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Carl Sagan - A thousand years of darkness

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Its happened before... Carl contemplates that the "submission to ethnic, religious or national identifications" and the rejection of scientific values will leave us tenuously on the brink of a 2nd (and possibly final) dark age. http://www.carlsagan.com/ User Spiff embedded this clip on Videosift with the following description: - In this excerpt from the final episode of Sagan's 'Cosmos,' he discusses why the momentous discoveries of the ancient world were unable to prevent the dark ages from virtually banishing scientific thought for a millennium, and how the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge, the great library of Alexandria, met its regrettable end. A sobering statement on what ignorance, apathy and fanaticism can do if left unchallenged. .

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: October 19, 2007 at 9:26 am
Author: thingsihaveseen2

Length: 09:44
Rating: 4.93
Views: 70816

Tags: 1000  ages  Alexandria  Carl  cosmos  dark  Hypatia  Sagan  Shakespeare  

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TheSecondChild (September 5, 2008 at 2:33 pm)
I miss Uncle Carl. The world needs more people like him.
biunyia (September 2, 2008 at 9:18 am)
what in the fucking hell.. are you talking about your post makes no sense WHATSOEVER
lifeisgummo (September 1, 2008 at 6:45 pm)
He was so compassionate & sincere. Truly one of the greatest minds of the human race. my opinion of course.
freedom0f5peech (August 30, 2008 at 9:49 am)
I miss Carl so much!! He was such a brilliant man!!
deeliciousplum (August 26, 2008 at 3:33 am)
Instilling fear in the public is something that falls under the most commonly used form of control. One need not even make a stretch for current examples of this within our own behaviours. There are a few common oppressive thinking patterns that fall both within the religious and scientific circles, one of these is the behaviour entitled: self-interest. If we could see through the veil of deception, we would see this trait as the bond that keeps those 2 communities together.
deeliciousplum (August 26, 2008 at 3:27 am)
though there is an immense beauty and truth within the parameters of science and discovery, there is also an unfathomable amount of tragedy & sadness. Hipatia sought to excel in her studies and to bring this knowledge to the public at large. This desire went against the laws and wishes of both religious and academic circles. To silence her love for truth & the sharing of knowledge, the community harmed her in the most horrifying way. This would, in turn, set fear into any who followed her path
belle2smart (August 25, 2008 at 8:37 am)
He makes so many good points about science and human nature.
Nuclearcx (August 24, 2008 at 1:54 pm)
After all we already have an International Space Station, it's not that big of a reach to suggest we could colonize other planets or asteroids
Nuclearcx (August 24, 2008 at 1:24 pm)
We'll probably have mars and jupiter colonies so that even if the people on earth manage to screw up the people on the colonies can pick up the ball and continue the game. And by then we probably have like satellitescans for dangerous substances like plutonium and then if someone has it just send a signal to the chip to poison taht bastard and stop him from nuking anyone! But yeah I guess it is pointless to "what if.." about alexandria.
Eikinkloster (August 24, 2008 at 1:18 pm)
But I'm not asking them to return to caves, boards, and plagues. Just to stop whinnying about how we have been set back a thousand years in progress. But I believe we will eventually return to caves and boars. For a simple reason: The power to destroy increases in both dimension and availability. It's a matter of time before every other human will have his own nukes. And then killing sprees will be nuking sprees, and Muslim suicide bombers will be Muslim suicide nukers. That will be the end.

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