Yes; an unacceptably large portion of the American population ARE "stooopid"... just look at the Republican Party and observe who they voted for. Pathetic.
He didn't predict anything in this clip. He didn't guess or assume something. He just addressed the truth about the lack of real science being addressed in the news in our country. Something that has always been the case. But sure, Trump is the greatest president. That's what I'm hearing from you through ignorance.
Nah if you just researched you would know. Religion is still more mainstream then any other belief system. You can actually just look up what why and how someone got a Nobel prize. U my good sir are experiencing objective reality based on propaganda.
Sometimes when I think about how irrational the world is I get really depressed. Listening to people like Carl advocate for academia and knowledge makes me both happy and sad.
So true! I met a journalist from a major local newspaper and he was complaining he put in solar water heater in his house and the water was coming out too hot. I took a look at it and true, the water was very hot. I asked him: why is there no cold water faucet, so you can mix the hot and cold? With a solar heater the water is kept at a single temperature. To get warm water you have to mix the hot with cold water. Neither the Newspaper man nor his plumber thought of this. He did not know what I was talking about. Major newspaper, responsible to inform millions of people yet he did not have a clue about basic plumbing, nor concept of heat/water/solar, nor did his plumber! Wtf these people do all day at newsrooms? They are completely stoopid and ignorant of the physical world. Unbelievable!
@@danieljohnson2662do you understand rocket science or physics? it's unbelievably moronic to think someone is "stoopid" because they don't understand something outside of their field. no one is an expert in everything, clown.
I think many have become more stupid since Carl Sagan passed away in 1996 because Internet has made it much easier to spread anti-scientific disinformation.
Mainstream entertainment , not only has "dumbed down" the masses, but connected the masses to a widespread groupthink to the point that individuals who resist the dumbing down are considered bizarre outliers.
He's right, everyone is too busy with self gratification to care, and the media wants to get paid so astrology is about the reader not about someone else's accomplishments.
The journalists are too stupid to understand most basic science subjects, so they avoid it to report on things like astrology, sports, business, etc. Furthermore, the American public is likewise too stupid to understand and also would rather partake in more mundane topics. The American public has only grown exponentially more uneducated since Sagan’s time.
This is the plan. As the late George Carlin once said; the owners of America don't want smart ppl. This goes against their interests. They don't want a public smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and discuss how badly their being screwed over by the 1%.
Important to note, Sagan is not saying the American public is stupid. He’s saying that’s what the media thinks and implies when they gloss over or don’t show anything of substance scientifically.
I used to think he was born at least 100 years too early for people to understand him. Now I have finally come to the conclusion that he was born exactly when he was meant to be born. However, I have also learned that over 80% of the population wouldn't understand him, no matter when he emerged. We need more Carls for sure, but we need to fix that 80% first. That was on his top agenda anyway.
@@ruilopes00 Are we? 80% still can't even correctly explain why do we have seasons on our planet. Go ahead, ask some guys by a coffe machine in your office,
@funlover1977 you just proved to be among the many or few whom believe Americans (Sagan's words) or in your words 80% of people to be too stupid to understand when science is put before them. Have a rethink!
I remember when the Sky At Night used to come on the BBC Now, I can't even remember when it was last on! I don't even watch TV at all now Every single broadcast is braindead reality TV
When we do have quiz shows on UK television, it's sad how so many contestants struggle to answer even the most basic science questions. And as a Christian, I'm sitting there screaming out the answers🤣!
@@letsomethingshine good thing there are still community radio stations all over the country. There are also critical news programs and independent thinkers. Other than NPR. Additionally, people are free to listen to the BBC, Canadian broadcasting stations, and Deutsche Welle, etc..
The miracle of radio was given over to sell soap. The miracle of TV was given over to sell deodorant and toothpaste. The miracle of the internet is drowning in paid advertising.
He wasn't predicting the future. He was identifying how things already were. These perverse incentives have existed for as long as the profit motive has been the driving force of society and economy.
His life's work was an immeasurable gift to all of humanity. His unwavering efforts were to better us through deeper understanding. He was one of my greatest heros.
The man would be horrified but not surprised by the fact that absurdities and misinformation had become a dominant aspect of shaping public and political opinion. He would not be surprised to see that the proclivity for misinformation is strongest in those who always had their thinking warped by religion, but the extent and degree by which ideas in people‘s mind have become detached from reality.
This isn't a prediction though. It's an analysis of media at the time (it hasn't changed anyway). Noam Chomsky laid it out very clearly in "Manufacturing consent", using news stories from Sagan's time. I recommend giving it a read.
Carl Sagan was such a truthful, articulate communicator, and a tremendous scientist, what he said then, all those years ago, is sadly still true of today.
I remember one of the episodes from The Newsroom, explaining that when the News Hour was created at the beginning of television, they didn't foresee what the power of advertisement would be and how it affects the quality vs. ratings ratio in the News shows. Something that was supposed to be an hour to provide public service as part of the requirements for a permit to utilize a broadcasting frequency, became just another show competing for ratings.
I think Sagan would be absolutely astounded and ecstatic to see the sheer amount of vast knowledge we can get within seconds at our fingertips in todays age. However, he'd be disgusted at how many people lack the ability or will to seek such knowledge, or seek misinformation to spread
And after he died, we are still going worsening with less science promotion and more of distractive subjects. People nowadays can't read a single paragraph of a good book or a useful article. There is a new culture. I call it the microwave concept. Which is also called "the instant gratification". No time for a profound thinking and research. He said it himself: "short term advantage for the Network ( for people), and long term disaster for the country". I am afraid it will get even worse with the introduction of Ai. No more thinking or researching for yourself. Let Ai do it faster and now.
Carl Sagan is truly one of the most natural, amazing people ever to exist. Listening to him brings a sort of intellectual comfort to me. It calms me down and makes me realize that there is more to life than what we see today.
This is also why religion is so popular. Science needs proof for questions, including ones like “Why are we here?” or “Is there an afterlife?” Religion gives simple, warm and fuzzy answers that people like and since they actually have an answer, regardless of 0 evidence, then lots of people will choose religion over science.
The sad thing is, not only was this fellow right, what he argued is still right now and will be right in xⁿ years too. We meed to stop dumbing down and educate up - someone somewhere knows or will find out the answer to ANY question
I am brittish English. When I was in my teens, Carl Sagan's cosmos tv series was shown here on BBC. The Physics Teachers at my school then instructed us to watch the series as our lessons were actually covering a lot of what Carl Sagan was saying in Cosmos. He was an awesome man, who had so much passion for Science specially in the field of Physics and Astro Physics
The issue is that there is a difference between critiquing the media and outright dismissing it where the title of this short seems to suggest that Sagan is dismissing the media when all he's doing is critiquing how the media focuses on astrology instead of science.
When the Top Priority is Always a short-term Money gain, Nothing will Ever Change. Mindset Adjusting is the Key, it is Very Hard to do but we gotta start Now & change it a little by little every single day. Thats the Only Hope.
The thing is that the average American isn’t smart enough to understand, it’s that either nobody explains it or at least doesn’t explain it in an adequate way. The main problem with that is that they aren’t used to talking to average people about what they do, but with other scientists who already have a pretty substantial understanding of the topic.
Politicians, where is the legally enforced science and engineering time and space in the media? Some countries have rules to include science and engineering, like China. China is outcompetiting everyone on development, results, manufacturing. China is only 3 years behind Intel in CPUs. They've hired the top people from TSMC. We need science and engineering to be awarded, praised, interestingly covered and reported on.
When I went online and discovered science news channels that were just 99% of the time positive news, it really made me so much happier... there's a reason people don't buy papers in as great a number these days.
He was, and still is, a real influencer. Thanks, Mr. Sagan.
You gotta love Sagan, especially if you have a curious mind. I'm sorry I didn't watch as much of Cosmos as I would have liked to.
To live in the hearts of people is to never die
Yes; an unacceptably large portion of the American population ARE "stooopid"... just look at the Republican Party and observe who they voted for. Pathetic.
A real Jew
Not an influencer, he was a professor with a PhD in Physics.
He nailed it. And here we are 50 years later exactly how he predicted.
This video was took in the 90s idk how that’s 50 years ago
He didn't predict anything in this clip. He didn't guess or assume something. He just addressed the truth about the lack of real science being addressed in the news in our country. Something that has always been the case.
But sure, Trump is the greatest president. That's what I'm hearing from you through ignorance.
He was saying it 50 years ago.
You have just proved his point. @richardbazlamit4530
We miss you, Sir !
Indeed, we do.
He was an arrogant man who refused to open to the idea that God has wisdom.
@@robertdouglas8895that’s why he is called a scientist..!
@@johnfox9939 There is another world besides the one we perceive with the senses.
I'm here from the future to confirm this man's predictions are true.
It was the media back then that was shitty also. They’ve only gotten worse.
I've seen the future. It doesn't work 😕
I think that Future was already Present in this Past video.😊
I mean there’s a lot of tech news nowadays, AI/drones/bloch chain/big tech companies etc
Nah if you just researched you would know. Religion is still more mainstream then any other belief system. You can actually just look up what why and how someone got a Nobel prize. U my good sir are experiencing objective reality based on propaganda.
he was brilliant absolutely brilliant.
Brilliant maybe, but not wise. Wisdom comes from Knowing G-d.
What a wonderful man he was.
Sometimes when I think about how irrational the world is I get really depressed. Listening to people like Carl advocate for academia and knowledge makes me both happy and sad.
I too think and feel like this. We have replaced the celebration of intelligence and dignity, with the celebration of controversy and idiocy.
And now academia is no longer rational
@@mike_nelsonhow did it happen.
@@mike_nelsonand mediocrity...
@@mccaboysocial media, the 'instant gratification' generation, the throw away society...
The journalists don’t understand, so they assume no one else will either
So true! I met a journalist from a major local newspaper and he was complaining he put in solar water heater in his house and the water was coming out too hot.
I took a look at it and true, the water was very hot.
I asked him: why is there no cold water faucet, so you can mix the hot and cold?
With a solar heater the water is kept at a single temperature. To get warm water you have to mix the hot with cold water.
Neither the Newspaper man nor his plumber thought of this.
He did not know what I was talking about.
Major newspaper, responsible to inform millions of people yet he did not have a clue about basic plumbing, nor concept of heat/water/solar, nor did his plumber!
Wtf these people do all day at newsrooms?
They are completely stoopid and ignorant of the physical world.
Unbelievable!
Nah. They are puppets to the people that tell them what to write/ cover.
you are projecting lol
@@danieljohnson2662do you understand rocket science or physics? it's unbelievably moronic to think someone is "stoopid" because they don't understand something outside of their field. no one is an expert in everything, clown.
@@danieljohnson2662you're angry at the journalist and not the plumber? sounds like you're the real moron here.
We still need you Carl. Even after all these years, people are still too stupid.
I think many have become more stupid since Carl Sagan passed away in 1996 because Internet has made it much easier to spread anti-scientific disinformation.
They've gotten even more stupid, I believe.
He was actually trying to say the opposite. Ironically, you may have proven your own point.😂😂😂
Mainstream entertainment , not only has "dumbed down" the masses, but connected the masses to a widespread groupthink to the point that individuals who resist the dumbing down are considered bizarre outliers.
He's right, everyone is too busy with self gratification to care, and the media wants to get paid so astrology is about the reader not about someone else's accomplishments.
The man was special!
He understood what's gonna happen. He explained it in 1 minute. Hail Carl Sagan.
“…The American public are too stupid to understand…” let that sink in for a minute. 👀🤯
Well they certainly are now.
The journalists are too stupid to understand most basic science subjects, so they avoid it to report on things like astrology, sports, business, etc. Furthermore, the American public is likewise too stupid to understand and also would rather partake in more mundane topics. The American public has only grown exponentially more uneducated since Sagan’s time.
This is the plan. As the late George Carlin once said; the owners of America don't want smart ppl. This goes against their interests. They don't want a public smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and discuss how badly their being screwed over by the 1%.
It’s true. And it’s killing this country.
Important to note, Sagan is not saying the American public is stupid. He’s saying that’s what the media thinks and implies when they gloss over or don’t show anything of substance scientifically.
THE BEST TEACHER I NEVER HAD, AN IDOL FOR SCIENCE🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I used to think he was born at least 100 years too early for people to understand him. Now I have finally come to the conclusion that he was born exactly when he was meant to be born. However, I have also learned that over 80% of the population wouldn't understand him, no matter when he emerged.
We need more Carls for sure, but we need to fix that 80% first. That was on his top agenda anyway.
This speculative romanticism is wholly worthless.
So true!!! But many want to stay ignorant
We are more science aware nowadays. Inlike to believe he did his contribution to that achievement
@@ruilopes00 Are we? 80% still can't even correctly explain why do we have seasons on our planet. Go ahead, ask some guys by a coffe machine in your office,
@funlover1977
you just proved to be among the many or few whom believe Americans (Sagan's words) or in your words 80% of people to be too stupid to understand when science is put before them.
Have a rethink!
He is absolutely right.
The only real science education on TV is on PBS.
😂😂😂😂
You sir, clearly have not watched Ancient Aliens or Swamp Monsters.
the science education of men giving birth and identifying as other kin.
PBS, I love it, I watch it all the time! I think more people should watch it also. We might end up with a smarter world! 😊
@@Dylonicus get back to your storage wars
Wow, is Carl talking about 2023? The news media uses drama instead of facts.
No, he’s just talking about the purpose of the media, keep people stupidly entertain!
.....LAMESTREAM MEDIA......
Bruh the media has been using drama since the inception of the printing press
Damn he was so ahead of her s time!!!
he wasn't a prophet or ahead of his time (I mean in some ways he was but not for this), it's just that nothing changed in 40 years.
The truth and nothing but the truth!
Believe me . We have the same issue here in the UK.
And Australia....
I remember when the Sky At Night used to come on the BBC
Now, I can't even remember when it was last on!
I don't even watch TV at all now
Every single broadcast is braindead reality TV
Religion has infected the entire world so as a race we are still primitive in our thinking.
And you at least have BBC
When we do have quiz shows on UK television, it's sad how so many contestants struggle to answer even the most basic science questions. And as a Christian, I'm sitting there screaming out the answers🤣!
I love Carl Sagan
Me too
Same here. I don't know if he loves us, nor do I care. That's the difference between science and religion.
One of the greatest yumans
I worship him
Carl Sagan being his typical salient self. God Bless.
He would correct you about God with his famous quote about The Universe.
Check it out.
He would probably say Spinoza's god.
This is what happens when you don’t have public TV and radio
“You get fake public TV and fake public radio, stop pissing off our rich owners!” ~ Both Parties easily bought off for marketing money.
@@letsomethingshine good thing there are still community radio stations all over the country. There are also critical news programs and independent thinkers. Other than NPR. Additionally, people are free to listen to the BBC, Canadian broadcasting stations, and Deutsche Welle, etc..
Wrong. America has had both for decades and we’re getting dumber. Ps public radio and tv were bought and paid for decades ago
The miracle of radio was given over to sell soap. The miracle of TV was given over to sell deodorant and toothpaste. The miracle of the internet is drowning in paid advertising.
Russia has entered the chat.
Long term disaster for all of humanity
Sagan is absolutely right. Unfortunately not much has changed since then.
He wasn't predicting the future. He was identifying how things already were. These perverse incentives have existed for as long as the profit motive has been the driving force of society and economy.
When I was a kid the local newspaper had a science column, "Why Daddy?"
Sounds like a religious column
Never heard the man talking, but the voice is exactly what you would expect.
I wish I could hear his take on the current information dystopia. We miss you Carl.
He would be more animated and pissed off, lol. He'd tear his own hair out and bang his head against the desk. 😂
He was a great speaker and thinker. Truly a loss when he passed.
carl is spinning in a quantum superposition in his grave
Or is he?
@@ronalda.geobey8042 =O
@@ronalda.geobey8042 Ah! I see what you did there! 👍
@@ronalda.geobey8042heh, good one
Thank you Professor… you opened many doors to many of us !
Carl, George Carlin could tell you.
His life's work was an immeasurable gift to all of humanity. His unwavering efforts were to better us through deeper understanding. He was one of my greatest heros.
We lost a great great man.This country is quite lost now.
Sadly, money moves the world. If an article doesn’t make a profit, as vital for people as could be, it won’t get published .
He was spot on.
No, he wasn’t.
@thedon Yes, he precisely was.
@@bigdaddydrip4452 no, he wasn’t. Mad?
@@thedon1570 You dog brain.
@@thedon1570 And how old are you? What religion?
The man would be horrified but not surprised by the fact that absurdities and misinformation had become a dominant aspect of shaping public and political opinion. He would not be surprised to see that the proclivity for misinformation is strongest in those who always had their thinking warped by religion, but the extent and degree by which ideas in people‘s mind have become detached from reality.
Yup he warned us but I don’t think even he could of foreseen how bad things would get
Such a great interlect, capable of predictions of the future which is now our reality.
He was prophetic as always. If he could only see how right he would be.
What a smart, caring man. You were a treasure and you are missed!
Short term/long term differential was devastating! This is global, not just America.
Facts! He nails it perfectly. If you can't explain it plainly, you don't really know what you're talking about
Thank you Carl for taking the time to teach
And reach as many people as you did and continue to do even after you been gone
R.I.P
He’d be aghast at what we have become.
He saw it and tried telling us; his ideas are based on truth and as such timeless.
He predicted exactly what we've become, even predicted Twitter and RUclips shorts before they even existed
This isn't a prediction though. It's an analysis of media at the time (it hasn't changed anyway). Noam Chomsky laid it out very clearly in "Manufacturing consent", using news stories from Sagan's time. I recommend giving it a read.
Scientific understanding has declined so much, that there are many people now who don't even understand the difference between men and women.
Carl Sagan was such a truthful, articulate communicator, and a tremendous scientist, what he said then, all those years ago, is sadly still true of today.
My childhood hero, along with Richard Feynman.
Still my aspirations 31yrs later.
If we had more personalities like Mr Sagans',the earth would be a better place. I really missed him
What a treasure he was. This place feels closer to Idiocracy every day.
I remember one of the episodes from The Newsroom, explaining that when the News Hour was created at the beginning of television, they didn't foresee what the power of advertisement would be and how it affects the quality vs. ratings ratio in the News shows.
Something that was supposed to be an hour to provide public service as part of the requirements for a permit to utilize a broadcasting frequency, became just another show competing for ratings.
I think Sagan would be absolutely astounded and ecstatic to see the sheer amount of vast knowledge we can get within seconds at our fingertips in todays age. However, he'd be disgusted at how many people lack the ability or will to seek such knowledge, or seek misinformation to spread
Dr. Carl Sagan.... legendary RIP
"short term advantage for the network, long term disaster for the country"... carl sagan was a tremendous explainer
The entire world is missing your wisdom❤
Short term gain for a long term disaster. So beautifully said.
And after he died, we are still going worsening with less science promotion and more of distractive subjects. People nowadays can't read a single paragraph of a good book or a useful article.
There is a new culture. I call it the microwave concept. Which is also called "the instant gratification".
No time for a profound thinking and research.
He said it himself: "short term advantage for the Network ( for people), and long term disaster for the country".
I am afraid it will get even worse with the introduction of Ai. No more thinking or researching for yourself. Let Ai do it faster and now.
Humanity is ****ed
This question hits hard and the answer is why we're in the situation we're in
What a badass
Oh we need people like this open minded , brilliant man🇿🇦
Dear Carl. You are missed.
Carl Sagan is truly one of the most natural, amazing people ever to exist. Listening to him brings a sort of intellectual comfort to me. It calms me down and makes me realize that there is more to life than what we see today.
Reading his books changed the rest of my life.
Mr Sagan was way ahead of his time... Wow..
The problem is gossip columns don't understand science.
I think the idea here is the media should form an accurate observation of the physical world around us so we are not easily misled.
...and here we are today!! Carl was the standard we all should be reaching for.
This is also why religion is so popular. Science needs proof for questions, including ones like “Why are we here?” or “Is there an afterlife?” Religion gives simple, warm and fuzzy answers that people like and since they actually have an answer, regardless of 0 evidence, then lots of people will choose religion over science.
😊Dr. Carl was absolutely right
Carl Sagan was predictong the trajectory of the republican party which, as we know today, has come to pass.
Exhibit #1 Donald Trump...
He left us with so much but yet we use so little. 🙏🏿
They WANTED stupid consumers, NEVER critical thinkers.
Damn, Carl. I was a fan, have been for decades. Now you’re my hero.
This man foresaw so many problems, truly a prophet of science
The teachings of Professor Sagan, should be compulsory in all high schools/secondary schools throughout the western world.
The sad thing is, not only was this fellow right, what he argued is still right now and will be right in xⁿ years too. We meed to stop dumbing down and educate up - someone somewhere knows or will find out the answer to ANY question
And they all ignored him
We really suffered losing this man.
I am brittish English. When I was in my teens, Carl Sagan's cosmos tv series was shown here on BBC. The Physics Teachers at my school then instructed us to watch the series as our lessons were actually covering a lot of what Carl Sagan was saying in Cosmos.
He was an awesome man, who had so much passion for Science specially in the field of Physics and Astro Physics
The issue is that there is a difference between critiquing the media and outright dismissing it where the title of this short seems to suggest that Sagan is dismissing the media when all he's doing is critiquing how the media focuses on astrology instead of science.
And we watched this on a RUclips short.
and we have people burning books and scaring dedicated public servants out of education roles. Its frightening
I hope he’s my guardian angel 👼! Peace ☮️ be with you Carl!
Carl Sagan was my hero, as a kid. If they put a science section near the comics, I'm certain that would have been my favorite part.
Another example of Sagan being ahead of his time. This is why I adore him so much.
And even to understand this doesn't take a minute. Genius.
When the Top Priority is Always a short-term Money gain, Nothing will Ever Change.
Mindset Adjusting is the Key, it is Very Hard to do but we gotta start Now & change it a little by little every single day. Thats the Only Hope.
Literally EVERY WORD IS GOLD.
A man ahead of his time
Think how many Americans have had their hopes and dreams snuffed out because someone told them "its not important, dont think about it."
Sagan is sorely missed.
The thing is that the average American isn’t smart enough to understand, it’s that either nobody explains it or at least doesn’t explain it in an adequate way. The main problem with that is that they aren’t used to talking to average people about what they do, but with other scientists who already have a pretty substantial understanding of the topic.
Politicians, where is the legally enforced science and engineering time and space in the media?
Some countries have rules to include science and engineering, like China.
China is outcompetiting everyone on development, results, manufacturing.
China is only 3 years behind Intel in CPUs. They've hired the top people from TSMC.
We need science and engineering to be awarded, praised, interestingly covered and reported on.
Just remember, their goal isn’t to inform you. Their goal is to sell ad space
Sad but true. The sad thing is that this will be true in 2040 also
By then, it perhaps will be the explanation, why the US went down..
When I went online and discovered science news channels that were just 99% of the time positive news, it really made me so much happier... there's a reason people don't buy papers in as great a number these days.
Why can't more of our leaders be like this? Calm and intelligent, instead of loud mouth idiots spewing hate and paranoia
Marjorie Taylor Greene comes to mind reading your comment. She's the absolute worst.
Bingo! We’re living the “long term” Sagan was talking about.
His voice is like treacle on my soul.
Someone so absurdly advanced and visionary for his ages, it still gives me chills. It can't be clearer and well explained.
They got me! Here i am watching a short about not watching short form media
I wish he was still with us. ❤