Carl Sagan's last interview, part 1 of 3

Carl Sagan's last interview, part 1 of 3

Carl Sagan gave his last interview with Charlie rose on May 27th 1996. He discussed pseudo-science, religion, unfounded claims, his personal love affair with science and his struggle with myelodysplasia as well as other elements of his last book: The Demon-Haunted World.

I thought it was important that a high quality copy of this interview, with proper audio video sync, was made available on youtube.

The Demon-Haunted World changed my life in ways more profound than I thought possible. That book, and the name of Carl Sagan, should be known to every high school graduate.

"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy."

Part 1 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jod7v-...
Part 2 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDKSZO...
Part 3 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxeN6W...

CORRECTION: It's come to my attention that Carl gave one other television interview before his death. It was aired on ABC's Nightline on December 4th 1996. A short clip from that interview can be seen below. Please ask ABC to make the entire interview available.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...

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  Science & Technology

[wednesday55]

What I love most about the universe is the fact that 13.77 billion years of stardust somehow resulted in Carl Sagan.

That was awesome.

[TJ S]

America no longer cares about space exporation because America no longer cares about education.

[voodoomanboy]

Patrick Lapierre is a douchebag troll, if you look at his profile it's far right-wing, white supremacy crap. Being a knuckledragging racist he already self-fulfills his own (incorrect) philosophy about this country.

[voodoomanboy]

that's like saying all Romney voters care about is Honey Boo-boo and Larry The Cable Guy. Both are explicitly false statements.

[Gregg Davis]

The idea that immigrants from the Third World "must" drag this country down is nonsense. If this country was still offering real opportunity, quality public education, and a strong civic spirit there is no reason Third World immigrants cannot succeed and make this country stronger, just as earlier waves of immigrants did...it is sadly a segment of the European-descended majority, the far-right racist Tea Party types, who are dragging us backwards in education and other areas.

[Gregg Davis]

Carl Sagan would be disgusted with your assessment. He might agree that this nation is declining--although it has been written off as dead before. But your racist analysis is one Sagan would utterly reject. "Multicultural cesspit that will produce a third world country (as it must-since its people are increasingly from the third world)" what nauseating racist filth. I hope you don't even dare think you are saying something Sagan would for one millisecond agree with.

[Patrick Lapierre]

America is a dying country (no longer a nation), The American mentality can only be interpreted as an example of regression, which shows itself in the mental atrophy towards all higher interests and incomprehension of higher sensibility and exibits all the signs of pathological altruism to whatever is lowly, degenerate and inferior. America is devolving into a multiculutral cesspit that will produce a third world country (as it must- since its people are increasingly form the thrid world)

[lowpross11]

One of the best minds of all time. I learned a lot from this man.. Took off way to early Carl

[Kenneth Jones]

Cosmos was cool and so was Carl

[Cosmosis FX]

They care about Kim Kardashian & Justin Bieber now...especially the Obama voters.