Carl Sagan : Cosmos
Discussion
APanda said:
Anyone watched 'The Sagan Series' by Reid Gower?
A few nicely edited Youtube videos with Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot voiceover.
Worth a watch I think.
ETA link: http://youtu.be/oY59wZdCDo0
I can't help but watch that video at least once a month.A few nicely edited Youtube videos with Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot voiceover.
Worth a watch I think.
ETA link: http://youtu.be/oY59wZdCDo0
Good quality trailer for the new series. Worth watching on a good screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJxjYRXYkU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJxjYRXYkU
DamienB said:
Sagan's book "The Demon-Haunted World" is also well worth a read.
+1, one of the best books I've ever read. if everyone should watch cosmos then imho everyone should read TDHW - early portents of Richard Dawkins.out of curiosity did they ever meet or does Dawkins make many references if any to Sagan?
Nom de ploom said:
+1, one of the best books I've ever read. if everyone should watch cosmos then imho everyone should read TDHW - early portents of Richard Dawkins.
out of curiosity did they ever meet or does Dawkins make many references if any to Sagan?
I don't think they ever appeared in public together as they worked in completely different fields, but Dawkins often quotes Sagan's "No major religion has ever said, 'This is better than we thought. The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant.' Instead they say, 'No. no. no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'"out of curiosity did they ever meet or does Dawkins make many references if any to Sagan?
I don't really think Sagan's approach would have suited the likes of Dawkins, Dennet, Hitchens, etc. They are very much critical of religion while espousing Science, whereas Sagan rarely addressed religion directly.
Nom de ploom said:
DamienB said:
Sagan's book "The Demon-Haunted World" is also well worth a read.
+1, one of the best books I've ever read. if everyone should watch cosmos then imho everyone should read TDHW - early portents of Richard Dawkins.out of curiosity did they ever meet or does Dawkins make many references if any to Sagan?
I'm a huge fan of Sagan and read virtually everything he wrote. I'm less of a fan of Dawkins who, although he talks eminent sense most of the time, has an aggressive way about him that actually wants to make me disagree with him.
I liked Sagan's style.
I don't care much for Dawkins' style.
Like the song says, sometimes it's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.
I liked Sagan's style.
I don't care much for Dawkins' style.
Like the song says, sometimes it's not what you say, it's the way that you say it.
I'm on a science kick at the moment, and thanks to this thread, Amazon reader reviews of 'Cosmos', as well as Prof Brian Cox's reboot 'Wonders of the Universe' (Cox references watching Cosmos as one of his earliest inspirations as a kid) I started watching Cosmos on YouTube.
The first 2 episodes are hypnotic and utterly beautiful. Sagan can distill complex concepts into simple, compelling forms wrapped up in a humanistic worldview that espouses that we expand our consciousness and spirituality to come together to tackle the really big problems.
If you've thought about watching but have held back because of the fear that the series and science may be dated, Cosmos still feels very fresh - if anything, more important and urgent than before.
The first 2 episodes are hypnotic and utterly beautiful. Sagan can distill complex concepts into simple, compelling forms wrapped up in a humanistic worldview that espouses that we expand our consciousness and spirituality to come together to tackle the really big problems.
If you've thought about watching but have held back because of the fear that the series and science may be dated, Cosmos still feels very fresh - if anything, more important and urgent than before.
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