21 Jun 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHCurious ... why?
Besides the torture of listening to the voice of that pompous ass, it is interesting to note how the person who put it together filled 75% of the six minute sermon with movie images. Curious.
And I dont get your reference to Pompous Ass. I thought is was about humility.
If that film doesnt make you pause for thought then either you are a great thinker or ... not.
21 Jun 10
Originally posted by wolfgang59History has taught us that--- on our own--- we really don't amount to too awful much. Sagan's intellect blinded him from the obvious and he deigned to preach to others his gospel of nature worship. I mean really: SETI?
Curious ... why?
And I dont get your reference to Pompous Ass. I thought is was about humility.
If that film doesnt make you pause for thought then either you are a great thinker or ... not.
Watching the video does nothing in terms of solidifying a person's thinking status.
21 Jun 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBH"History has taught us that--- on our own--- we really don't amount to too awful much"
History has taught us that--- on our own--- we really don't amount to too awful much. Sagan's intellect blinded him from the obvious and he deigned to preach to others his gospel of nature worship. I mean really: SETI?
Watching the video does nothing in terms of solidifying a person's thinking status.
I think you are giving too much credit to too many people 😀
But seriously doesnt watching that piece put some of your life into perspective?
22 Jun 10
Originally posted by wolfgang59Not the perspective hoped-for, certainly. In a manner of speaking, he is saying we're all so insignificant--- cosmologically-speaking (which begs a whole other question: are we supposed to consider ourselves from the standpoint of millions of miles away? somehow the cosmos is the arbiter of what constitutes sensible living?)--- that we ought to put away nationalism and any other supposedly artificial barrier which keeps us apart from one another. Ironically, nationalism is the very thing which keeps us genetically diverse, and therefore strengthens the pool! Competition, testosterone, and etc., are the things which actually protect us!
"History has taught us that--- on our own--- we really don't amount to too awful much"
I think you are giving too much credit to too many people 😀
But seriously doesnt watching that piece put some of your life into perspective?
