Carl Sagan gave his last interview with Charlie rose on May 27th 1996. He discussed pseudo-science, religion, unfounded claims, his personal love affair with science and his struggle with myelodysplasia as well as other elements of his last book: The Demon-Haunted World.
"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy."
<span>He was the best person of the world.
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Demon Haunted World is my number one recommended book.
ReplyDeleteGood to know! I just got it in the mail the other day, along with his Dragons of Eden.
ReplyDeleteCarl Sagan didn't die. He just went home
ReplyDeleteHe was a great spokesman for science and reason. Tyson's quite good, but he has got a way to go. Brian Cox shows promise with his enthusiasm. We are losing the old guard science communicators to age. We need new young scientists to take up the call of communicating to the public.
ReplyDeleteShadows of Forgotten Ancestors also a terrific book!
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