Posted by  thepete
on Wednesday, October 12th at
1:34 PM. [link]
Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring — not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive.
Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
This is why, for now, I think the human race is doomed. We seem to be terminally distracted by petty, useless things while our world nears a point where it can no longer support our existence. Hell, so many people treat the economy like a living creature with a right and a need to exist. No one ever points out that the economy exists to serve humankind—to help make our lives easier. So we piss on our planet because using a toilet would cost too much money.
If there was an alternative to Earth, I’d choose it right about now.
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Posted by thepete
on Monday, September 26th at
12:50 PM. [link]
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
#Indeed.
It’s also common in the media, schools, social situations, and more! In fact, humans don’t like uncomfortable ideas, period.
Huh, I guess that’s why it’s called “UNcomfortable”.
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Posted by thepete
on Monday, May 2nd at
3:47 PM. [link]
Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
Carl Sagan (via hcdragon)
LOL
TOTALLY WORTH IT, MAN!!
#sarcasm (Source: ikenbot)
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Posted by thepete
on Sunday, April 24th at
2:37 PM. [link]
This vast number of worlds, the enormous scale of the universe, in my view, has been taken into account, even superficially, in virtually no religion, and especially no Western religions.
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Posted by thepete
on Saturday, November 6th at
12:45 PM. [link]
Carl Sagan auto-reblog/RT!!
To celebrate his legacy at the 76th anniversary of his birth (November 9, 1934), and to increase public involvement in the excitement of astronomy and space exploration, a local coalition of science and reason-based organizations announces the SECOND ANNUAL CARL SAGAN DAY, NOV. 6 2010.
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Posted by thepete
on Thursday, October 7th at
10:23 PM. [link]
 “Don’t forget, no billboards in space. Love, Carl”
sagansapien:
Yes.
Sadly, too many people will ask: “Then why go, if we can’t make some money?”
And those people are idiots. (Source: thexvader)
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Posted by thepete
on Thursday, August 12th at
3:30 PM. [link]
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