He was, and still is, a real influencer. Thanks, Mr. Sagan.

@lindadee2053

11 ай бұрын

You gotta love Sagan, especially if you have a curious mind. I'm sorry I didn't watch as much of Cosmos as I would have liked to.

@LovesHighGround

10 ай бұрын

To live in the hearts of people is to never die

@modemmark421

9 ай бұрын

Yes; an unacceptably large portion of the American population ARE "stooopid"... just look at the Republican Party and observe who they voted for. Pathetic.

@-Swamp_Donkey-

5 ай бұрын

A real Jew

@CP200S

5 ай бұрын

Not an influencer, he was a professor with a PhD in Physics.

He nailed it. And here we are 50 years later exactly how he predicted.

@TheMadHouseCafe

6 күн бұрын

Yup, we are now reaping the rewards for a culture based on the fantasy of the daily broadcast and not the hard facts of existence. TV 📺 = The idiot box. Actors are just that, and most aren't even educated past high-school years. They deal in a fantasy world for profit because we eat it up like ice cream 😅. We are still in that sweet, innocent world of adolescents.

I'm here from the future to confirm this man's predictions are true.

@debmunsell1720

8 ай бұрын

It was the media back then that was shitty also. They’ve only gotten worse.

@ernesthill4017

5 ай бұрын

I've seen the future. It doesn't work 😕

@zvimur

4 ай бұрын

I think that Future was already Present in this Past video.😊

@somethingelse516

3 ай бұрын

I mean there’s a lot of tech news nowadays, AI/drones/bloch chain/big tech companies etc

@Goatpuncher898

3 ай бұрын

Nah if you just researched you would know. Religion is still more mainstream then any other belief system. You can actually just look up what why and how someone got a Nobel prize. U my good sir are experiencing objective reality based on propaganda.

We miss you, Sir !

@slytex1952

2 ай бұрын

Indeed, we do.

@robertdouglas8895

2 ай бұрын

He was an arrogant man who refused to open to the idea that God has wisdom.

@johnfox9939

2 ай бұрын

@@robertdouglas8895that’s why he is called a scientist..!

@robertdouglas8895

2 ай бұрын

@@johnfox9939 There is another world besides the one we perceive with the senses.

The journalists don’t understand, so they assume no one else will either

@danieljohnson2662

5 ай бұрын

So true! I met a journalist from a major local newspaper and he was complaining he put in solar water heater in his house and the water was coming out too hot. I took a look at it and true, the water was very hot. I asked him: why is there no cold water faucet, so you can mix the hot and cold? With a solar heater the water is kept at a single temperature. To get warm water you have to mix the hot with cold water. Neither the Newspaper man nor his plumber thought of this. He did not know what I was talking about. Major newspaper, responsible to inform millions of people yet he did not have a clue about basic plumbing, nor concept of heat/water/solar, nor did his plumber! Wtf these people do all day at newsrooms? They are completely stoopid and ignorant of the physical world. Unbelievable!

@aubreysnyder338

5 ай бұрын

Nah. They are puppets to the people that tell them what to write/ cover.

@subtleusername5475

5 ай бұрын

you are projecting lol

@subtleusername5475

5 ай бұрын

​@@danieljohnson2662do you understand rocket science or physics? it's unbelievably moronic to think someone is "stoopid" because they don't understand something outside of their field. no one is an expert in everything, clown.

@subtleusername5475

5 ай бұрын

​@@danieljohnson2662you're angry at the journalist and not the plumber? sounds like you're the real moron here.

he was brilliant absolutely brilliant.

@mumbles215

Ай бұрын

Brilliant maybe, but not wise. Wisdom comes from Knowing G-d.

What a wonderful man he was.

Sometimes when I think about how irrational the world is I get really depressed. Listening to people like Carl advocate for academia and knowledge makes me both happy and sad.

@mike_nelson

Жыл бұрын

I too think and feel like this. We have replaced the celebration of intelligence and dignity, with the celebration of controversy and idiocy.

@mccaboy

4 ай бұрын

And now academia is no longer rational

@mccaboy

4 ай бұрын

​@@mike_nelsonhow did it happen.

@Chris-hx3om

4 ай бұрын

​@@mike_nelsonand mediocrity...

@Chris-hx3om

4 ай бұрын

​@@mccaboysocial media, the 'instant gratification' generation, the throw away society...

“…The American public are too stupid to understand…” let that sink in for a minute. 👀🤯

@Tar-Numendil

2 ай бұрын

Well they certainly are now.

@nostalgia46

2 ай бұрын

The journalists are too stupid to understand most basic science subjects, so they avoid it to report on things like astrology, sports, business, etc. Furthermore, the American public is likewise too stupid to understand and also would rather partake in more mundane topics. The American public has only grown exponentially more uneducated since Sagan’s time.

@BobNewheart-co7sl

2 ай бұрын

This is the plan. As the late George Carlin once said; the owners of America don't want smart ppl. This goes against their interests. They don't want a public smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and discuss how badly their being screwed over by the 1%.

@shacktime

2 ай бұрын

It’s true. And it’s killing this country.

@donadfull8887

2 ай бұрын

Important to note, Sagan is not saying the American public is stupid. He’s saying that’s what the media thinks and implies when they gloss over or don’t show anything of substance scientifically.

He's right, everyone is too busy with self gratification to care, and the media wants to get paid so astrology is about the reader not about someone else's accomplishments.

He is absolutely right. The only real science education on TV is on PBS.

@DrDeuteron

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat

2 ай бұрын

You sir, clearly have not watched Ancient Aliens or Swamp Monsters.

@Truth_Hurts528

2 ай бұрын

the science education of men giving birth and identifying as other kin.

@willg54

2 ай бұрын

PBS, I love it, I watch it all the time! I think more people should watch it also. We might end up with a smarter world! 😊

@Maxibo234

2 ай бұрын

​@@Dylonicus get back to your storage wars

The man was special!

He understood what's gonna happen. He explained it in 1 minute. Hail Carl Sagan.

We still need you Carl. Even after all these years, people are still too stupid.

@fromnorway643

7 ай бұрын

I think many have become more stupid since Carl Sagan passed away in 1996 because Internet has made it much easier to spread anti-scientific disinformation.

@bennybenicasa

2 ай бұрын

They've gotten even more stupid, I believe.

@danacoleman4007

2 ай бұрын

He was actually trying to say the opposite. Ironically, you may have proven your own point.😂😂😂

@bennybenicasa

2 ай бұрын

Mainstream entertainment , not only has "dumbed down" the masses, but connected the masses to a widespread groupthink to the point that individuals who resist the dumbing down are considered bizarre outliers.

I used to think he was born at least 100 years too early for people to understand him. Now I have finally come to the conclusion that he was born exactly when he was meant to be born. However, I have also learned that over 80% of the population wouldn't understand him, no matter when he emerged. We need more Carls for sure, but we need to fix that 80% first. That was on his top agenda anyway.

@Jay-ft3xh

Жыл бұрын

This speculative romanticism is wholly worthless.

@richardfadle5921

Жыл бұрын

So true!!! But many want to stay ignorant

@ruilopes00

11 ай бұрын

We are more science aware nowadays. Inlike to believe he did his contribution to that achievement

@funlover1977

11 ай бұрын

@@ruilopes00 Are we? 80% still can't even correctly explain why do we have seasons on our planet. Go ahead, ask some guys by a coffe machine in your office,

@user-pg4yf5js5j

11 ай бұрын

@funlover1977 you just proved to be among the many or few whom believe Americans (Sagan's words) or in your words 80% of people to be too stupid to understand when science is put before them. Have a rethink!

Wow, is Carl talking about 2023? The news media uses drama instead of facts.

@selgut464

Жыл бұрын

No, he’s just talking about the purpose of the media, keep people stupidly entertain!

@mattsnow546

Жыл бұрын

.....LAMESTREAM MEDIA......

@kman9884

Жыл бұрын

Bruh the media has been using drama since the inception of the printing press

@richardfadle5921

Жыл бұрын

Damn he was so ahead of her s time!!!

@SecretlyStarscream

Жыл бұрын

he wasn't a prophet or ahead of his time (I mean in some ways he was but not for this), it's just that nothing changed in 40 years.

I love Carl Sagan

@littlestarseed4832

9 ай бұрын

Me too

@TX_BoomSlang

9 ай бұрын

Same here. I don't know if he loves us, nor do I care. That's the difference between science and religion.

@DeuceGenius

2 ай бұрын

One of the greatest yumans

@calinchirtes3888

2 ай бұрын

I worship him

Believe me . We have the same issue here in the UK.

@Chris-hx3om

4 ай бұрын

And Australia....

@SamuelBlack84

2 ай бұрын

I remember when the Sky At Night used to come on the BBC Now, I can't even remember when it was last on! I don't even watch TV at all now Every single broadcast is braindead reality TV

@charleslanphier8094

2 ай бұрын

Religion has infected the entire world so as a race we are still primitive in our thinking.

@timkvenland1885

2 ай бұрын

And you at least have BBC

Carl Sagan being his typical salient self. God Bless.

@JoBrill07

3 ай бұрын

He would correct you about God with his famous quote about The Universe. Check it out.

THE BEST TEACHER I NEVER HAD, AN IDOL FOR SCIENCE🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

The truth and nothing but the truth!

This is what happens when you don’t have public TV and radio

@letsomethingshine

Жыл бұрын

“You get fake public TV and fake public radio, stop pissing off our rich owners!” ~ Both Parties easily bought off for marketing money.

@liamstacey419

Жыл бұрын

@@letsomethingshine good thing there are still community radio stations all over the country. There are also critical news programs and independent thinkers. Other than NPR. Additionally, people are free to listen to the BBC, Canadian broadcasting stations, and Deutsche Welle, etc..

@boodle4960

11 ай бұрын

Wrong. America has had both for decades and we’re getting dumber. Ps public radio and tv were bought and paid for decades ago

@counterflow5719

11 ай бұрын

The miracle of radio was given over to sell soap. The miracle of TV was given over to sell deodorant and toothpaste. The miracle of the internet is drowning in paid advertising.

@BrianBaastrup

10 ай бұрын

Russia has entered the chat.

When I was a kid the local newspaper had a science column, "Why Daddy?"

@SamuelBlack84

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a religious column

Carl, George Carlin could tell you.

Sagan is absolutely right. Unfortunately not much has changed since then.

Long term disaster for all of humanity

I wish I could hear his take on the current information dystopia. We miss you Carl.

@DeuceGenius

2 ай бұрын

He would be more animated and pissed off, lol. He'd tear his own hair out and bang his head against the desk. 😂

carl is spinning in a quantum superposition in his grave

@ronalda.geobey8042

Жыл бұрын

Or is he?

@IowaMan

Жыл бұрын

@@ronalda.geobey8042 =O

@Henry._Jones

Жыл бұрын

​@@ronalda.geobey8042 Ah! I see what you did there! 👍

@DrCrabnuts

10 ай бұрын

@@ronalda.geobey8042heh, good one

We lost a great great man.This country is quite lost now.

He wasn't predicting the future. He was identifying how things already were. These perverse incentives have existed for as long as the profit motive has been the driving force of society and economy.

...and here we are today!! Carl was the standard we all should be reaching for.

He was spot on.

@thedon1570

Жыл бұрын

No, he wasn’t.

@bigdaddydrip4452

Жыл бұрын

​@thedon Yes, he precisely was.

@thedon1570

Жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddydrip4452 no, he wasn’t. Mad?

@pierreo33

9 ай бұрын

@@thedon1570 You dog brain.

@toni4729

8 ай бұрын

@@thedon1570 And how old are you? What religion?

I remember one of the episodes from The Newsroom, explaining that when the News Hour was created at the beginning of television, they didn't foresee what the power of advertisement would be and how it affects the quality vs. ratings ratio in the News shows. Something that was supposed to be an hour to provide public service as part of the requirements for a permit to utilize a broadcasting frequency, became just another show competing for ratings.

A man ahead of his time

I'm crying right now 😢

He’d be aghast at what we have become.

@simpledragon

Жыл бұрын

He saw it and tried telling us; his ideas are based on truth and as such timeless.

@ToxicAvengerCleanYourMind

11 ай бұрын

He predicted exactly what we've become, even predicted Twitter and KZread shorts before they even existed

@18booma

2 ай бұрын

This isn't a prediction though. It's an analysis of media at the time (it hasn't changed anyway). Noam Chomsky laid it out very clearly in "Manufacturing consent", using news stories from Sagan's time. I recommend giving it a read.

@PhilBagels

2 ай бұрын

Scientific understanding has declined so much, that there are many people now who don't even understand the difference between men and women.

What a badass

Dr. Carl Sagan.... legendary RIP

He was prophetic as always. If he could only see how right he would be.

When he spoke, people listened

If we had more personalities like Mr Sagans',the earth would be a better place. I really missed him

Such a great interlect, capable of predictions of the future which is now our reality.

Oh, how much I miss this special man!

Facts! He nails it perfectly. If you can't explain it plainly, you don't really know what you're talking about

Carl Sagan was such a truthful, articulate communicator, and a tremendous scientist, what he said then, all those years ago, is sadly still true of today.

We are living in that long term right now

The entire world is missing your wisdom❤

What a smart, caring man. You were a treasure and you are missed!

My childhood hero, along with Richard Feynman. Still my aspirations 31yrs later.

And after he died, we are still going worsening with less science promotion and more of distractive subjects. People nowadays can't read a single paragraph of a good book or a useful article. There is a new culture. I call it the microwave concept. Which is also called "the instant gratification". No time for a profound thinking and research. He said it himself: "short term advantage for the Network ( for people), and long term disaster for the country". I am afraid it will get even worse with the introduction of Ai. No more thinking or researching for yourself. Let Ai do it faster and now.

I think the idea here is the media should form an accurate observation of the physical world around us so we are not easily misled.

Damn, Carl. I was a fan, have been for decades. Now you’re my hero.

Another example of Sagan being ahead of his time. This is why I adore him so much.

Dear Carl. You are missed.

Mr Sagan was way ahead of his time... Wow..

Short term/long term differential was devastating! This is global, not just America.

His voice is like treacle on my soul.

This is also why religion is so popular. Science needs proof for questions, including ones like “Why are we here?” or “Is there an afterlife?” Religion gives simple, warm and fuzzy answers that people like and since they actually have an answer, regardless of 0 evidence, then lots of people will choose religion over science.

Carl Sagan was predictong the trajectory of the republican party which, as we know today, has come to pass.

Short term gain for a long term disaster. So beautifully said.

Oh we need people like this open minded , brilliant man🇿🇦

Exhibit #1 Donald Trump...

Oh! Carl I wish you were still here!

He was a great speaker and thinker. Truly a loss when he passed.

And even to understand this doesn't take a minute. Genius.

Literally EVERY WORD IS GOLD.

Thank you Professor… you opened many doors to many of us !

Sad but true. The sad thing is that this will be true in 2040 also

@tomsaltner3011

2 ай бұрын

By then, it perhaps will be the explanation, why the US went down..

The man would be horrified but not surprised by the fact that absurdities and misinformation had become a dominant aspect of shaping public and political opinion. He would not be surprised to see that the proclivity for misinformation is strongest in those who always had their thinking warped by religion, but the extent and degree by which ideas in people‘s mind have become detached from reality.

@slugroythegreat

2 ай бұрын

Yup he warned us but I don’t think even he could of foreseen how bad things would get

Carl Sagan is truly one of the most natural, amazing people ever to exist. Listening to him brings a sort of intellectual comfort to me. It calms me down and makes me realize that there is more to life than what we see today.

@DeuceGenius

2 ай бұрын

Reading his books changed the rest of my life.

We really suffered losing this man.

This is today more true than ever.

This man foresaw so many problems, truly a prophet of science

Same situation is present in India as well. Indian newspapers and news channels are filled with news on political drama and stupid horoscopes.

This question hits hard and the answer is why we're in the situation we're in

Image watching Carl Sagan indian media today .😂 ...😔

Carl Sagan was my hero, as a kid. If they put a science section near the comics, I'm certain that would have been my favorite part.

Thank you Carl for taking the time to teach And reach as many people as you did and continue to do even after you been gone R.I.P

Sadly, money moves the world. If an article doesn’t make a profit, as vital for people as could be, it won’t get published .

And they all ignored him

I’m so happy I still remember this man

A great person

And we watched this on a KZread short.

I wish he was still with us. ❤

Bingo! We’re living the “long term” Sagan was talking about.

I am brittish English. When I was in my teens, Carl Sagan's cosmos tv series was shown here on BBC. The Physics Teachers at my school then instructed us to watch the series as our lessons were actually covering a lot of what Carl Sagan was saying in Cosmos. He was an awesome man, who had so much passion for Science specially in the field of Physics and Astro Physics

Someone so absurdly advanced and visionary for his ages, it still gives me chills. It can't be clearer and well explained.

Why can't more of our leaders be like this? Calm and intelligent, instead of loud mouth idiots spewing hate and paranoia

@wesleywashington1251

5 ай бұрын

Marjorie Taylor Greene comes to mind reading your comment. She's the absolute worst.

they don't want people to ask questions that'll lead to their demise for they will be gone no matter how hard they try and try.

That's Obvious, I don't need that professor to tell me what the whole world already knows😂😂😂😂😂😂

😊Dr. Carl was absolutely right

What a treasure he was. This place feels closer to Idiocracy every day.

The problem is gossip columns don't understand science.

This was like a prophecy.

He left us with so much but yet we use so little. 🙏🏿

I hope he’s my guardian angel 👼! Peace ☮️ be with you Carl!

I Miss Carl Sagan !! A Good Man 🙏🙏🙏

Back when I was a teen in 1970s.. there were a lot of programs on science, history, and basic politics

honestly the most unscientific demand ever tbh

Long term disaster for the country. Could not have said that any better.