Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilisation

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The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.

This suppression had a huge influence on them. The scientific process of investigation and making experiments was only revived during the sixteenth century. Carl Sagan: Founder and First President of The Planetary Society". The Planetary Society . Retrieved 7 January 2010. Alice Day (2008). "Cosmos, Episode 14: Ted Turner Interviews Dr. Sagan (1980)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008.

In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. Maas, Jennifer (November 7, 2019). " 'Cosmos: Possible Worlds' Finally Gets Premiere Date at Nat Geo, Will Air Later on Fox". TheWrap . Retrieved November 7, 2019. Carl Sagan". EMuseum@Minnesota State University. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010 . Retrieved October 8, 2009. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622" – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Performed by Mostly Mozart Orchestra) (7:53)

He persuaded himself that on the surface of Mars, there were signs of watercourses. He believed that these were probably made by intelligent beings around that globe. If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. The best antidote for pseudoscience, I firmly believe, is science. (Chapter 5, “Night Walkers and Mystery Mongers: Sense and Nonsense at the End of Science”)Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more to the world than was generally believed by our ancestors. (Chapter 16, “The Golden Age of Planetary Exploration”)

Broca was quoted as saying, “I would rather be a transformed ape than a degenerate son of Adam.” (Chapter 1, “Broca’s Brain”) At times, life drama can become overwhelming. Did you forget to fetch your sibling from the port? Failed an exam again? During situations such as these, it might look as if life is haunting and taking charge of all the pieces of energy in the world. However, definitely, there have been billions of individuals living with you on earth. Also, within the world itself, that’s only the tiniest grit in our continuously growing world. What are you concerned about? a b Lewenstein, Bruce (March 2007). "Why should we care about science books?". Journal of Science Communication. International School for Advanced Studies. 6 (1): C03. doi: 10.22323/2.06010303. ISSN 1824-2049. The way to find out about our place in the universe is by examining the universe and by examining ourselves—without preconceptions, with as unbiased a mind as we can muster. We cannot begin with an entirely clean slate, since we arrive at this problem with predispositions of hereditary and environmental origin; but, after understanding such built-in biases, is it not possible to pry insights from nature? (Chapter 23, “A Sunday Sermon”) The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit. (Introduction)The fossil record implies trial and error, an inability to anticipate the future, features inconsistent with an efficient Great Designer.