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#CarlSagan Issues a Chilling Warning About the Decline of #Scientific #Thinking in #America:
Watch His Final Interview (1996)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/carl-sagan-issues-a-chilling-warning-about-the-decline-of-scientific-thinking-in-america.html

Carl Sagan Issues a Chilling Warning About the Decline of Scientific Thinking in America: Watch His Final Interview (1996)

Whenever Sagan appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson during the 70s and 80s, his goal was to connect with everyday Americans -- people who didn't subscribe to Scientific American -- and increase the public's understanding and appreciation of science.

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Marcus Reynolds 1d ago

We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about.

#CarlSagan #Cosmos, 1981

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Kai Rüsberg

3d ago

A bonmot by #CarlSagan:

They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

I would add: with Trump they lost their humour!

Kai Rüsberg

3d ago

I do celebrate this!
The most visionary interview with #CarlSagan 1996:

"If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along ... people had to be educated and they had to practice their skepticism and their education. Otherwise we don't run the government; the government runs us." https://charlierose.com/videos/9094

Carl Sagan - Charlie Rose

Astronomer Carl Sagan on his book, "The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark."

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD 4d ago

#CarlSagan made this point about our moral failings in the 1980s, when the US ranked 19th for preventing #InfantMortality. We are now in 45th place, and 55th if self-governing territories are counted. American policy maximizes profit for #oligarchs and fucks over the rest of us.

Pottery by Osa 6d ago

#NowWatching #Cosmos #CarlSagan https://cosmicperspective.com/carl-sagan-cosmos/

Watch Carl Sagan's Cosmos - Cosmic Perspective

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking series, ‘Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,’ originally aired more than four decades ago, leaving an indelible mark on viewers with its profound exploration of the universe and our place within it. Recently made available for a new generation, this timeless journey into the cosmos serves as a wellspring of […]

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Turin Turambar Apr 12

🚨 Science is under threat.
Massive funding cuts to NASA, NIH & NSF could set us back decades — or even a generation.

This isn’t just about labs and telescopes. It’s about cures for cancer. GPS. MRI machines. The internet.
All built on basic research — by people who had no idea their work would one day change the world.

💡 Every $1 invested in science returns $2–3 in economic growth.
But more than that — science is human curiosity in action. It's how we dream bigger. It's how we move forward.

If we abandon it now, what future are we even fighting for?
🌌 “We float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.” – Carl Sagan

✍️ Want to help? Write your reps. Speak up for science.
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#StandUpForScience #FundScience #STEM #CarlSagan #NASA #NIH #NSF #SaveScience #StayCurious

https://youtu.be/ABU06LDZpfY

In Defense of Science

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DerBrumme Apr 11

Vorsatz: Immer wenn ich schlechte Nachrichten höre - und deren Frequenz steigt leider expotenziell - dann rufe ich mir Carl Sagans Pale Blue Dot in Erinnerung. Hilft, ein bisschen. Zumindest rückt es die Perspektive wieder bissel zurecht.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcxjprhTGM

#carlsagan #palebluedot #trump

Carl Sagan - Pale blue dot (Best version - High Quality - Subtitles)

“Pale blue dot” - Carl Sagan, 1990, high quality, cleaned audio, improved version, synchronized with "Spiegel im Spiegel" - Arvo Pärt, 1978.Become human & de...

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