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geographile<p>“In <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/argument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>argument</span></a>; my position is mistaken,’ and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because scientists are <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> is sometimes painful.” - Carl <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a></p>
MKM ModelwerxGot started on the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sagan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sagan</a> class with the assembly of the nacelle pylons. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StarTrek?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StarTrekModels?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrekModels</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SciFiModels?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFiModels</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SaganClass?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaganClass</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Federation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Federation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Starship?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starship</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ScaleModels?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScaleModels</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ShipsOfStarTrek?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShipsOfStarTrek</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MKMModelwerx?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MKMModelwerx</a>
earthling<p>“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” - Carl Sagan</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a></p>
Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░<p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sagan</span></a></p>
Kirsty<p>If you are ever wanting something good to watch, The Royal Institute’s youtube page has a large array of information, right down to Carl Sagan lectures from 1977. Well worth checking out.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/TheRoyalInstitution/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/TheRoyalInstitutio</span><span class="invisible">n/videos</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a></p>
Reymond Aguinaldo<p>Happy 35th Anniversary to the image that forever shifted our perspective. And thank you, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaleBlueDot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleBlueDot</span></a> reminds us of our shared fragility and unity on this tiny speck suspended in a sunbeam. I’ll never tire of sharing this vision of humility and hope, until we truly grasp its meaning.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voyager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voyager</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
bedouin<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a> was a genius who understood more about humanity than most.</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/5flLpIvlI1E?si=wh1a6fo-oRTLxrhP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/5flLpIvlI1E</span><span class="invisible">?si=wh1a6fo-oRTLxrhP</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warmachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uswars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uswars</span></a></p>
Marion van Beek<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@wonderofscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wonderofscience</span></a></span> first captured by Voyager 1 in 1990 at a distance of 6 billion km <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarlSaganWasRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSaganWasRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sagan</span></a></p>
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>4-min clip from the 1997 Robert Zemeckis <a href="https://me.dm/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> 'Contact' based on the 1985 <a href="https://me.dm/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> by Carl Sagan.</p><p>Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jody Foster) enters the great <a href="https://me.dm/tags/gyroscopic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gyroscopic</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SpaceTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTime</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machine</span></a>, opening up a <a href="https://me.dm/tags/wormhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wormhole</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/portal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portal</span></a>. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Gyroscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gyroscope</span></a> devices have factored heavily in <a href="https://me.dm/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://me.dm/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a>, going all the way back to <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HGWells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HGWells</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://me.dm/tags/AlfredJarry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlfredJarry</span></a>, pre-1900. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scBY3cVyeyA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=scBY3cVyey</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a><br>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(19</span><span class="invisible">97_American_film)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Timelesness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timelesness</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Contact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Contact</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Foster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foster</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/McConaughey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McConaughey</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Zemeckis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zemeckis</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/TimeMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeMachine</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Kronodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kronodon</span></a></p>
GermanZero Hamburg<p>Carl <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a>'s eloquent rant against car-dominance (from <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/PaleBlueDot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleBlueDot</span></a>) - <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/fuckcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckcars</span></a> (/u/cahitmetekid) </p><p>I was just reading Sagan's Pale Blue Dot and in Chapter 5 he creates this hypothetical scenario where an alien spaceship discovers our planet and starts observing to understand if there's any life or intelligence. I thought you lot would appreciate his brilliant criticism of our car-centric infrastructure:</p><p>"When you examine the Earth at about 100-meter resolution, everything changes. The planet is revealed to be covered with straight lines, squares, rectangles, circles sometimes huddling along river banks or nestling on the lower slopes of mountains, sometimes stretching over plains, but rarely in deserts or high mountains, and absolutely never in the oceans. Their regularity, complexity, and distribution would be hard to explain except by life and intelligence, although a deeper understanding of function and purpose might be elusive. Perhaps you would conclude only that the dominant life-forms have a simultaneous passion for territoriality and Euclidean geometry. At this resolution you could not see them, much less know them.</p><p>Many of the devegetated smudges are revealed to have an underlying checkerboard geometry. These are the planets cities. Over much of the landscape, and not just in the cities, there is a profusion of straight lines, squares, rectangles, circles. The dark smudges of the cities are revealed to be highly geometrized, with only a few patches of vegetation—themselves with highly regular boundaries—left intact. There are occasional triangles, and in one city there is even a pentagon.</p><p>When you take pictures at a meter resolution or better, you find that the crisscrossing straight lines within the cities and the long straight lines that join them with other cities are filled with streamlined, multicolored beings a few meters in length, politely running one behind the other, in long, slow orderly procession. They are very patient. One stream of beings stops so another stream can continue at right angles. Periodically, the favor is returned. At night, they turn on two bright lights in front so they can see where they're going. Some, a privileged few, go into little houses when their workday is done and retire for the night. Most are homeless and sleep in the streets.</p><p>At last! You've detected the source of all the technology. the dominant life-forms on the planet. The streets of the cities and the roadways of the countryside are evidently built for their benefit. You might believe that you were really beginning to understand life on Earth. And perhaps you'd be right.</p><p>If the resolution improved just a little further, you'd discover tiny parasites that occasionally enter and exit the dominant organisms. They play some deeper role, though, because a stationary dominant organism will often start up again just after it's reinfected by a parasite, and stop again just before the parasite is expelled. This is puzzling. But no one said life on Earth would be easy to understand." (Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, pp. 62-63).</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1i5s121/carl_sagans_eloquent_rant_against_cardominance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments</span><span class="invisible">/1i5s121/carl_sagans_eloquent_rant_against_cardominance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/VirusAuto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VirusAuto</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/CarBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarBrain</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Autokorrektur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autokorrektur</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/RausAusDerAutokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RausAusDerAutokratie</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Verkehrswende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verkehrswende</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Mobilit%C3%A4tswende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobilitätswende</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/Autoabh%C3%A4ngigkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autoabhängigkeit</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.global/tags/autozentrierteSt%C3%A4dte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autozentrierteStädte</span></a></p>
Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪<p>"The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a></p>
Jcmacomber<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Jcmacomber<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a></p>
John Vaccaro (johniac)<p>Attention-Worthy Links for November 27th, 2024</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/awl112724" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/awl112724</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Charter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> 7 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telematics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fleet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fleet</span></a> management <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAN</span></a> FD <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TPM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microwave</span></a> Assisted Deposition <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aeroshells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aeroshells</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SETI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arecibo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arecibo</span></a> Message <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messier</span></a> 13 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Falcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Falcon</span></a> Heavy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dragonfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dragonfly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RTG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> Change <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tipping</span></a> Point <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jack</span></a> Smith <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Supreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supreme</span></a> Court <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autonomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomous</span></a> Weapons <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> in the loop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coca</span></a>-Cola <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Danone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Danone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nestl%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nestlé</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philip</span></a> Morris USA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polarized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partisan</span></a> schadenfreude <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wangu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wangu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bill</span></a> Harding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project</span></a> SWIFT</p>
Christoph Wendel<p>Um die Worte von Carl <a href="https://blueplanet.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> zu benutzen: "Die Erde ist eine sehr kleine Bühne im riesigen Theater des Kosmos. [...] Unsere Anmaßung, unsere eingebildete Wichtigkeit, die wahnwitzige Vorstellung, dass wir im Universum einen besonderen Platz einnehmen, wird von diesem schwachen Lichtpunkt in Frage gestellt. Unser Planet ist ein einsames Körnchen im großen Dunkel des Weltalls.</p><p><a href="https://blueplanet.social/tags/PaleBlueDot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleBlueDot</span></a></p>
Chao-c'<p>“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...</p><p>The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”</p><p>- Carl <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a>, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - 1995</p><p><a href="https://f.cz/tags/carlsagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carlsagan</span></a></p>
Dante Mercurio<p>Breaking out my copy and rereading to get through the next few days. Should be required reading in high school.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sagan</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2024</span></a></p>
Joe<p>Season 2 Episode 4 of Babylon 5, Delenn quotes Carl Sagan by saying "We are made of starstuff." After all these years, I still miss the wisdom of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a></p>
History_of_Geology<p>July 18, 1966, Carl <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sagan</span></a> turns 1 billion seconds old 🕒</p>