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Carl Sagan in 1996 - how prophetic (Original Post) iluvtennis Aug 2017 OP
K&R! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2017 #1
and a reporter for The Blaze SJMULE Aug 2017 #2
Love Carl Sagan - especially when he says "billions and billions" 😀 FM123 Aug 2017 #3
I read Demon-Haunted World in 1997... and it changed my life. scheming daemons Aug 2017 #4
Wow, he nailed it. Except Dumb and Dumber is an awesome movie. BASE Aug 2017 #5
Two posts on DU this morning quoting Carl Sagan TeapotInATempest Aug 2017 #6
Sagan was a Sage for all time. democratisphere Aug 2017 #7
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2017 #8

FM123

(10,054 posts)
3. Love Carl Sagan - especially when he says "billions and billions" 😀
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 11:02 AM
Aug 2017

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.
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 11:02 AM
Aug 2017

My worldview changed.

It was the reverse of what the Pepes call "red-pilling".

I became a liberal. I began using my brain.

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)
6. Two posts on DU this morning quoting Carl Sagan
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 12:29 PM
Aug 2017

And I love it!

Funny how so many of us are recalling the good professor's words in these dark days.

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