Comments on: Happy Saganseve, Everybody http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: inkadinka12 http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630539 inkadinka12 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630539 I thought the layers got involved and they changed the name to BHA'eve. I thought the layers got involved and they changed the name to BHA’eve.

]]> By: cognitive dissonance http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630355 cognitive dissonance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630355 i find myself watching cosmos on hulu every few days. while neil degrasse tyson and michio kaku are entertaining, brilliant, and engaging, there was that understated confidence and conviction in sagan's voice that made you feel like we were perpetually on the cusp of rational thinking and logic taking the front seat. his soothing but passionate candor and familiarity with the physical world and universe is dearly missed. we should be so lucky to find another one like him. i find myself watching cosmos on hulu every few days. while neil degrasse tyson and michio kaku are entertaining, brilliant, and engaging, there was that understated confidence and conviction in sagan’s voice that made you feel like we were perpetually on the cusp of rational thinking and logic taking the front seat.

his soothing but passionate candor and familiarity with the physical world and universe is dearly missed. we should be so lucky to find another one like him.

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630383 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630383 He looks so tired in the videos here, but his eyes and his voice were as lively as ever. I was unaware of his death for a couple of days. Ironically, the way I found out the day I went to pick up a book that he had written the forward to ("Solar System" by Peter Ryan & Ludek Pesek). The fellow at the book store mentions as I am checking out that Carl Sagan was going to be missed. Like being punched in the stomach. He was a great man. Here's to hoping that his popularity surges anew, for if there was ever a time we needed clear, rational thinking, this is it. He looks so tired in the videos here, but his eyes and his voice were as lively as ever.
I was unaware of his death for a couple of days. Ironically, the way I found out the day I went to pick up a book that he had written the forward to (“Solar System” by Peter Ryan & Ludek Pesek). The fellow at the book store mentions as I am checking out that Carl Sagan was going to be missed. Like being punched in the stomach.
He was a great man. Here’s to hoping that his popularity surges anew, for if there was ever a time we needed clear, rational thinking, this is it.

]]> By: ZippySpincycle http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630159 ZippySpincycle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630159 My 12 year old is a budding Carl Sagan fan who is having no end of fun learning that he can use logic and evidence in replying to 1) a friend who is an enthusiastic Bigfoot believer and 2) a classmate who insists that President Obama was born in Kenya. And this weekend, we're off to see They Might Be Giants' "Here Comes Science" concert. This parenthood thing has some really fun moments. My 12 year old is a budding Carl Sagan fan who is having no end of fun learning that he can use logic and evidence in replying to 1) a friend who is an enthusiastic Bigfoot believer and 2) a classmate who insists that President Obama was born in Kenya. And this weekend, we’re off to see They Might Be Giants’ “Here Comes Science” concert. This parenthood thing has some really fun moments.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630160 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630160 Billions and billions served. Billions and billions served.

]]> By: Alfie http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630170 Alfie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630170 I was in my last year of HS when THE DEMON HAUNTED WORLD came out, and more than my then favorites Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot, that book gave me a sense of urgency as to how important science and rational thought are in this world, and how damaging superstitions can be. I was in my last year of HS when THE DEMON HAUNTED WORLD came out, and more than my then favorites Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot, that book gave me a sense of urgency as to how important science and rational thought are in this world, and how damaging superstitions can be.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630178 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630178 My son's name is Sagan.... My wife and I find out she was pregnant with our second son the same day Carl Sagan died. My son’s name is Sagan…. My wife and I find out she was pregnant with our second son the same day Carl Sagan died.

]]> By: GrymRpr http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630210 GrymRpr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630210 Should Check out Charlie Roses PBS Site. Charlie Rose: Carl Sagan Page http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/4553 A few other Favorites : Charlie Rose: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/3290 Charlie Rose: Neil Young http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6404 Should Check out Charlie Roses PBS Site.

Charlie Rose: Carl Sagan Page
http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/4553

A few other Favorites :

Charlie Rose: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/3290

Charlie Rose: Neil Young
http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6404

]]> By: 2k http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630214 2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630214 He's the greatest He's fantastic Wherever there is science he'll be there He's the ace He's amazing He's the strongest he's the quickest he's the best Carl Sagan Carl Sagan CARL SAGAN!!!! He’s the greatest
He’s fantastic
Wherever there is science he’ll be there
He’s the ace
He’s amazing
He’s the strongest he’s the quickest he’s the best
Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
CARL SAGAN!!!!

]]> By: O_M http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630217 O_M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630217 ...I met Carl Sagan in 1982. While we disagreed on manned spaceflight vs. unmanned probes - most space enthusiasts were more agreeable that both had a place, while Carl was more in favor of scrapping all manned flights just on the grounds of saving money - I respected the hell out of the man because even though his opinion on the issue was dead wrong, he expressed it with intelligence and conviction without being either a sarcastic jerk(*) or a sanctimonious prig. That allowed me to gain enough strength through enjoyment of the occasion to get through the fact that Carl had apparently smoked a joint before the lecture, and I'd forgotten to take my allergy medication that morning. My sinuses were torn up for days, but it was one of the few times it was more than worth it. Carl, you're missed. Even if you took the opposing view, we need your insight today more than ever. (*) Anyone who's read that pile of horse manure pressed between sheets of dead trees that Gerald DeGroot upchucked and called "Dark Side of the Moon" will know of the tone I speak. …I met Carl Sagan in 1982. While we disagreed on manned spaceflight vs. unmanned probes – most space enthusiasts were more agreeable that both had a place, while Carl was more in favor of scrapping all manned flights just on the grounds of saving money – I respected the hell out of the man because even though his opinion on the issue was dead wrong, he expressed it with intelligence and conviction without being either a sarcastic jerk(*) or a sanctimonious prig. That allowed me to gain enough strength through enjoyment of the occasion to get through the fact that Carl had apparently smoked a joint before the lecture, and I’d forgotten to take my allergy medication that morning. My sinuses were torn up for days, but it was one of the few times it was more than worth it.

Carl, you’re missed. Even if you took the opposing view, we need your insight today more than ever.

(*) Anyone who’s read that pile of horse manure pressed between sheets of dead trees that Gerald DeGroot upchucked and called “Dark Side of the Moon” will know of the tone I speak.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/06/happy-saganseve-ever.html#comment-630230 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-630230 It's always nice to see my alma mater in the news. Class of '87 yo! It’s always nice to see my alma mater in the news. Class of ’87 yo!

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