Tag Archives: Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot

Posted on October 5, 2021 by peNdantry

Carl Sagan’s marvellous, awe-inspiring ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech puts Life, the Universe, and Everything* into perspective.

“Be humble, for you are made of dung. Be noble, for you are made of stars.” – Serbian proverb

* Carl would have been 86 now. Which is 42 (in base 21). Continue reading →

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From 1985: Warnings from Carl Sagan and Al Gore (Take Two)

Posted on June 22, 2021 by peNdantry

Climate deniers will have a hard time explaining these to their grandchildren, the kids who are now woke to the disasters they’ve been served by blindness and greed. Astounding find by climatestate. Source: Climate Denial Crock of the Week I … Continue reading →

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Planet of The Idiots: a lecture by Carl Sagan

Posted on August 26, 2020 by peNdantry

Disclaimer: this lecture is actually entitled ‘The Age of Exploration’, but I think my title is more appropriate. Let’s make a planet in which nobody is starving. Let’s make a planet in which men and women have equal access to … Continue reading →

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A marble: floating in the middle of nothing

Posted on May 18, 2018 by peNdantry

The Long Slow Goodbye Our world is dying. We are killing it. We pride ourselves on our adaptability, Yet we are locked in an anachronistic worldview: One that deludes us into believing That what once was will ever be. It’s … Continue reading →

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From 1985: Warnings from Carl Sagan and Al Gore

Posted on March 11, 2018 by peNdantry

Addendum 22Jun2021 Why is nothing ever simple? This post was originally a standard reblog, from Peter Sinclair’s ‘climate crocks’ site, of a post consisting mainly of a YouTube video. I noticed quite by chance recently that the video in Peter’s … Continue reading →

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We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself

Posted on February 10, 2018 by peNdantry

As a prelude to an article I’m working on now that I plan to publish shortly, I offer you Carl Sagan’s words… The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be. Our contemplations of the Cosmos … Continue reading →

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