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Carl Sagan, "We are one planet" watch!

youtube.com — We're all in this together - Carl Sagan makes this point better than anyone else, in this clip from his series 'Cosmos, A Personal Voyage'

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  • sexualaj, on 12/02/2007, -7/+119Carl Sagan.

    You are the man.

    Enough Said.
    • MacEnvy, on 12/02/2007, -1/+27RIP, 12/20/96.

      Come back Carl, we need you here!
    • MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -1/+6I'm reading the Varies of Scientific Experience now; it's a great read. And Contact was one of my favorite movies before I even knew who Carl Sagan was. It's always fun when you discover the people responsible for the things you like from a different perspective or when you discover two different things you like and realize they were created by the same person.
    • jimmiss, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4Here here.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4Respect.
    • timdorr, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1I'm interested to know how many Ron Paul supporters around here would agree with Carl Sagan when his views go against RP's ideals that the US should maintain it's sovereignty and independence . It's not really a knock against RP, because I don't particularly thing one view is better than the other. But the two views are contradictory, so I think it's something that most RP supporters should understand.
      • MadOtaku, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3What is the contradiction? We don't need the same government. Just to not kill each other.
  • Tenetri, on 12/02/2007, -13/+19I'm still crossing my fingers for the Earth to get consumed by Zombies!!
    Zombies come around the corner, and I Pwn them in teh face!!
    and... Carl Sagan can come too
    • MODernMxcn, on 12/02/2007, -0/+2Dude this was one comment i didnt expect here, funny *****.
      But we have to take what carl is saying as a serious problem.
    • iigloo, on 12/02/2007, -2/+4Replace "Nuclear War" with "Global Warming". And you've got yourself a video for the 21st century.
      • MadOtaku, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1And then switch it back. Because nuclear war is a far worse threat to us than global warming. Global warming could maybe kill off 75-80% of humans. But nuclear war could kill every last bit of life on Earth. Both are serious, but don't ignore the older problem just because a new one comes along.
        • iigloo, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1Ya, but there isn't a threat of nuclear war today. And so it is NOT a far worse threat to us TODAY.
          • MadOtaku, on 12/04/2007, -0/+1Good point. I wasn't thinking about specific times.

            Also, I wouldn't say there is no threat of nuclear war. Just very little threat.
    • goodshorts, on 12/03/2007, -4/+1i worry about your sanity
      • macweirdo42, on 12/03/2007, -1/+2This is one crazy, mixed up world we live in. You gotta be a little crazy just to get by.
  • FutureSandwhich, on 12/02/2007, -29/+18An ideal Earth is one without man.
    • iPissExcellence, on 12/02/2007, -7/+43FEMINIST!
    • Barf87, on 12/02/2007, -13/+10Because the prospect of genocide is so exciting you loon.
    • dasdef, on 12/02/2007, -3/+16you can start this by killing yourself
    • wazzledoozle2, on 12/02/2007, -3/+8Earth can't be "ideal" without man because there would be no humans to experience this idealness.

      How about working towards a sustainable future WITH man. Thats more realistic.
    • FutureSandwhich, on 12/02/2007, -6/+4Whoa, I'm not promoting the idea of global genocide.
      Way to jump to conclusions, if I implied that I would have said future instead of Earth. What I meant was, the world would be better off if humans never came into existence in the first place. And Wazzledoozle2, that is some pretty stupid rhetoric. Things can be ideal without humanity experiencing those thing. My argument comes down to the fact that our existence here jeopardizes the existence of all other beings on this planet.
  • Stevanoski, on 12/02/2007, -33/+5Yes we are Uncle Carl, or is it Karl, but we are 5 billion individuals, unless the Left has it's way, then we will all be slaves to the state.
    • tubeblender, on 12/02/2007, -7/+6We are slaves to the state /right/ now with Bush and Company. Invade a country, get oil, profit, is the perfect business model for capitalism.
    • jjb123, on 12/02/2007, -1/+13That comment wasn't even a coherent thought.
    • MrSlumberjack, on 12/03/2007, -0/+26bil
  • AngelicRaver, on 12/02/2007, -4/+57RIP Carl Sagan.
    • Raiku, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996

      :(
  • TheDHC, on 12/02/2007, -4/+36I can't get enough of Sagan, anyone here read Pale Blue Dot yet? i'm about to. it looks like an eventful read
    • AngelicRaver, on 12/02/2007, -1/+15Yah, Its a great book. A good successor to Cosmos.
    • Derrekito, on 12/02/2007, -1/+4I didn't realize it was a book! I thought it was simply a lecture he gave once prior to his death.
    • cococooky, on 12/02/2007, -1/+6Top book. 2 thumbs up.
      Also if you enjoy Pale Blue Dot, read Billions and Billions - his last book. The final chapter (in the Valley of the Shadow), is about his battle with his illness, its enough to bring a tear to the eye.
      • xutopia, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3brought tears to my eyes but I recommend The Demon Haunted World before Billions and Billions.
    • superfrodies, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1The book is amazing. I recomend downloading the book on tape torrent if you can find it. It's narrated by Sagan. His voice is hypnotic and awesome.
  • HereticChick, on 12/02/2007, -4/+43Indeed, we're doing one hell of a job of destroying the only place we have to live.
  • MattCairns, on 12/02/2007, -6/+12Amen
  • etsa, on 12/02/2007, -2/+17I got his COSMOS documentary. It is still amazingly wonderful to watch.
    Salute to my man - Carl!
    • cam2009, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1I just started reading the book version a few days ago after finishing "Demon-Haunted World". Even if some of the specifics are outdated, that guy will completely destroy any reliance you think you need in the supernatural. He makes science seem 10x cooler than anything you've ever seen in a science-fiction movie. Seriously - Sagan is the man.
  • bgmowen, on 12/02/2007, -50/+3I hate this man.
  • batshitcrazy, on 12/02/2007, -17/+6and then came 9/11
    • jjb123, on 12/03/2007, -0/+5And nothing really changed but everyone thinks it did.
      • tubeblender, on 12/03/2007, -2/+0Things changed. We now have to have our rights taken away bit bybit to "feel" safer, when we really are no different than before. The only thing not getting through the detectors are cosmetics and most lighters...
      • macweirdo42, on 12/03/2007, -0/+5God it's so depressing. Both for the roughly 3,000 people who died that day, and for the millions who froze up with fear and still haven't recovered.
  • obxjdt, on 12/02/2007, -3/+8What an amazing man he was. Think I'll have to spend some time watching the rest of those videos of him.
  • vofuse, on 12/02/2007, -20/+7What a pothead.
  • Groovemaster, on 12/02/2007, -6/+4The only snag is that war is infinitely more profitable than peace is.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/03/2007, -2/+2War costs more than peace.
      You pay the price in human lives and property damage.
      • Groovemaster, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3...and the corporations that constitute the military-industrial complex reaps the massive profits.

        Hence, war is more profitable than peace.
        • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1Oh yeah I forgot brown people are worthless... right...
  • tr67, on 12/02/2007, -5/+3http://www.tr67.net-a.googlepages.com/mii-carl_sag ...
    my carl sagan mii, <3
  • tr67, on 12/02/2007, -3/+7sorry, fixed url:
    http://tinyurl.com/yuaoum
  • SLuM, on 12/02/2007, -5/+10This man clearly speaks for any rational minded person. This is how the perfect world would be like, under one banner.
  • bradleyland, on 12/02/2007, -2/+13I like Carl Sagan a lot. I use his non-corporeal dragon rebuttal on the faithful whenever I am challenged for my own beliefs, but I can't help thinking that Hugo Weaving based his Agent Smith character on him to some extent.
    • friendlyman, on 12/02/2007, -0/+6Exactly what I thought
    • Zomgondo, on 12/03/2007, -0/+0Haha, reminds me what my old man used to tell me about watching Cosmos. He loved Carl Sagan and read all of his books and quoted him constantly when teaching me how to think and observe... but he could never get through an entire episode of Cosmos because the way Sagan talked put him to sleep.
  • had3l, on 12/02/2007, -7/+8And still, some people are pushing for harder immigration laws... *cough* *cough*, if we are really one planet and one people, then the term "illegals" make no sense.

    I guess... it's because those people want everyone to be equal, but in their own freaking countries, no matter how ***** their life is.
  • mlwarrior, on 12/02/2007, -3/+16If the U.S.A stopped its defense budget for one year, it would be enough money to vaccinate every child on earth, against every disease for 100 years. We could eradicate many aliments and move towards a true utopia.

    But you know, we can use debate and diplomacy against diseases, unlike other counties....
    • engwar, on 12/02/2007, -2/+3Why do you hate America?
      // kidding!
    • lucutus, on 12/02/2007, -4/+1every disease has a vaccine? Since when? Where's the Kawasaki, or the AIDS vaccine?
      • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2There is an aids vaccine, it's still a prototype.
      • mlwarrior, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2It's sorta implied that we would only vaccinate against things we have a vaccine for. Implied by, you know, obviousness.
    • Astlin, on 12/03/2007, -0/+6Vaccines are not the answer. Clean water, enough food and sanitation are what protects against disease.
      I am all for cutting military spending, I just don't feel right bombing people so they can be free.

      My 2c
      • MacSuxWindozSux, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3Yeah basic sanitation would eliminate almost all human diseases on earth.
    • mlwarrior, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1There seems to be some confusion on my comment. I thought it was obvious that I'm not actually advocating spending all our money on vaccines. It's just an example I like to use to show everyone how our priorities are all wrong.
  • TenebrousX, on 12/02/2007, -3/+20His speking reminds me of Agent Smith speaking to Morpheus
  • bkrishnan, on 12/02/2007, -6/+3Here's part two of that video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TboJUxTIaC4
  • MikiMac, on 12/02/2007, -3/+3to bad we don't have a Peter Wiggin.
    • DouglasScott, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1A Peter Wiggin must be preceded by a Hive Queen.
  • lucutus, on 12/02/2007, -2/+4I grew up with his thoughts on my mind. Funny how relivant they still are. No advancement on such issues in my 30+ years. Depressing but one begins to think we may well be better off with a major reduction in human population. I'm sure if we were nomads there'd be no war on terror or NAFTA, or UN.
    • DouglasScott, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1Maybe.

      But I'm sure that if Carl came back today he would find our scientific advances compelling, and be reassured by his vids on youtube.
  • SevenTwo, on 12/02/2007, -6/+2Captain Planet...he's our hero...
  • jester55, on 12/02/2007, -5/+22as Einstein said this unfortunate truth: "So long as there are men, there will be war"
    • jester55, on 12/02/2007, -2/+14well seeing that Einstein's quote is being dugg down, apparently some people can't handle the truth
    • Stevanoski, on 12/02/2007, -5/+3Actually he said "as long as there are men there will be warts." Close, but not the same.
  • Joeyg50, on 12/02/2007, -1/+9Props to Mr Sagan R.I.P.
  • Zammie, on 12/02/2007, -7/+3Perhaps we really should be concern with Iran!
  • skinturtle, on 12/02/2007, -12/+1The way he talks sounds weird
    • TridenTBoy, on 12/02/2007, -1/+8I like it :) Sort of reminds me of Mr. Rogers for some reason.(I'm weird...)
  • garryshape, on 12/02/2007, -23/+1
    • jnrosemas, on 12/02/2007, -0/+6"You got to hell!! You go to hell and you die!!" -Mr. Garrison
    • kindrobot, on 12/03/2007, -0/+5If he were, I'd go gay.

      fag
  • Stevanoski, on 12/02/2007, -15/+2He was a knowledgeable man until he got star struck and turned to the left and communism.
    • ropers, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1Oh, thank you! I was waiting for someone to blurt out "communism!"

      We can't stop making new nuclear weapons now, or the terrorists will win!!!!11one
      Right? Right??!?

      /sarcasm
    • xutopia, on 12/03/2007, -1/+3I love how reason becomes a Leftist trait.
    • tubeblender, on 12/03/2007, -0/+0Aren't you witty? You sound like the real Till of the Pun. I bet you and all your thug right wing water board supporting friends have a real laugh at watching the people die in Iraq for some oil.

      /sarcasm
      • Stevanoski, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1Yaaaawn, why all the left so boring?
  • MODernMxcn, on 12/02/2007, -4/+4Even though his world vision never will happen thanks to us all.

    I still give him props, R.I.P Carl Sagan.
  • goodshorts, on 12/03/2007, -0/+5i don't know about the rest of you guys, but there are some things worth fighting for to defend.
  • Uroboric, on 12/03/2007, -4/+7Carl Sagan was the greatest man who ever lived.
    • MrSlumberjack, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1...at least right beside Albert Einstein
    • mlwarrior, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1wow, you really love the guy...
  • SerifTheRobot, on 12/03/2007, -3/+6I never realized before how much Agent Smith sounds like Carl Sagen.
  • socomoddjob, on 12/03/2007, -4/+3Carl Sagan is our overlord.
  • BuckTheInfernal, on 12/03/2007, -2/+5Watched the video again.

    All I have to say is...."Yes"
  • Stevanoski, on 12/03/2007, -11/+2A blowhard in love with himself.
    • requiemtower, on 12/03/2007, -1/+2You don't get it, but that's ok. With the current state of our planet, a lot of people don't get it either.
  • DiscoJohn, on 12/03/2007, -5/+1Hey! It's that guy from the crossword!
  • Clarity01, on 12/03/2007, -2/+14We need more Carl Sagan's.
  • peterinjapan, on 12/03/2007, -1/+5SRSLY people. I identify with this guy way too much. My father divorced my mother when I was 2, and I've always had a father figure in Carl Sagan, melded with James T. Kirk (circa Wrath of Kahn).
    • DouglasScott, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1It's not a bad way to go.
    • MikiMac, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1my father figures were Carl Sagan, and the Hulk :)
  • DouglasScott, on 12/03/2007, -1/+5Carl can give you the BIG picture. Just get all his ***** and watch it.

    Start with Cosmos; the vid and the book.
  • zan6669, on 12/03/2007, -0/+3A genius of this caliber deserves more recognition. He is the Nikola Tesla of the universe.
  • godjag, on 12/03/2007, -0/+4My hero...
  • Crezax, on 12/03/2007, -2/+0This is one of the few persons in the world I ever had any respect for outside my family.
  • PwncakesFTW, on 12/03/2007, -1/+1Mr. Anderson...Anyone else think he sounds like Hugo Weaving?
    • mlwarrior, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1No. Nobody does. This is the first time I've seen this comment on this thread.
  • crinzema, on 12/03/2007, -2/+1Do not listen to him! He's an agent from the Matrix!
  • GhostyBoy, on 12/04/2007, -0/+2Carl Sagan is a friend of humanity.
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