The Blessing and the Curse [Carl Sagan Tribute Series, Part 12]

[henridinossauro2]

Sagan was an pacifist!

[Anarchistt86]

Carl Sagan was a prophet. He really was.

[latinxl416]

i have no words to possibly attempt to describe this man. He is just... Ahhh. I mean that in the best possible way. Such a brilliant man.

[667victor]

we all miss you carl sagan the one true prophet

[MillenniumRequiem]

"I choose life!"

- sid the sloth.

[Madoushi90]

I cry every time I watch this.

[HeavyDickSince93]

Teach this in the schools!

[willifeared]

holy shit... this is the music from lost.

[MillenniumRequiem]

Anyone else think that a nuclear war would be like Fallout3?

[ElectrumShiv]

Stellar uploads,dude....or maybe interstellar .. ;)

[FreedomLiberty21]

its a tragedy this video doesn't have millions of views :/

I think it shows, in some sense, the priorities of our society that videos of Lady Gaga or even Stephen Colbert receive many more views and hits than any Carl Sagan video on YouTube.

I shutter to think that it might be indicative of an overall lack of interest in intellectual curiosity. I hope I am wrong.

[sagar246246]

@FreedomLiberty21 lady gaga and justin beaver get more than 100 million views and these videos might never get even a million views. ironically what someone once said to me is true that "this world does not belongs to us thinkers and scientists who seek more than fame and glory"

[brajamtho757]

What is the spaceship at 10:45 from?

[callumCGLP]

@brajamtho757 Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking. Brilliant documentary!

[nfhslugger]

Is it odd that I got the urge to fist bump Carl Sagan at 8:47?

...not to be confused with punch.

[JabberwockySupafly]

Damn how I wish I could have blazed one with Carl.

[Akira89M]

If only there our world leaders thought like Carl Sagan, We would have a better society, and wouldn't have to worry about nuclear war extinguishing our species for eternity;.

[mattx27]

The best one yet of this amazing series.

[SojournerLi]

Greetings from Sojourner

Keep the beauty coming : )

[LopezPortraits]

I did a speed drawing of Carl Sagan on my channel!

[dforero5]

@LopezPortraits I saw it, it was great, congrat, i wish i could have a portrait of sagan like that.

[marasu66]

I like the pair bond bonking on the head. around 3:55-4:00

[FullAccessAgent]

Another great tribute. This one was especially touching. Great work!

[liamrenn]

i love science <3 :)

[mikvance]

I'm blown away!

[BiiigT]

Awesome, as always!!

[strapt313]

I've watched every video in this series and every one of them brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.

[verovera78]

All of your videos are amazing! thank you very much for doing this wonderful work! keep doing, I've became your fan!

by the way, the music of this last video es excellent!

abrazos!

Vero

[moppwns]

Amazing.

[Akira89M]

Its sad to think, How President Obama, cut the funding to Nasa, and pretty much killed American space exploration, but yet, he went and started a war in Libya. What does that show for the future of science.

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

I love you Carl. :(

[johnello]

imagine a world were money wasnt invented and everything was just free we would be so far ahead with technology we coudve saved the human race

[crownsedge]

@johnello Ownership would still apply, theft would be present.

[hploch1]

Absolutely amazing. I wish everyone in the world were able to know the teachings of Sagan, I believe we would be much more advanced because of it.

[nomadictostito]

Carl Sagan was chopping up a few onions at the end there.

[honicholas5]

LOL EVE

[M0n0liths]

Powerful. Thank you again Carl & Callum

[mzyzer19]

I love this series I watch it all the time but what really blows my mind is that Carl Sagan spoke every one of these words.

[Inationification]

Absolutely powerful. Thank you for this.

[nuitaridark]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for making this!!

[kOr3uPt]

wow.. makes you realise your purpose :)

we have come to far to mess things up now!

beautiful series.. and i don't say that word 2 often lol

[natuankur]

iam speechless.....this video really is a great piece of art......

[abdul0333]

Thanks mate. That was Beutifull the world needs a carl sagan now more then ever.

[rubbermuck]

Do I hear some audio distortion caused by youtube, or was that deliberate on your part?

[callumCGLP]

@rubbermuck The audio is taken from Cosmos, which had its own music track. In order to utilize the audio for this video, I had to strip away the music track, which is an imperfect process that leads to some distortion. It's a necessary evil to be able to use this material.

[rubbermuck]

@callumCGLP Ah, ok. I should thank you for making these btw, they're great. They actually made me go watch Cosmos!

[kaishininjou]

@callumCGLP [wikipedia...]Cosmos:_A_Person­al_Voyage#Music_of_Cosmos

and then just find the music from there ^^

[callumCGLP]

@kaishininjou These videos are not put together in a linear fashion. For instance, the message from this episode was largely meant to raise awareness of the possible consequences of the Cold War nuclear standoff. Obviously, I had to make this more general, while keeping it coherent and restricted to ten minutes. So the original music is not usable for these videos. Moreover, one objective of these videos is to make them more accessible. Many people would find the Cosmos music outdated.

[kimokamal5]

@callumCGLP I think the Cosmos music is just brilliant.

[kuruptid]

Love it LOVELOVELOVE. Cant wait for part 13!!

[rallyaroundus]

hoooray for sagan being the bby name most popular in our generation

[kleb100]

I cant find words to describe this video. Awesome is by far an understatement.

[MarvelsofaLifetime]

7:59 and onwards; hope for humanity. 

[TheBiggestWolf]

... fucking beautiful ...

[AlexanderRozhenko]

This is so beautiful. But I live in the real world and believe the masses aren't capable of this level of understanding. While a small percentage of us may be able to grasp these ideas and concepts, they'd never work in the world I live in every day. Quite simply, 50% of the population has an IQ below 100, and that's only the beginning of the problem. They can't appreciate what is at stake. Maybe a segment of the human population needs to break off and form a new civilization?

[TheBiggestWolf]

@AlexanderRozhenko

Eugenics.

[MarvelsofaLifetime]

@AlexanderRozhenko I think you’re being a bit too pessimistic. Only two years ago, I was deceived into believing that pseudo and proto sciences and notions such as: paranormal activity, karma, etc., were actually legitimate frameworks for reality. But because I was exposed to Carl Sagan, Sam Harris, and places like the Khan Academy, my entire outlook on reality has changed. The longings and astonishments I had of the Cosmos – which once had captivated me as a child – had been restored.

[AlexanderRozhenko]

@MarvelsofaLifetime Perhaps if you lived my life, you'd be pessimistic, too. Or perhaps a better term would be "realist" and not "pessimist." I observe people closely and watch not only how they interact with each other, but with me as well. Just as some members of the population genetically lack the ability to digest lactose, I think some genetically lack the ability to perform critical thinking. That was the basis for my comment. I wish someone would come along and prove me wrong.

[AshRNand]

the music just didnt seem to carry the emotions for me... i think the lost soundtrack was better. but all in all a good video.

[MassLiberal1]

Moved me to tears. Thank you.

[MarvelsofaLifetime]

Wow, how often do you get videos this good?

[chuckhous]

awesome and the whole series is awesome. thanks callum CGLP

[Xbot1]

It's really saddening that we don't have an equivalent to Sagan. We don't have one for our time. And we need one now the most.

[hinni4]

@Xbot1 Thanks to CallumCGLP, we still have Carl :)

[Nolars87]

excellent

[shankerman10]

after that I wrote an essay and got accepted into Stanford for an International relations course..... I hope this will one day give me the means and influence to change peoples thinking...... I truly hope...

[shankerman10]

I am 17 years old and am taking a soc and globalization class right now at college and I asked my class if they think it is realistic that one day soon we might all get tired of the stupidity of our governments and demand change. No one in that class said it could happen except me. I told them that if i think change can happen then it will, because there are more people like me out there willing to die for peace and more literacy among the citizens of our world.

[ferrett78]

Nice touch, adding the clip from "Contact" towards the end ;-) It's almost like a "Carl Sagan Tribute Series Easter Egg"

[blowersho]

Awesome as always.

[MrWajax]

A powerful message!

[crownsedge]

=>> I hope that one day someone in a seat of authority will teach the world of the massive devistation of these weapons and put it to rest.

[crownsedge]

It will be many years before nuclear disarmament, think of it as a mexican stand off where all the countries have their guns aimed at eachother if one person shoots, everyone shoots and no one survives, the only way to stop such a thing is a third party to difuse the situation and the current movement that represents this hasn't yet gained recognisable power to draw the attention of the world.

[Damoclian]

possitively stirring, great job callum!

[WhaleboyProductions1]

This music is from lost:D

[WhaleboyProductions1]

This was the music used in lost awesome

[mysterysailboat]

The best one yet.

[nfhslugger]

Just imagine if every world leader were to take an hour or so and watch these videos.

Callum, this is easily your best video yet. Keep up the amazing work.

[GareBearzJuicy]

After watching every one of these videos I've told myself "there's no way the next one can top this"....well you've done it again. =)

[mutalix]

How touching...science can invoke a feeling just as if not more sincere then any religion can.Chose life , for now this is our only home.

[619Skillz]

simply amazing

[savedenewt]

If youtube still had the 5* rating, I think I'd go back and rerate them all one star lower after seeing this. Brilliant.

[callumCGLP]

@savedenewt That gave me a good laugh, thank you :) I agree, I think this is by far my best video in terms of the content of the message, and the powerful emotions it evokes.

[dexluther]

@callumCGLP Optimus Sagan at the end was a nice touch :P I know it was because of the music removal, but I kinda like it like that anyways so I'm going to pretend you did it on purpose.

[savedenewt]

@callumCGLP I certainly wouldn't be downrating any of your previous work, either! Hope you didn't think I meant that? I'd only just heard of Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" a month before you started your series and I've enjoyed your imagery and his words immensely over the last few months. Thank you!

[AutoPsychotic]

@savedenewt A five-star rating wouldn't nearly do justice to this video series.

[Zerionify]

Wonderful!

[branfransisco9]

I fullscreened the video (which i do with all sagan tributes because the imagery ie beautiful), saw the "graphic imagery" warning then i minimized it

[callumCGLP]

@branfransisco9 That warning pertains to the section from 6:44 to 7:14 if you would like to avoid it. It's not extremely graphic, however, and it is important to the message of this video. I wanted to ensure that it wasn't unexpected, that's all.

[StargateMunky]

@callumCGLP meh hardly graphic really.

[romero1337]

again uve made another touching and inspiring video, amazing

[Dnovo09]

once again...... amazing

[rafaelwaa]

Carl Sagan is the best popular scientist ever !!!

[dexluther]

@rafaelwaa Followed closely by Bill Nye (the science guy :P), Neil Degrass Tyson, my 10th grade science teacher (ok he wasn't a scientist, but he deserves a mention for being an absolutely amazing teacher), and a few others who's name escape me at the moment.

[GuiStuff]

Goosebumps. Again.

[sahandpar]

Brings tears to my eyes :)

THANKS a billion (the Carl Sagan's way of saying Billion) for this video.

[shackupyourstruly]

Thanks a BILL-ion!

[MikeoWar]

Thanks for another brilliant addition to the series =)

[muzammilali007]

Sagan lives in our hearts and in the hearts of generations to come.

why can I only Like and Fav your videos only once Callum!!!

[TheDeadlyKind]

Carl Sagan isnt dead, he just went home.

[EpicNinjaGuy123]

I nearly cried...

[masteranza]

Acceptance of the product, rejection of the methods of Science - so true.

[shackupyourstruly]

I took that as a jab against "user friendly". Make the method of science as easy to understand as the products. #UserFriendly #StudentFriendly

[masteranza]

@shackupyourstruly Not really, user friendly - is actually a method that comes from science - 1. commandment : you do not set traps for fellow scientists and you should always state everything as clearly as possible. 

[shackupyourstruly]

Make the method of science understandable to people who aren't scientists.

[Axlite2]

@shackupyourstruly Put science education in schools, and support children by always answering their questions and never putting them down. Cherish the questioning nature of humanity, which begs to understand the reality their consciousness has risen in.

[fauxpasiii]

@shackupyourstruly That's what Sagan was all about.  Seems like Neil Degrasse Tyson is picking up that mantle today.

[marasu66]

True, 'user friendly' is a method of science. But people can forget, or may have never been aware of, the effort that went into a product of science, and start to take it for granted. We ought to learn to value everything, man-made as well as natural, we get for free.

[masteranza]

Carl Sagan - the essence of being human, the glory of understanding.

[TheWTFKen]

A definite tear-jerker, mate. Well done!

[shaedies]

I am saddened on the moment at which this video concludes that I cannot click and watch the next one in this series.

[shackupyourstruly]

Good things come to those who wait, proverbially e-speaking.

[shaedies]

Absolutely amazing once more.

[t0byman]

MW3!

[pertronus]

Yes, another one!!!

[shackupyourstruly]

"culture of death" means more than commission of abortion or euthanasia. "You frustrate my plans, so you must die."