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Carl Sagan in 1996 - how prophetic (Original Post)
iluvtennis
Aug 2017
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Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)1. K&R! nt
SJMULE
(193 posts)2. and a reporter for The Blaze
is acknowledging this? Odd
FM123
(10,054 posts)3. Love Carl Sagan - especially when he says "billions and billions" 😀
One of my favorite quotes by him is:
"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
(Are you listening Trump?)
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)4. I read Demon-Haunted World in 1997... and it changed my life.
My worldview changed.
It was the reverse of what the Pepes call "red-pilling".
I became a liberal. I began using my brain.
BASE
(44 posts)5. Wow, he nailed it. Except Dumb and Dumber is an awesome movie.
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)6. Two posts on DU this morning quoting Carl Sagan
And I love it!
Funny how so many of us are recalling the good professor's words in these dark days.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)7. Sagan was a Sage for all time.
H2O Man
(73,623 posts)8. Recommended.
It's a powerful book ....like his others!