Slog - Comments on Absolute Sagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan Could there be more than this? You were once here, Carl Sagan. Where are you now, the captain of the Spaceship of the Imagination? The scientist who told us that when two stars are close to each other they exchange star stuff. The man who told me that if I wanted to make an apple pie from scratch, I must first invent the universe. And now you are beyond this universe, beyond all this that darkles, this "our funnanimal world"--our animal world, our fundamental world, our phenomenal world, our fun world.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:07:39 -0800 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:18:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elswinger He did about 11 years ago. (Oh, you meant metaphorically/spiritually). My bad.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766062 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:10:33 -0800 Comment by JC He's been replaced by Jesus riding a triceratops.

He did that. Read your bible.

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766070 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:17:57 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe He's not dead. We was hangin' yestaday, yo! Oh, yeah...um...he told me he didn't really like you. Sorry.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766080 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:30:32 -0800 Comment by crazycatguy Cosmos was the greatest TV program of it's time, and Sagan was the perfect narrator. For those of you who enjoyed that series, I suggest you check out the Discovery ChannelHD's new series, Mystery Planet. Amazing CGG and good science, too.

]]> crazycatguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766083 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:31:44 -0800 Comment by josh his house in ithaca, new york was built into a cliff and is gorgeous.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766085 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:39:48 -0800 Comment by no one in particular I spent a minute or two trying to figure this post out. A photo from two years ago, nothing about Carl Sagan in today's news... OHHHH, Mudede wrote it, it's not supposed to make any sense. I need to learn to check the byline earlier.

]]> no one in particular http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766095 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:56:47 -0800 Comment by Special K Don't listen to them Mudede. Sir David Attenborough is excellent too:
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/attenborough/attenborough.htm

]]> Special K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766114 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:15:15 -0800 Comment by D Huygens As Dr. McCoy said to Captain Kirk upon the death of Spock in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan":

"He's not really dead. As long as we remember him."

]]> D Huygens http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766140 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:35:58 -0800 Comment by JessB I really loved Contact (the book not the piece of shit Jodie Foster movie.) I think Sagan truly knew what was up. Unfortunately he started working for the government and became part of the problem rather than part of the solution. Brilliant man though.

]]> JessB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766180 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:22:50 -0800 Comment by frederick r Charles M:

I would like to see a post from you regarding the absoluteness of our concept of "north." Perhaps you can determine for me its relationship with a certain Joseph Jarman song?

]]> frederick r http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766184 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:26:41 -0800 Comment by Original Monique @JessB:

He always worked for the government in some capacity. Hell, he was a major part of NASA before he was well known by any of us.

He was always part of the solution. Rallying for more money for science and math education, writing science books for the layman, touring the country talking about science. The man is one of the greatest influences on science in the 20th century. Even when he was dying, he never called for a priest or talked about an after-life. RIP Sagan. You are truly missed.

Whats with The Slog talking about all my dead heros. *sniff*

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766274 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:13:06 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle funnanimal ... I don't think that word means what you think it does.

At least, not according to the furrie websites.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766299 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:36:16 -0800 Comment by Mike Seattle = Bespin. Sweet. Big ups for Sagan.

]]> Mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766479 Architecture Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:25:35 -0800 Comment by MHD I thought Marxists didn't believe in the afterlife?

]]> MHD http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766507 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c766507 Architecture Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:10:36 -0800 Comment by DonJuanNebulon Working within existing power structures is the only way to be part of the solution. There's no room to create an independant organization with the size and power of the current government.

Sagan was one of the most resonable and respected voices agains nuclear proliferation. He popularized the concept of 'nuclear winter'.

'The Demon Haunted World' changed my life. All of his non-fiction should be required reading for everybody.

And he never used the phrase 'billions and billions'. That would be too imprecise.

]]> DonJuanNebulon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c767269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/absolute_sagan#c767269 Architecture Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:18:17 -0800