Carl Sagan - Demon Haunted World Part 1

Eminent Cornell astronomer and bestselling author Sagan debunks the paranormal and the unexplained in a study that will reassure hardcore skeptics but may leave others unsatisfied. To him, purported UFO encounters and alien abductions are products of gullibility, hallucination, misidentification, hoax and therapists' pressure; some alleged encounters, he suggests, may screen memories of sexual abuse. He labels as hoaxes the crop circles, complex pictograms that appear in southern England's wheat and barley fields, and he dismisses as a natural formation the Sphinx-like humanoid face incised on a mesa on Mars, first photographed by a Viking orbiter spacecraft in 1976 and considered by some scientists to be the engineered artifact of an alien civilization. In a passionate plea for scientific literacy, Sagan deftly debunks the myth of Atlantis, Filipino psychic surgeons and mediums such as J.Z. Knight, who claims to be in touch with a 35,000-year-old entity called Ramtha. He also brands as superstition ghosts, angels, fairies, demons, astrology, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and religious apparitions.

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[SaganAppreciationSoc]

A shame Carl couldn't read this one himself for the audio version.

[psychosavant]

@mbturner625

We could always get the guy who plays Agent Smith from the Matrix to read it. It would be pretty close.

[recto89]

I remember this book his predictions are right. We are heading back to ignorance.

[1Skeptik1]

@lonebison My favorite book as well, Sagan a truly remarkable individual and inspiration. Regards

[lonebison]

This is my favorite book of all time, it truly changed my life.

[inferno0020]

Sagan will be disappointed because Demons-the ignorance and the illusion of knowledge-won and dominate our world today.

[legolasgreenleaff]

i started to read it, and after o got the book i saw this video i usually i don't buy by impulse, when i read Carl's book i kind of imagine how is voice would sound reading this book, we need more people like him in this pale blue dot.

[ixataca]

shouldn't his wife read it instead?



[vjholliday]

thanks for posting this..this book changed my life

[throbgrist]

I've been trying to find the book for months. Hopefully this should tie me over!

Thanks for uploading this. :)

[Shrillwhip]

The reader sounds a little bit like Dawkins.

[simbeau]

I love that you uploaded this. Thank you.