Humility - Carl Sagan

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @Mark73
    @Mark73 2 года назад +213

    Every child everywhere should be shown Sagan's _Cosmos_

    • @rleroygordon
      @rleroygordon 4 месяца назад

      Unfortunately, if teachers tried to show Cosmos to their classes, the creationists would scream that we’re teaching children to be atheists and to hate God.

    • @believe-in-yourself
      @believe-in-yourself 2 месяца назад +3

      True so true ❤

    • @CloneShockTrooper
      @CloneShockTrooper 25 дней назад

      @@believe-in-yourself Very true!

    • @misslayer999
      @misslayer999 6 дней назад +2

      I wish I could have when I was a kid. My parents (Christian fundamentalist) would have never allowed me to see it, but I think it would have made a big difference in my life when I was younger. I'm a bit late to the game but I really love him now and I'm actually currently back in school, getting a science degree in my 40s, and this man is such an incredible inspiration to me now!

  • @Mephistolomaniac
    @Mephistolomaniac 10 лет назад +2747

    I know you can't hear this, Carl, but for what it's worth: thank you.

    • @ashwarysharma246
      @ashwarysharma246 7 лет назад +47

      I think he already knew when he was making the entire thing :)
      You're fulfilling a prophecy XD
      And I'm glad you are

    • @georgezuniga6298
      @georgezuniga6298 6 лет назад +43

      He might. Somewhere out there.

    • @tonytafoya6217
      @tonytafoya6217 5 лет назад +2

      It's worth nothing.

    • @sock1050
      @sock1050 5 лет назад +18

      fuckin ninjas cutting onions. this damn comment set me off

    • @d.h.2745
      @d.h.2745 5 лет назад +21

      And who are we to say that he cant hear us if we told him thankyou. Maybe not but Maybe

  • @billg9502
    @billg9502 3 года назад +191

    Be humble for you are made of Dung, Be noble for you are made of Stars .

    • @topdog5252
      @topdog5252 Год назад +5

      We are both the children of the stars but we come from microbes and muck.

    • @JohnKerr-bq3vo
      @JohnKerr-bq3vo Год назад +10

      HItchens used to wax eloquently about being made of stardust but equally realisysic in saying it is also nucleur watse... such is the the paradox of life ( or of nature n the universe)...

    • @kevinroach7363
      @kevinroach7363 8 месяцев назад +5

      We are made of star stuff

    • @JohnKerr-bq3vo
      @JohnKerr-bq3vo 5 месяцев назад

      @@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack how narrow minded you are... sad.. Winston Churchill was also a drunk... lots listened to him thankfully

    • @topdog5252
      @topdog5252 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack I would be glad if people treated scripture more like literature and not like a science textbook.

  • @davidsnead1132
    @davidsnead1132 8 лет назад +4002

    Only man is arrogant enough to stand atop a grain of sand drifting through the void of infinity and proclaim himself the center of all things.

    • @Jesse-cw5pv
      @Jesse-cw5pv 8 лет назад +112

      We don't know that because we can't communicate complex thoughts to any other species. As far as we know, every species on earth could view themselves as the center of all things. We are the only species we know of that can even begin to understand the vastness of the cosmos. So who's to say how other life forms view their position within it?

    • @carolinatrevizo6526
      @carolinatrevizo6526 8 лет назад +211

      Dear Jesse: As long as you actively search for disagreement with someone else, you will always find it.
      On the other hand, if you really want to understand what someone else means by what they say, you will find you have more things in common than diferences.
      What I mean is: You are missing the point. I'm pretty sure David is just saying "let's be humble about our own humanity" and not a comment about self consiousness in species.

    • @daveboyd4563
      @daveboyd4563 8 лет назад +3

      David Snead LOL

    • @scotted3140
      @scotted3140 7 лет назад +61

      ED Shawn The universe does not need , want , or not want us it doesn't even care if we are here or not

    • @goldenchild6178
      @goldenchild6178 7 лет назад +1

      Not this1

  • @Dorkus89Malorkus
    @Dorkus89Malorkus 11 лет назад +1812

    This gives me the same type of feeling that religious people get in church during a good sermon. It makes the hair on my arms raise and it makes me feel indescribably joy. I could not have chosen a better career for myself. There is no greater purpose in life than the pursuit of knowledge about the laws of nature.
    I really, really, REALLY love science!

    • @FireC4p3z
      @FireC4p3z 11 лет назад +107

      The knowledge that we are but reconfigured stardust considering the very origin of our existence, capable of discerning the contents and structure of the cosmos, is incomparably profound. There is no greater human endeavor.

    • @travelerintraining3353
      @travelerintraining3353 11 лет назад +62

      You are not alone! I'm often brought to tears. I'm glad Sagan, Tyson, and others are such great orators and able to make such beautiful statements available for the general public.

    • @TheProgressivemike
      @TheProgressivemike 10 лет назад +7

      Right on John England, Many of us feel the same way. Thanks..

    • @SDG.12
      @SDG.12 9 лет назад +5

      thank you. you described my emotions perfectly.

    • @TimSlee1
      @TimSlee1 8 лет назад +25

      The only difference is that the feelings of the religious are thanks to their blissful ignorance.

  • @shakypirate
    @shakypirate 5 лет назад +382

    _"We're 30,000 light years from the center(of our galaxy)"_
    This line hits home

    • @jasexavier
      @jasexavier 4 года назад +33

      The light emitted from stars near the galactic center, at the dawn of human civilization, is not yet reached the halfway point on its journey to us.

    • @mr.timjohnston546
      @mr.timjohnston546 4 года назад +17

      imagine just our galaxy and there are billions!!

    • @shakypirate
      @shakypirate 4 года назад +13

      @@mr.timjohnston546 Thinking about the vastness of the universe, it just makes you feel so insignificant all on a sudden. A humble experience like no other.

    • @magaisdead7939
      @magaisdead7939 3 года назад +7

      It's almost too difficult to contemplate

    • @davidmurphy1207
      @davidmurphy1207 3 года назад +6

      Yet still can't begin to make the scale and proportions of vast open space within the universe relatable or understandable. We are very far from understanding our own planet. The mysteries of the universe seem impossible with the path of social regression we are currently taking.

  • @05Rudey
    @05Rudey 8 лет назад +2903

    He is not dead, he is exploring the universe in the ship of our imagination.

    • @LisaMichele
      @LisaMichele 7 лет назад +73

      I have a feeling this comment is going to stay with me

    • @smpalaniappan8955
      @smpalaniappan8955 7 лет назад +8

      05Rudey 😊

    • @al2642
      @al2642 6 лет назад +33

      In a way... he inspired generations of scientists... and more

    • @NotNotAsian
      @NotNotAsian 6 лет назад +9

      Poetic

    • @pestypig
      @pestypig 6 лет назад +13

      To a timeless being he will always exist

  • @magaisdead7939
    @magaisdead7939 3 года назад +179

    Dude has a 100 degree black belt in prose and articulation! I could listen to this Man, without end, for the entirety of my life

    • @Mark73
      @Mark73 6 месяцев назад +3

      When Carl Sagan died, humanity was lessened.

    • @Mark73
      @Mark73 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack It wasn't written by someone else. The series Cosmos was based on the book by the same name that Carl Sagan wrote.
      It's your Bible that was written by a bunch of anonymous people. It's your religion that's all smoke and mirrors.

    • @vonier13
      @vonier13 5 месяцев назад +1

      I knew I wasnt the only one that felt like that. ❤

    • @maryanngarcia3080
      @maryanngarcia3080 2 месяца назад +1

      Me too

  • @PeterBJean
    @PeterBJean 3 года назад +163

    Carl Sagan knew how to make you feel humility in such an eloquent way. We miss you Carl!

    • @aquariumlife2929
      @aquariumlife2929 9 месяцев назад

      Yes. The total opposite of Neil DeGarass Tyson. Yet the guy uses Carl's name all of the time and took on his show 'Cosmos' as the host

  • @fourtrees44
    @fourtrees44 8 лет назад +921

    One of the most beautiful people to have ever lived.

    • @egodeathrow1786
      @egodeathrow1786 6 лет назад +6

      Still a mote in the greater scale

    • @panjandrum.conundrum
      @panjandrum.conundrum 5 лет назад +4

      @@egodeathrow1786 This actually highlights a flaw in the arguments from size and distance. Greatness knows no size.

    • @panjandrum.conundrum
      @panjandrum.conundrum 5 лет назад

      @@alfa-psi propose another

    • @arnoldskit
      @arnoldskit 4 года назад

      Ya, but if you were to ask him if ufo's/aliens are real he would of told you that you are crazy!

    • @suzannarobinson4726
      @suzannarobinson4726 4 года назад +5

      He is now Starstuff. He was wonderful.

  • @Smegmatician
    @Smegmatician 3 года назад +241

    Finest orator who ever lived, hands down. His gift for communication was astounding. There has never been, and there probably won't ever be another human being who I have never met, yet who had the most profound impact on my life, my personality and just how I think.
    And for that, Carl, I will forever be grateful. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for helping molding me into the person I am today. I wouldn't be if it weren't for you.

    • @adamsatinsky9923
      @adamsatinsky9923 2 года назад +2

      I can relate

    • @mithunvasudevan7796
      @mithunvasudevan7796 Год назад +4

      Such beautiful words and I wholeheartedly agree with you.

    • @patrickcolby1532
      @patrickcolby1532 Год назад

      "The Chinese Farmer," maybe?

    • @mojo7495
      @mojo7495 Год назад +2

      How pitiful that you so idolize a mere MAN, and not the Creator of the universe itself.

    • @spud13x13
      @spud13x13 Год назад

      @@mojo7495 How pitiful that you need to invoke a fanciful and fictional creator to compensate for your lack of insight and imagination.

  • @janeck.8695
    @janeck.8695 Год назад +52

    It was a sad day when this brilliant man left our world. RIP Carl, and thank you.

    • @MellowWind
      @MellowWind 3 месяца назад

      It's been sad decades since as there's no other.

  • @samartzis2000
    @samartzis2000 9 лет назад +989

    Carl Sagan is always missed.

    • @Shannmeister
      @Shannmeister 9 лет назад +56

      But never forgotten.

    • @forwhomthebelltolls
      @forwhomthebelltolls 8 лет назад +5

      +Shannmeister Never forgotten.

    • @DaBadger354
      @DaBadger354 8 лет назад +37

      +Paul Samartzis - I remember the day he died I came to work and said to my co-workers "Carl Sagan Died" and not one of them knew who I was talking about. That was the day I decided I had to find another job!

    • @samartzis2000
      @samartzis2000 8 лет назад +14

      +Steve Clark yes , I have met many people that have never heard of him. Neil deGrasse Tyson does a great job of trying to remind us all of the great man.

    • @bobjobs6461
      @bobjobs6461 8 лет назад

      you sure are a badass

  • @Sowilo-Dagaz
    @Sowilo-Dagaz 4 года назад +25

    RIP Mr. Sagan. You are unable to read this, but you helped me become interested in space, and I thank you.

  • @domonkashu3522
    @domonkashu3522 4 года назад +154

    I always give this a listen when I feel my problems are overwhelming me.

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 2 месяца назад

      Yeah, but he left a little bit of himself behind which adds to his brilliance. and we should be thankful for that.

  • @yoshiprime3949
    @yoshiprime3949 5 лет назад +82

    This man saved my life. Rest in peace good sir. :(

  • @dannalondon903
    @dannalondon903 Год назад +23

    The GREAT Carl Sagan...❤

  • @deanholbeach3096
    @deanholbeach3096 6 лет назад +79

    Carl Sagan brings a tear of joy to my eye every time i hear his beautifully articulate words. Carl, you are sorely missed.

  • @spiritualopportunism4585
    @spiritualopportunism4585 8 лет назад +176

    Humility is enlightenment.

  • @1234jigglegirl
    @1234jigglegirl 9 лет назад +375

    I wish Carl was still alive. such an amazing human being.

    • @BunnyCentauri
      @BunnyCentauri 8 лет назад +22

      +1234jigglegirl He lives on through these videos we are watching... ;)

    • @paulws81paulws81
      @paulws81paulws81 8 лет назад +15

      we are lucky to have lived in a time (or he lived in a time)where his voice and ideas could be preserved for future hungry minds

    • @twistedoperator4422
      @twistedoperator4422 5 лет назад

      Still do..

    • @AL-SH
      @AL-SH 4 года назад +2

      @Christopher Smith Carl Sagan was a climate change advocate and knew the effects of the heavy pollution our species had been been into the sky. What are you talking about?

    • @nuntana2
      @nuntana2 4 года назад

      Christopher Smith No he wouldn’t. You are full of it and do not know him you hypocritical arrogant so and so.

  • @richardcochrane1966
    @richardcochrane1966 4 года назад +50

    An absolute legend....his series "Cosmos" is an unmatched masterpiece!!

  • @greyknight5813
    @greyknight5813 10 лет назад +203

    My grandfather passed away and this was the first thing I found. It gave me peace that he is now part of something greater. Whatever the afterlife is I can say this, His body has been returned to Mother Earth, his soul reunited with his beloved wife and meets at last the Great Unknown. Rest in Peace Papa

    • @Sin526
      @Sin526 10 лет назад +30

      I believe that your grandfather, as with uncountable other fathers, sons, mothers, and daughters, have returned to the place from which they came, the source.

    • @Turrican60
      @Turrican60 4 года назад +9

      @@Sin526 Yes, physically speaking, the matter comprising our bodies is returned to whence it came....ready to be recycled once more. It doesn't mean there's any kind of Afterlife awaiting us, though.

    • @biologicallyawptimized
      @biologicallyawptimized 4 года назад +5

      I'm sorry for your loss. I am glad for your peace

    • @FATillery
      @FATillery 4 года назад +18

      We are attached to the universe atomically, to earth chemically and to each other biologically. I am blessed to still be here today and for however many more days I have to live. Be safe all. Take care. Enjoy the ride called life.

    • @jmz2144
      @jmz2144 4 года назад

      @@Turrican60 The Spirit lies within our bodies and is eternal, think of a person driving a car

  • @UnderwaterScotland
    @UnderwaterScotland 8 лет назад +767

    Carl Sagan = Legend

  • @timsolnze7300
    @timsolnze7300 6 лет назад +50

    "Legends never die, they become a part of you."... Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Jacque Fresco contributed a lot of their thinking, their knowledge and their seeing of world to me. In other words, they become a part of me.

    • @abubakeraliy7351
      @abubakeraliy7351 6 лет назад +6

      Indeed

    • @dovbarleib3256
      @dovbarleib3256 Год назад

      Soooo, you like Atheists which prove that there is no G-d to whom one must show moral obedience.

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 2 месяца назад +1

      Let's not forget Sam Harris Christopher Hitchens.

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 2 месяца назад +1

      Let's not forget Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, and Lawrence Krause, and Neil Degrasse Tyson, and Steven Pinker, they shouldn't be forgotten. especially Christopher Hitchens he is definitely missed.

    • @colonelkurtz2269
      @colonelkurtz2269 Месяц назад +1

      Sean Carroll and Brian Cox too.
      Hitchens RIP❤

  • @XxxclarityxxX
    @XxxclarityxxX 8 лет назад +549

    His voice is just so calming Q_Q

    • @kseke25
      @kseke25 8 лет назад +12

      Love his voice.

    • @twonumber22
      @twonumber22 8 лет назад +4

      Rivals Bob Ross.

    • @mikespindor
      @mikespindor 8 лет назад +35

      I agree Chris. I feel privileged listening to his words.

    • @cocodrilo5759
      @cocodrilo5759 6 лет назад +4

      @@alfa-psi what the fuck

  • @XxChuyoxX
    @XxChuyoxX 9 лет назад +874

    Seeing how immature we are as a species, it's probably a good thing we haven't made contact with any other life in the universe.

    • @dadoogie
      @dadoogie 9 лет назад +16

      XxChuyoxX We might never meet intelligent life due to our immaturity. Would you let a kid play with your gun? Would you let them mess with the plug sockets?

    • @KlaxontheImpailr
      @KlaxontheImpailr 9 лет назад +14

      +XxChuyoxX maybe that's why we haven't been contacted either. They might be waiting to see if we grow up first.

    • @-spazz-4102
      @-spazz-4102 9 лет назад +5

      +XxChuyoxX How do you know we are an immature species? Its not out of the realm of possibility to think that a species very similar to ours could have began to explore space. Maybe we are actually very mature as far as species go and that is actually the reason we have not found any others. Maybe they already destroyed themselves.

    • @ClintonFD
      @ClintonFD 9 лет назад +5

      +XxChuyoxX I'm afraid we have much evolving to do to warrant the attention of a species capable of interstellar travel.

    • @truthcantbesilenced4533
      @truthcantbesilenced4533 9 лет назад +1

      +XxChuyoxX Seeing our immaturity should show you we wont make contact.. but it will be made with us

  • @pushuppoppies8718
    @pushuppoppies8718 4 года назад +22

    Perhaps the greatest communicator of all time. Carl, you'll inspire even the children orbiting of far away stars in the distant future.

  • @aaav298
    @aaav298 5 лет назад +44

    This is absolutely beautiful. I rarely cry, but this moved me to places that words cannot begin to describe. It is so humbling to know how small we really are, and how precious and fragile our pale blue dot is.
    Thank you, Carl.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад +1

      But we ae not small. We are precious divine souls all lost playing on this ball of dirt. We should all be trying to find our way home, which is Heaven.

    • @YourParas
      @YourParas Год назад

      @@jeffforsythe9514cringe

  • @vryday
    @vryday 6 лет назад +43

    In the vast greatness of the universe, we are all lucky enough to be able to hear Carl Sagan's voice even after his death. Oh Carl, the world needs people like you more than ever.

  • @dougboggio7098
    @dougboggio7098 6 лет назад +25

    I'm very proud to say that Carl was my best teacher in life.
    I literally have generated "billions and billions " (pun intended) of thoughts running through my mind thanks to him......curiosity in humans should be explored...............not suppressed
    May mankind learn from your knowledge for many centuries to come
    Thank you Carl

  • @missdee4927
    @missdee4927 8 лет назад +248

    Carl Sagan was the perfect figure for popularizing science. It's such a shame he left us so soon.

    • @boarddrifter5247
      @boarddrifter5247 4 года назад +6

      A legacy left for us to discover. Like a time traveler whispering in our ear.
      We will all be stars & join him on his voyage of the Cosmos. ✨

    • @jager6903
      @jager6903 4 года назад

      Which branch of science are you referring to?

    • @richardcollier1912
      @richardcollier1912 4 года назад +5

      I wrote him a letter of appreciation for COSMOS in December of 1981. A fortnight later I received a personal reply from Shirley Arden. She told me how much Professor Sagan enjoyed reading it.

    • @magaisdead7939
      @magaisdead7939 3 года назад

      Have you noticed how a lot of these disgusting Evangelical televised preachers live for so long though

    • @RMcKnightMD
      @RMcKnightMD 3 года назад +1

      Yes… respect for science has steadily declined since…

  • @projectcontractors
    @projectcontractors 5 лет назад +61

    *"We have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama."* - Carl Sagan

  • @bearmanmr
    @bearmanmr 5 лет назад +5

    Carl affected me so much.when as a kid I used to steal the black n white tv and watch Cosmos,; not really grasping what I was viewing intellectually, but knowing the essence of the message in my core. I knew back then I was a wonderer and dreamer. Still very much 💜💜💜

  • @kingklooneyville2234
    @kingklooneyville2234 9 лет назад +13

    When he said "We have not been given the lead, in the cosmic drama" chills went down my spine, what a fantastic and truthful line.

  • @AlecLudlow1
    @AlecLudlow1 9 лет назад +43

    Carl Sagan......sorely missed, even to this day. I can't think of anyone else who explains the immensity of it all with such profound and well chosen words.

    • @-spazz-4102
      @-spazz-4102 9 лет назад +3

      +Alec Ludlow I agree, there are a few though. Neil Degrasse Tyson is very well spoken and has taken many of his predecessors mannerisms. Michio Kaku is also a profound speaker. Even Bill Nye can be a very well spoken individual.

    • @AlecLudlow1
      @AlecLudlow1 4 года назад

      @Zeek Banistor : cretinous comment.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      Words filled with lies.
      Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
      Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
      More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
      from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
      Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
      Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
      His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
      So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
      Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.

    • @yardlimit8695
      @yardlimit8695 4 года назад

      his words might sound profound and wonderful,,,,,,,,,,,but they're ALL WRONG,,,,,,,,,,DON'T FALL FOR HIS LIES AND THEREBY FOLLOW HIM INTO HELL......

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      I could show you things that would make your jaw drop.

  • @tomsimmonds534
    @tomsimmonds534 5 лет назад +20

    If you are big enough to realise that you're small enough, then you have enough humility to be at peace with yourself,..

  • @colinc.8742
    @colinc.8742 5 лет назад +15

    "More stars than all the grains of sand on earth" Thank for that Carl. There are countless earth like planets out there but the distances are just too great to ever visit or communicate with them.

    • @colinc.8742
      @colinc.8742 3 года назад

      @@tomhiggins2562 To exceed the speed of light is as Einstein stated is impossible, as as an object near light speed it’s mass increases to a point where it would fill the universe

    • @colinc.8742
      @colinc.8742 3 года назад

      @@tomhiggins2562 There are aspect of science that are little more than verging on fiction. I agree with Brian Cox in that there are probable countless lifeforms out there but we will never confirm it.

  • @honodle7219
    @honodle7219 Год назад +6

    A great light went out when he passed. A wise and powerful voice went silent. But i remember.

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 2 месяца назад

      Yeah, but he left a little bit of himself behind which adds to his brilliance. and we should be thankful for that.

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 23 дня назад

      Doubtless there is a small child, somewhere in the sea of humanity, maybe here, maybe on the other side of the planet, who will take up the torch for their own generation. Perhaps that child will be the first to see our sun as a dim and seemingly insignificant star in an alien sky. The human race fills me with fear, but also with hope.

  • @clementevillasenor6528
    @clementevillasenor6528 Месяц назад +1

    I remember Carl Sagan from when I was young and loved his shows they are amazing!! Will always miss him enormously!

  • @sugeeban5121
    @sugeeban5121 9 лет назад +160

    i feel a sense of elated happiness hearing his voice after reading 'cosmos'

    • @chriswaters926
      @chriswaters926 7 лет назад +4

      sugeeban ! It was quite a book. I have read it many times . One of the only compilations of thought I can say that about.

    • @ishanjemini5031
      @ishanjemini5031 5 лет назад

      Me too!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      He was a fool.
      Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
      Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
      More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
      from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
      Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
      Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
      His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
      So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
      Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.

    • @xaenon
      @xaenon 4 года назад +5

      @@2fast2block .....but too slow to think, apparently. I'm calling you out, Chuckles.
      ONE QUESTION. Can you prove that your deity exists?
      Don't wave a Bible at me. That book is a claim, not proof of its stories. Don't link me to bullshit apologetic websites, because I'm not interested in rabbit-hole diatribes.. YOU. *YOU* prove to me that your god is fa'realz.

    • @ArghyadeepPal
      @ArghyadeepPal 3 года назад +1

      @@xaenon Got him

  • @ERICROJO156
    @ERICROJO156 8 лет назад +417

    we also forget that we are not the centre stage on Earth either

    • @chainezo
      @chainezo 8 лет назад +13

      well technically trough our technology we created systems which when not maintained would destroy multiple ecosystems so it would matter if we were removed at the moment. but even then life would continue without humanity

    • @HardRockMiner
      @HardRockMiner 8 лет назад +18

      swashim - Over 99% of every species to walk, crawl or slither the Earth are extinct and WE had nothing to do with their extinction... Most of them died before we even showed up. Stop thinking we have much control of what happens on this planet. Things are born and things die. Things melt and things freeze. That's the way this ball rolls.

    • @AllknowingUnknown
      @AllknowingUnknown 7 лет назад +4

      Well said captain.

    • @josephmelton4721
      @josephmelton4721 5 лет назад +2

      @Kellying you say that like you're not fucking human. Go be anti human somewhere else. It's negative and doesn't help shit. Next time someone like hitler comes along don't be complaining because your kind of thinking is how people like that get in control in the first place. Have some humility for christ sake.

    • @vume7722
      @vume7722 5 лет назад +1

      @@HardRockMiner Humans gained knowledge to dominated the earth and use most of its minerals to produce food, medicine, buildings and weapons, that can destroy life on earth , most species are declining in numbers, but Humans are I creasing at an increasing rate and live longer, we are responsible for global warming.

  • @amramjose
    @amramjose 5 лет назад +6

    I feel like I have a religious experience, whenever I hear/revisit Dr Sagan's lectures, interviews and presentations. He always introduced a logic and reason into his chats, which we need more than ever. Remember "pale blue dot"....godspeed, Dr Sagan.

  • @siddharthamason
    @siddharthamason 10 лет назад +47

    Carl Sagan...High Priest of Reason. It was 34 years ago that "Cosmos" made its debut, I am still mesmerized. Its beauty and logic are a symphony in my head and heart.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад +1

      Carl was just a fool.
      Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
      Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
      More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
      from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
      Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
      Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
      His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
      So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
      Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.

    • @MasterSpade
      @MasterSpade 4 года назад +2

      @@2fast2block -- So much Hostility. You even call Sagan a "Fool". You are obviously a believer in a "god". Which one of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Chances are it's the one you were born into. How convenient of god to make it so that no matter what god you were born into, THAT is the correct one.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      @@MasterSpade let me know when you have something to prove what I wrote is wrong.

    • @MasterSpade
      @MasterSpade 4 года назад

      @@2fast2block -- Don't deflect, it's up to YOU to Prove your specific god. You are the one claiming that Sagan will have to face "his Maker" and be thrown into the "lake of fire". You end by calling him a "fool" again.
      You must not believe in any of the many versions of the bibles, because in those books, calling people a "Fool" is a no no.
      So again I ask, which of the tens of thousands of gods is yours? Allah? Mithra? Hanuman? Zeus?
      And can you do what no other god believer has ever done: Prove your god is real? Just a reminder here, if you need Blind Faith like ALL the other religions to believe in your god, then it is no different from all the other gods that you do not believe in. So if all you have is Blind Faith, do yourself a huge favor, and enter the world of Reality. I say that seriously. Free yourself.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      ​@@MasterSpade ​ From the one who's deflecting what I wrote, "Don't deflect,"
      You're silly.
      Ok, you have a learning disability, not to mention a logical one too.
      If you could read properly, I said..."Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it."
      That's how it works. One does not look unless one sees reason to. Was that too hard for your learning disability?
      So, you are pathetic and can't get around the laws I gave.

  • @HamzaAli-ty5us
    @HamzaAli-ty5us 7 лет назад +13

    He speaks so beautifully, emphatically, humbly. Love it.

  • @DeadeyeLefty
    @DeadeyeLefty День назад +1

    Now in my 50s, Pale Blue Dot, Sirens of Titan, and 1984 are the books I have always re-read since my teens and will always have close to hand.

  • @TravisMartin-l4q
    @TravisMartin-l4q 4 года назад +5

    I love listening to Carl Sagan. His reasoning, humanity and humility are something we all need to be during our lifetime

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      He was a dingbat.
      Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
      Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
      More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
      from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
      Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
      Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
      His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
      So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
      Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.

  • @titani1k
    @titani1k 7 лет назад +11

    Absolutely incredible quote. You were a gift to the world, Carl.

  • @starpage39
    @starpage39 5 лет назад +6

    Very inspiring. Sagan is distance different from contemporary motivational speakers. He is a library of science packed in truth and theory. Best , Inspiring.

  • @Mohsens
    @Mohsens 9 лет назад +16

    Incredibly humbling, and so justly... I wish I could remind myself of this every time I give someone hard time, or vice versa....

  • @aricar705
    @aricar705 6 лет назад +7

    What an amazing science communicator he was. He left us, but his passion for science lives within us.

  • @sammyhooligan803
    @sammyhooligan803 3 месяца назад +1

    Very happy to see this, my father and myself would watch every episode of cosmos together, each week years ago. Thanks,

  • @benjamincrom7276
    @benjamincrom7276 6 лет назад +44

    R.I.P Carl Sagan. One of the great minds of our time. Oh how we miss a man of your quality and sound, sober thought in this day.

    • @yardlimit8695
      @yardlimit8695 4 года назад

      i can assure you benjamin that he is not resting in peace,,,,,,,,,,,,THEIR IS NO REST OR PEACE IN HELL..........

  • @davidhunt6463
    @davidhunt6463 5 лет назад +4

    Carl Sagan, scientist, genius, orator. The Pale Blue Dot monologue is up there with Shakespeare's finest works for it's ability to convey images and meaning with a beautiful, lyrical economy of words. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest human beings to have ever lived. He would have loved the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

  • @alsecen5674
    @alsecen5674 5 месяцев назад +1

    Sagan is the whole package: poet and scientist, human and superhuman. What a treasure he was and is.

  • @09Chelsh
    @09Chelsh 8 лет назад +17

    always gives me chills. moving on such a deep level. i am lucky to be alive, to experience the world we live in.

  • @mariopeter2775
    @mariopeter2775 5 лет назад +18

    "Such an image is a profound sermon on humility." Thank you Carl and carry on!!!

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      One learns humility through suffering not words.

  • @deedee7733
    @deedee7733 4 года назад +1

    I've always found that the vastness of space and our smallness within it is a comforting rather than intimidating thought. The infinite potential, the limitless creativity, is truly mind-blowing. All things are possible.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      No, not all things are possible. We have limits and Carl ignored them.
      Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
      Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
      More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
      from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
      Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
      Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
      His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
      So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
      Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.

    • @deedee7733
      @deedee7733 4 года назад

      @Scientific Humanist No, just a deep thinker. Try it some time.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      @Scientific Humanist wow, so here's what you consider evidence to prove what I wrote is wrong...
      "Are you in an INSANE ASYLUM? If so, you have my PITY! Now, don’t forget to take your pills!"
      Well, to a dingbat like you, that's considered evidence.

  • @chrisallen9509
    @chrisallen9509 7 лет назад +13

    Thank you Carl, for putting all of our seemingly all consuming problems, worries, and troubles into perspective. We are all put specs, on a pale blue dot, given no explanation nor reason to why we are experiencing this strange thing we call life at all. Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again.

    • @Turrican60
      @Turrican60 4 года назад

      "Sieze the day, because you will never be able to again". Nice sentiments, but you don't *KNOW* that to be empirically true - there may be many days for all I know, with this being just one of them.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      Putting our faith in the Lord is a much wiser path.

  • @gsdtravels6457
    @gsdtravels6457 6 лет назад +6

    A wise voice from across the chasm. He is sorely missed.

  • @all2031
    @all2031 Год назад +1

    One of a kind among the sea of humanity! He left us prematurely, leaving us to continue the fight for humility against bigotry, dictatorship of worship, flattery of idiocy....

  • @Freedom2x462
    @Freedom2x462 5 лет назад +10

    His voice is like music to my ears and mind!

  • @or8448
    @or8448 3 года назад +8

    This is beautiful

  • @NathanialLebrun
    @NathanialLebrun 4 месяца назад +1

    We may not be important in the universe, but we are important to each other, godspeed my friends.

  • @Jez1963UK
    @Jez1963UK 11 лет назад +33

    That is awesome - and makes me not only have a small tear in my eye at the folly of man, but also as a reminder that we mustn't forget Carl Sagan - the magical way he had of expressing Astronomy so that simple people like me could remain interested and understand was off the scale.

    • @johnsondavidb
      @johnsondavidb 4 года назад

      Man is fundamentally flawed in that each and every human being possesses a degree of pride, arrogance and to whatever level, a lust for power. The world suffers in an ongoing way from this imperfection in the human psyche. If that is ever to change, it cannot be done by man alone.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      The folly? I should say so. Jesus and Buddha both came here to remind us that we all fell from heaven and should strive to return home. Instead the world has chosen to play in the mud......................falun dafa.

  • @GordonWolters
    @GordonWolters 4 месяца назад +4

    Carl unites us all.

  • @AUSSIEMADMATT
    @AUSSIEMADMATT 8 лет назад +45

    Good work, let his voice echo through out humanity till the very end.

  • @neilk.astrophotography7590
    @neilk.astrophotography7590 5 лет назад +3

    Poetry in motion..gone but not forgotten..for Carl.

  • @davidarbuckle7236
    @davidarbuckle7236 10 месяцев назад +1

    Carl Sagan was the ultimate Storyteller who brought the wonders of the Universe into focus for all to see.

  • @jaconator1245
    @jaconator1245 8 лет назад +112

    I find it amazing how our seemingly large earth is but a mote of dust adrift in the infinite emptiness we call the cosmos. In reality, it we are completely insignificant beings on a speck of dust careening through the vacuum, just trying to find a sense of importance on our tiny blue grain of sand. We all yearn for control of the world, but, in the end, does it really matter? Even if you took over earth, what would you really have accomplished? You would be like a child with a small blue marble, ignorant of all the other, larger, better, more expensive toys and such. There you'd be, just playing with your insignificant little mote of blue glass, ignorant of the fact that you have little control in the grand scheme of things.
    This is why I love astronomy. It truly is a humbling experience. Before, you see yourself as a being of significance, but you later come to find you are but a tiny being on a mote of dust, careening through space.

    • @CaCHaFep
      @CaCHaFep 6 лет назад +2

      Wow, amazing comment.

  • @4voxel
    @4voxel 8 лет назад +126

    i watch this video everyday at mornings ..i just love it

    • @DavidRogers97
      @DavidRogers97 7 лет назад +1

      4 voxel I like the video too but every single day? Sema-dow-nah

    • @ur1740oct8
      @ur1740oct8 6 лет назад

      Almost like religious adherence! Good.

    • @al2642
      @al2642 6 лет назад +2

      Actually a very good mantra: we have not been given the lead in the cosmic drama....Damn man. It gets sad

    • @mikepic
      @mikepic 6 лет назад +3

      That's amazing! I used to do the same thing with a different Sagan video called 'The universe was not made for us.'

    • @CarlosSanchez-kd8et
      @CarlosSanchez-kd8et 6 лет назад +1

      Great way to start a day

  • @zerotonic2659
    @zerotonic2659 2 месяца назад +1

    Carl Sagan's voice was my first ASMR experience. Decades before ASMR was explored or named. Thank you Carl. I dont know how many times I've read your masterpiece "Cosmos".

  • @PhilipMcAdam
    @PhilipMcAdam 10 лет назад +7

    I would recommend to anyone of any age to watch his version of cosmos. I find far more informative than the newer version. This is another of my hero's. This video would be a brief extract of what is in store for you in the cosmos series. But the final statement here says it all for me on so many levels. I would sum it up as "Lets get over ourselves"

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      Not quite. We have all forgotten why we are here, not me.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      @@tomhiggins2562 Everything has a birth, growth, stasis, aging and death. The cosmos is experiencing it's death period but goodness will prevail.......................falun dafa

  • @budfinks
    @budfinks 4 года назад +3

    It was back in the early 80s after watching Cosmos that i as a child , began to look and wonder at the sky , at the cosmos and myself in it . It opened my mind to thoughts that were no longer childish . Thankyou Carl Sagan for opening my eyes .

  • @snydedon9636
    @snydedon9636 Год назад +1

    Every galaxy should have at least one Carl Sagan. I have always enjoyed reading about his work. An incredible person.

  • @daniyalnaqvi2569
    @daniyalnaqvi2569 8 лет назад +11

    what a brilliant man

  • @aliensapien9854
    @aliensapien9854 8 лет назад +225

    not 100 thousand …… not 100 million ………. 100 billion galaxies ………. i'm crying

    • @96ace96
      @96ace96 8 лет назад +46

      Galaxies vary in size from just a few billion stars, to giants with 100 trillion stars. And that number... That 100 billion? It is outdated. The current estimate is 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe.
      And this observable matter make up approximately 4% of all energy in the universe that we know of.

    • @kosiilondu
      @kosiilondu 7 лет назад +14

      There's no such thing as "quality". We exist in relativity itself. The earth's conditions is not a metric of how qualitative a planet is for habitation and/or spontaneous life existence. We, for now, only understand life, as that found on a planet called earth. While keeping in mind that earth is "Earth" to us it's inhabitants alone. It will go by another name for an alien life.

    • @vliegendehollander
      @vliegendehollander 5 лет назад

      @Phelan Phelan, what do you mean? We actually do know all about the nature of those stars and can calculate nearly every detail. We observe how they're born even today in stellar nebulas, we watch them grow through their life cycle from tiny blue stars into massive red giants and then explode going supernova and then collapsing into either a neutron star or a black hole depending on mass. We know exactly what kinds of particles are cooking in their nuclear cores. We can predict how fast they'll burn out and in what manner they'll do so. We can calculate how fast they're spinning around the supermassive blackholes at the centers of their galaxies. We can calculate how strong their gravity is pulling on any matter within the grasp of their solar system. We can determine where they came from and where they're moving towards.
      There's a beautiful, awe-inspiring and perspective-changing field of science called astronomy that you should check out more if you haven't already :)

    • @vliegendehollander
      @vliegendehollander 5 лет назад +1

      Phelan sure I agree with you. As long as we don’t stop and become satisfied with “we don’t know”. It’s important we continue probing and studying the universe. The more we learn and understand the better we can fix and improve our own world.

    • @HartmutJagerArt
      @HartmutJagerArt 5 лет назад +2

      Cry not - but rather marvel of who or whatever created 'Existence' ! 🙂

  • @danmiller6462
    @danmiller6462 7 месяцев назад +1

    This video should really make us reflect on how insignificant we are in this vast universe. I have awe every time I see pictures of the universe.

    • @danmiller6462
      @danmiller6462 5 месяцев назад

      @@YouDontKnowMeSoYouDontKnowJack is that so? Where's your evidence? We are all made of stardust. We are not the center of anything. We are on the outer pinwheel of the Milky Way galaxy.

  • @dev_echo
    @dev_echo 4 года назад +6

    His voice is so calming ❤️

  • @aaron3554
    @aaron3554 4 года назад +6

    For those that dont know, that picture at 1:50 is a picture of Earth seen through Saturns rings. Not the famous Pale Blue Dot photo but is just as remarkable.

  • @Monk-Amani.
    @Monk-Amani. 5 лет назад

    Seeking the definition of humility.
    Arrived here unexpectedly.
    Glad to be back.

  • @thomashenry4798
    @thomashenry4798 10 лет назад +19

    If what little we are, what little we have is so wondrous to me, what greatness and mystery await when we step out of our cradle into the greater world?
    I revel in my insignificance, because it is but a taste of what awaits.

    • @derekobrien3767
      @derekobrien3767 10 лет назад

      Your words or Carl's?

    • @thomashenry4798
      @thomashenry4798 10 лет назад +2

      I aint trying to sound like anything. Its what I think.
      And yes those are my words.

    • @Voltron4ev4
      @Voltron4ev4 10 лет назад +1

      Thomas Henry Respect.

  • @omniversosindios7953
    @omniversosindios7953 5 лет назад +5

    Strong words, powerful message for humanity

  • @JxH
    @JxH 4 месяца назад +1

    Once upon a time (2007?), I was on a trans-Pacific flight. I'd brought along the complete (original, Carl Sagan) Cosmos series on DVD, and I had a nice laptop capable of playing them. I watched the entire series from one end to the other. The *only* unplanned interruption was me saying "Chicken please" for the mid-flight dinner. Bliss.

  • @andyskeels8539
    @andyskeels8539 5 лет назад +6

    Still here in 2019, listening to the wisdom of Mr. Sagan 😊

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      The difference between knowledge and wisdom is suffering.

  • @mordantvistas4019
    @mordantvistas4019 8 лет назад +37

    Humans are like a rhinestone on the dress of an Oscar winner. Arrogantly believing that the entire show is designed around their little sparkle.

    • @mauriceweber2953
      @mauriceweber2953 6 лет назад

      not even

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      All of us has a soul that is divine and each of us has a different amount of black karma inhibiting us from recognise our divinity.....................falun dafa.

  • @toni4729
    @toni4729 2 года назад +1

    Thank you Carl, for your very existence.

  • @KougaJ7
    @KougaJ7 5 лет назад +4

    Indeed, a profound sermon on humility.

  • @hemidas
    @hemidas 7 лет назад +593

    If Sagan was born in the Middle Ages he would be either be revered as a saint or burned at a stake as a heretic.

    • @StanSwan
      @StanSwan 6 лет назад +54

      Jovan Mitrić
      Chances are he would have died before he was 4 years old.

    • @josephsorce2543
      @josephsorce2543 6 лет назад

      Ray Pellerin "true ... And, I was ... Just Kidding !"

    • @errolflynn4984
      @errolflynn4984 6 лет назад +11

      WELCOME....Fellow Heretics. Live long and prosper!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @95Ignac
      @95Ignac 6 лет назад +12

      Definitly burned

    • @howler9756
      @howler9756 6 лет назад +1

      Only ignorance would do such a thing!!

  • @TorgerVedeler-j8v
    @TorgerVedeler-j8v Год назад +1

    And yet, in all this vastness and wonder, there is only one of you, and one of me, and one Carl Sagan. I find that both extraordinary and humbling.

  • @FATillery
    @FATillery 4 года назад +5

    We are attached to the universe atomically, to earth chemically and to each other biologically. I am blessed to still be here today and for however many more days I have to live. Be safe all. Take care. Enjoy this ride called life.

  • @romulowingnut1701
    @romulowingnut1701 4 года назад +5

    Carl Edward Sagan. Meu primeiro herói. Foi maravilhoso ter 7 anos em 1980 e assistir sua série Cosmos. " Cosmos " mudou minha vida!. Que Deus o tenha no paraíso Carl. ❤ 🙏🏻

  • @think3rofficial
    @think3rofficial 2 года назад +2

    One thing is for sure, we’re part of this universe. We’re the part of the universe that understands itself, likely one among many other life forms. We’re the tiny and insignificant representatives of a beautiful and vast universe. Whether or not we’re important, we can always enjoy the small amount of freedom the universe has gifted us.

  • @At0micPunk90
    @At0micPunk90 10 лет назад +367

    “The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.”
    ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

    • @Sin526
      @Sin526 10 лет назад +29

      In my "humble" opinion, WE must become that benevolent force if we wish it to be so, as it most certainly does not currently exist as we might wish it.

    • @danpt2000
      @danpt2000 10 лет назад +4

      Sin526 How do dust become a benevolent force?

    • @Sin526
      @Sin526 10 лет назад +18

      danpt2000 One of the greatest wonders of the universe is that something truly grand and magnificent can spring from the most insignificant of things. Simple dust and gas combine to form wondrous forms such as galaxies, stars, planets, and even life itself.
      The fact is, we have the choice to become whatever we wish to be, and if what we choose ultimately turns out to be a benevolent force working throughout the universe to cultivate greater order and beauty from chaos, then we will be as close to God as it comes without being one with Him entirely.

    • @thebaconized4733
      @thebaconized4733 10 лет назад

      is there a particular video I can see this quote?

    • @ninosawbrzostowiecki1892
      @ninosawbrzostowiecki1892 10 лет назад +11

      But "benevolent" and "force" are subjective experiences of this reality. We cannot look beyond this reality, that's why I subscribe to the Muslim view of God: God cannot be given a form, or represented in any way, for it is beyond our conception which is forever bound to this reality. Knowing the universe is like knowing your own body, if all you had was your own eyes and had no mirrors, no ponds or even other people's reactions to base your ideas on. You could get somewhere I guess, but you would never see the inside (which constitutes most of your body), or know where any of it came from. The more I, as a scientist, search this vast wilderness of the cosmos, the more convinced I am that whatever the reason is, it is INFINITELY more superior than I am, for it eludes me perfectly. And therein I get my reassurance.

  • @flytier5161
    @flytier5161 8 лет назад +5

    A great great man ,never get fed up listening to him

  • @bobbyking2490
    @bobbyking2490 Год назад +1

    Beautiful.

  • @gingermeeder
    @gingermeeder 11 лет назад +5

    You have done a wonderful job on this delightful video montage. Thank-you, I have always had a secret(No more, lmfao) crush on Sagan...He made science, space, astronomy understandable to so many who struggle with concepts of the vastly infinite universe...

  • @poetryquotesgoodreads3430
    @poetryquotesgoodreads3430 4 года назад +16

    “My Existence”
    I exist somewhere in between,
    Yesterday’s sun,
    And tonight’s darkness,
    Standing on the edge of tomorrow,
    Waiting for a shooting star...💫
    I discovered this in a hauntingly beautiful poetry book,
    12:12 Midnight”
    by Danielle Ever Rose...
    It was a great read📚✨

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 3 года назад

      Not exactly. Earth is located between Heaven and Hell. Live a good life and return here, an evil life, bring an asbestos suit.

    • @poetryquotesgoodreads3430
      @poetryquotesgoodreads3430 3 года назад

      @@jeffforsythe9514 it’s just poetry, it’s how this person feels, it’s not saying where the earth is, it’s probably saying where that person’s mind is at. Just waiting for a shooting start.✌️✨

  • @LiliLili-dv4qc
    @LiliLili-dv4qc 4 года назад +1

    You miss us so much, Carl! You mind, your voice, your wisdom! Thank you for all!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 4 года назад

      He was just a clown.
      Carl Sagan "The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be."
      Carl Sagan, "I can’t imagine anyone denying the existence of the laws of nature, but I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky."
      More from the fool, "It’s perfectly possible that the universe is infinitely old and therefore uncaused. In fact, there are detailed cosmological models that hold such a view and that are consistent with everything we know. To my mind, it seems not fully satisfactory to say that there was a first cause. That seems to postpone dealing with the problem rather than solving it. If we say “God” made the universe, then surely the next question is, “Who made God?” If we say “God” was always here, why not say the universe was always here? If we say that the question “Where did God come from?” is too tough for us poor mortals to understand, then why not say that the question of, “Where did the universe come from?” is too tough for us mortals? In what way, exactly, does the God hypothesis advance our knowledge of cosmology? What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?"
      from: www.uscatholic.org/articles/202001/god-and-carl-sagan-cosmos-big-enough-both-them-31939
      Read the article. Have a vomit bag or trash can nearby for what a hypocritical, lying, mocking, disgusting, foolish person he was.
      Now, Carl the fool NEVER can get around these laws and what the lead to...
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      ....yet the buffoon thinks creation happened naturally, but the idiot says, "What predictions does it make on which the hypothesis will stand or fall?" as the crap-for-brains ignores the CLEAR science that creation had to happen by God supernaturally! Still, the fool who ignores the laws farted out, "I don’t know of any compelling evidence for the old man in the sky." Notice his mocking God, "man in the sky" as if that makes him look smart as he completely ignores the evidence.
      His question, "Who made God?" is as dumb as he is.
      So in his way of foolish thinking, if a supernatural creator created the natural realm, then that supernatural creator who created the natural realm with its natural laws has then become also bound by those natural laws the supernatural creator created. So explain why a supernatural creator is also bound by the laws the supernatural creator created. Or, show how smart you are and just give your science for creation happening naturally and don't forget to give your science how the natural laws were created, too. If he wanted to act smart, it may be a good idea to actually show you are.
      Sagan the imbecile will at some point face his Maker for his judgment of what he believed in this life. His extreme shame and regret was all his choice. He wanted to be a hypocritical bozo. Then he'll be thrown into the lake of fire. It will be his 'The End' and be remembered no more. ALL his choice and for others who follow that fool.

  • @rahulramesh4922
    @rahulramesh4922 6 лет назад +3

    The greatest sermon of all times!!

  • @Data_on_trail
    @Data_on_trail Год назад +9

    James Webb Space Telescope has even now revealed to us that the galaxies actually number in the trillions. The more we learn, the less important we are, at least in the universes grand scheme.

    • @eminc4135
      @eminc4135 2 месяца назад

      I disagree, if we're the only sign of intelligent life in a Universe filled with galaxies in the trillions, we actually matter far more.