Cosmos Episode 11: The Persistence of Memory Part 2 of 6

The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we share the planet Earth — whales.

Then we wind through the maze of the human brain to witness the architecture of thought. We see how genes, brains and books store the information necessary for human survival.

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Education

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• Sagan
• Cosmos
• Persistence
• Memory
• Episode

[FeynmanMH42]

Carl Sagan singing in whale.

My life is complete.

[lollerskate20]

haha that's amazing, a biological virus contains just over 1kb of data, a similar size to alot of computer viruses!

[Lordofthepastries]

*shaking fist in the air* MAN!

[rockerguy567]

I can speak whale! heeeeeaaaaaaaallllllllllllllll­ooooooooooooooooooooo

[TraditionalTKD]

Humans, in their infinite stupidity, seem to think they're the only species that count on this planet.



[sweetpeajunglebean]

'maybe it's a love song cast into the vastness of the deep.'

carl sagan is the greatest.

[karkovice10]

*laughs* Dr. Sagan speaking "whale". Now I've seen everything! :)

What's even more amazing is that the whales actually mark the calender months in the way Dr. Sagan demontrated! They must get tired at around Christmas time. HA! ;p

I also like the way The Flight Of The Vaklyries ties into the frolicking whales. :)

If a simple sailboat motor causes that much "noise pollution" to the shales, imagine a whole fleet of US Navy submarines. :/

[carneyfex]

@ExaltedLeader How about YOU get a CLUE and maybe BROADER PERSPECTIVE, because neither your family nor your country will matter in a devastated world.

[ExaltedLeader]

....Whale songs? I mean, really? Who the Hell is interested in this crap?

Go get a job, then maybe a clue, and take care of your FAMILY and your COUNTRY, not the fucking whales.

[macca1139]

we're the monsters we basically suck the life out of this planet ,as if it just belongs to humans the damage we have done is sickening.

[maxrutc09]

yuumans