Dr. Lucky Tran Nov 9, 2024
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
Show threadstarkraving666Nov 9, 2024

@luckytran I was with him until the second half where he arrived at the "dumbing down" conclusion, which itself is such a tired, facile take that ignores all of the material conditions he just identified. Swing and a miss.

Still appreciate the post though

Show threadmadopalNov 10, 2024
@starkraving666 @luckytran Which is also an interesting point that he lamented Beavis & Butthead, written & created by the same man who did Idiocracy, which illustrated the same point he mistakenly attributed to that show.
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@madopal haha true!!
Nov 10, 2024 at 12:01amWeb