__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
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I missed it, WHY OH WHY GOD DID I MISS THE BUMP IN THIS THREAD
Damn son of bitch. Anyway to watch it? Or just wait for part two? Hurry up and watch it Thor so you guys can give me a detailed, SECOND BY SECOND recount of the show. Actually if you just want to re act it out,tape it, and post it here that would be great.
Welcome to the home of Carl Sagan Day. This November 7, 2009, we will celebrate the life and contributions of the great astronomer, author, and philosopher, Carl Sagan, on the 75th anniversary of his birth.
Carl Sagan was a Professor of Astronomy and Space Science and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He served as an advisor and consultant to NASA, and played a major role in the establishment of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). He was a Pulitzer Prize winning author and most familiar to the public through his COSMOS series on PBS. In addition to numerous awards, recognitions and honorary degrees for his outstanding contributions, he is acknowledged as one of the most effective public faces of astronomy and space science throughout the world. Sagan died in December 1996.
I have been looking online for a Carl Sagan poster.. something that is more than just a piece of paper on the wall, perhaps with a backing. I haven't had a lot of luck, besides the Cosmic Calender, anyone have any suggestions?
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
I have been looking online for a Carl Sagan poster.. something that is more than just a piece of paper on the wall, perhaps with a backing. I haven't had a lot of luck, besides the Cosmic Calender, anyone have any suggestions?
The Planetary Society shop might have some posters (down until late November):
"We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam.
"The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light.
"Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity -- in all this vastness -- there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. It's been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, 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 and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."
So much money for a frame though. It wouldn't look as good.. but I could probably frame the image myself I guess for a lot less.
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
Christmas has come early, new song from the boys over at symphonyofscience.com
Thanks again to photon for introducing us all to this site.
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
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Today is the 150th Anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species. Described as "the best idea anyone has ever had", the Theory of Evolution has revolutionized not only Biology, but almost every branch of science, philosophy, art and completely altered the way people think about themselves and each other.
Really, this event deserves its own thread, but we all know how that goes on CP.
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Leave it in here where it will be appreciated it, it isn't safe out there anymore..
Thanks for the mention driveway I wouldn't have known that was today.
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
I wonder what Darwin would think about all the amazing things we've learned since he published his masterpiece.
I also wonder how he'd feel with all the people still trying to deny its reality much like his time
I rather think he'd be more appalled at how people have used his work to further rather silly and uncreative arguments - on both sides - when his work was so much more (and so much less) than how those arguments always end up.
In short, I wish we could all appreciate his theory of evolution for exactly what it is. Nothing more, nothing less.
