplin.
Raford146 2 months ago
How epic this is.
There are lots of version on youtube. Hopefully in maybe 1 year the entire world would watch this. Im doing my part passing this to all my friends and people that I know.
Pass it, its worth it.
Good vibes to all.
Jauckor 2 months ago 5
I still get chills watching this
eatingtacos000 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
BEELIONS AND BEELIONS...
1skullduggery 2 months ago
Hearing this is like the first time I heard The Beatles. My eyes have been opened.
acunningham777 2 months ago 3
253 peoples dislike our pale blue dot. (they must be US Congressmen)
whippy107 2 months ago 148
@whippy107
or jesus people.
TheCapBerry 1 month ago
@whippy107 Religious nuts.
cbmtrx 1 month ago
@whippy107 and/or aliens. By which I mean extra-terrestrial, rather than Mexican.
lucassmith9687 1 month ago
I cry every time I hear Carl's voice. A voice that should reach so many more people.
reanimated6 2 months ago 75
@reanimated6 me too
jsugar72 1 month ago
@reanimated6 fag
wa7oosh3 1 month ago
@wa7oosh3 Apparently Carl's voice hasn't reached you, and I doubt it ever will with your level of ignorance.
ZootWorld1 1 month ago
@reanimated6 I cant pick out his voice in a room full of voices. It is so comforting.
GoogleNinja 1 month ago
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If there were aliens out there this is what they need to hear to understand life on earth.
SATURDAYateSUNDAY 2 months ago
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as good as it gets, this.
stephenrblv 2 months ago
pure poetry!
flaviasantini 2 months ago
Seriously 253 morons??
nikhilr57 2 months ago
253 do not live on the earth.
arbib 2 months ago 2
@mattwquirk
Non sequitur? I don't follow.
Manifestatheist 2 months ago
I like how this is tagged with atheism and not agnosticism. Even though Carl himself thought atheism was a silly idea.
I'm a believer in God but what is to be appreciated here is Carl's philosophy.
ShredThatSchecter 2 months ago
@ShredThatSchecter Carl Sagan used a very different definition of atheism than most atheists do today. He defined an atheist as "someone who knows there is no god." However, most people who self-identify as atheists today had the exact same position as Sagan did. Most atheists would say that they lack a belief in a god, disbelieve the existence of a god or the belief that there are no gods. Notice how they make no claim of knowledge, only belief. Sagan thought only the knowledge claim was silly
Jostedalsosten 2 months ago
@standingontruth1
No, but thanks for asking. Btw, Jesus thought that by standing on the highest mountain he could, in theory, see every kingdom of the world, and that if you believed in your heart that he was lord, you would be saved. What he didn't know, even though according to the bible he was also the creator of the universe and was in fact god incarnate, that we live on a sphere, and that we think (believe) with our brains. So I don't put too much stock into what he said or thought.
Manifestatheist 2 months ago
@Manifestatheist Stephen Hawking did not ever deny the existence of God; he merely ambivalized it. This is a word I made up out of thin air, according to its context.
mattwquirk 2 months ago in playlist Carl Sagan & Science
@Manifestatheist
There's nothing to indicate that the Earth is flat. Jesus knew the Jewish scriptures and was certainly familiar enough to have read about the "circle of the earth"
As you said, He IS the Creator, so to say he thought the Earth was flat is absurd.
BubbaCoop 1 month ago
@BubbaCoop According to scripture, Jesus stood on the top of the highest mountain and overlooked every nation. In a 2 dimensional world, on the "circle of the earth", this is possible; on a sphere it is not. The understanding of many Mesopotamian peoples of the time was that a flat Earth sat upon pillars, with a dome covering the top. In many myths, the god(s) lived on top of the dome. This view can be seen throughout the bible: Genesis, Joshua, Ezekiel, Matthew, off the top of my head.
Manifestatheist 3 weeks ago
@Manifestatheist
It never ceases to amuse me that those who spend so much of their time trying to disprove what they think is a fairy tale insist that the clearly historical literature like Genesis is allegory and the clearly poetical language disproves the bible because it's not historically accurate. Jesus and Satan both being supernatural beings, there's not reason to take this point literally. As an argument that the Bible says the Earth is flat...the argument falls, well, flat
BubbaCoop 3 weeks ago
@BubbaCoop 1. I don't spend any time trying to disprove the biblical fairy tale--it's content speaks for itself. 2. I hope "the clearly historical literature like Genesis" is you trying to be ironic. 3. I do believe that the authors of Genesis were trying to be literal, and thought that their view best explained the way things are. Additionally, if the bible didn't reflect the flat-earth perspective throughout, I would be inclined to grant you that this passage was figurative.
Manifestatheist 1 week ago
@Manifestatheist
Job 26:7 explains that the earth is suspended in space
By 150 B.C., the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes had already measured the 25,000-mile circumference of the earth.
answersingenesis(dot)org/articles/tj/v14/n3/flat-earth
answersingenesis(dot)org/articles/cm/v16/n2/flat-earth
creation(dot)com/the-flat-earth-myth-and-creationism
BubbaCoop 3 weeks ago
@BubbaCoop Only a fool would think "hanging on nothing" is scientifically accurate; it's not. It does not "hang" on "nothing". The Bible also says the Earth is in a fixed position (1 Chron 16:30, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 96:10). The Bible also is mistaken in calling Pi exactly 3; the Bible is scientifically ignorant. Psalm 75:3 says the Earth is supported by pillars.
Task5003 2 weeks ago 3
@BubbaCoop "Job 26:7..." This very chapter proves my point!--keep reading the chapter: v10: he marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. 11: the pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. You are going to find things in the bible that may be accurate or close to it; but, compared with the things this book gets wrong, a thinking adult cannot conclude it is god-inspired or the word of any knowledgeable deity.
Manifestatheist 1 week ago
Any human lacking humility has never contemplated the immensity of the universe. Carl Sagan was and continues to be an inspiration to so many. A man with forethought and vision unsurpassed in modern times.
fightforyourrights9 2 months ago
Dr. Sagan was a scientist with the soul of a poet. No matter how smart, there has been no person since to match him.
barkon 2 months ago 3
@barkon you put it so eloquently and on point.
well said, good sir.
you deserve my thumbs up.
myspam512 2 months ago
This is beautiful.
jackiedegracia 2 months ago in playlist Carl Sagan & Science
how appropriate that the bible calls the inhabitants of the earth are like a film of dust and that the earth hangs upon nothing. jehovah is our grand creator. isaiah chapter 40
carl sagan is a genious. thanks for giving us a clear explanation of our universe and the world we live in
cjwhitey71 2 months ago
how appropriate that the bible calls the inhabitants of the earth are like a film of dust and that the earth hangs upon nothing. jehovah is our grand creator. isaiah chapter 40
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standingontruth1 2 months ago in playlist Reason and Science
@standingontruth1 HEY YOU! IF YOU LOVE GOD WATCH THIS VIDEO!
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It might do you good to watch parts 2-5 as well.
myspam512 2 months ago
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249 people dont like the idea of living in pale blue grain of dust.
elchippe 2 months ago
Carl Sagan puts Morgan Freeman to shame.
Lennybird91 2 months ago
Carl Sagan will be forever missed. I want to state: he had the best narration voice I've ever heard. RIP.
paulsballsify 2 months ago
I heard that Carl Sagan sucks
disreprivalize 2 months ago
@disreprivalize I didn't hear anything about you, because nobody knows who you are.
myspam512 2 months ago
@myspam512 damn, that was uncalled for
disreprivalize 2 months ago
@disreprivalize I guess reality hurts, huh? but if you didn't know THAT by now I'm wondering why/how you ended up watching this video.
I suppose you're right though, I should waste my time typing responses to trolls.
I should just drop a RIP for CARL SAGAN A MAN OF BRILLIANCE and a Fuck Steve Harvey and leave it at that.
myspam512 2 months ago
@myspam512 damn, dude. my eyes are open now.
disreprivalize 2 months ago
I expected to see a lot of "JJ sent me here" comments but now everywhere stands "R.I.P." .. o.O
JaliSuxX 2 months ago
The gift of perspective and insight goes on... - Thanks *77 Carl for sharing so very much with us and all those yet to find your gifts.....
joeinmaryland 2 months ago
Happy Birthday Carl :) Rest In Peace
SharkMyBlitz 2 months ago
RIP
adlaremse0424 2 months ago
Awesome!
adlaremse0424 2 months ago
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Happy 77th Carl
Your brilliance is echoing through the cosmos!
zenoparodie 2 months ago