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Carl Sagan foresees Donald Trump and Theodore Cruz (Original Post) zebonaut Apr 2016 OP
Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Apr 2016 #1
Carl Sagan has helped form my thinking since the book Cosmos came out ybbor Apr 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author IHateTheGOP Apr 2016 #4
I showed Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos in my class ybbor Apr 2016 #7
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I remember how good he made me feel Plucketeer Apr 2016 #5
What a prophetic person RoccoR5955 Apr 2016 #6
... diverdownjt Apr 2016 #8

ybbor

(1,555 posts)
2. Carl Sagan has helped form my thinking since the book Cosmos came out
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 08:22 AM
Apr 2016

He and now Neil deGrasse Tyson are two of my heroes. They are such amazing torch bearers for the scientific community. Their ability to take such complex ideas and concepts and break them down into more easily understandable pieces is/was so influential.

As an educator I can only hope to one day have their charisma and low-key approach to such gigantic concepts.

Carl Sagan is awesome!

We are lucky that he was so influential on so many, unfortunately perhaps not enough, of us that we do have a strong scientific mindset in this country. We need to wrestle it back from the evangelicals who are taking us backward to the stone-age.

Thank you for sharing this. My day is already starting off right, er correct.

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ybbor

(1,555 posts)
7. I showed Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos in my class
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:21 PM
Apr 2016

Some of the fundamentalist kids really were annoyed. I was secretly glad.

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Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
5. I remember how good he made me feel
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 10:45 AM
Apr 2016

the first time I'd heard him talk about how religion and science were at odds. This helped me to realize that I really did have a "faith". I had a faith in science. Indeed, we really aren't alone - those of us with the power of objective perception. Thanks Carl.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
6. What a prophetic person
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 11:35 AM
Apr 2016

Not to mention a great human being.
He left us too early.
Oh, how I miss him.

diverdownjt

(702 posts)
8. ...
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 02:33 PM
Apr 2016

He is my favorite human being. His ability to think and then put into words for us to unserstand
was amazing.

Still missing you Carl!!!!

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