wired.com - 16 days ago
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You know a person is famous when they are auto-tuned posthumously into a geeky internet music hit ! This year, in honor of what would have been his 75th birthday, a great group of sponsors will be hosting the first annual Carl Sagan Day on November 7th . The event will be held at the Broward ...
jameswharris.wordpress.com - 12 days ago
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I discovered over at Mike Brotherton’s blog that
today, 11/7/9, is Carl Sagan Day , and Mike
makes some interesting observations about Sagan and Richard Dawkins and the public’s attitude towards their atheism. For awhile, Carl Sagan was ...
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Scientists, Sagan, Sincerity
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... Apparently a group is trying to start up a “Carl Sagan Day” on Saturday, November 7th, which would have been his 75th anniversary. Sagan was a good scientist and top-rate popularizer of science, through books and TV. In light of yesterday’s post, I was thinking about why he was so effective, and it must be his heart. The guy reeked of sincerity, consistently pushing a consistent agenda of science, reason, and reality. He reached people in large numbers, and didn’t need to resort to intuition, humor, or sex appeal to get them to listen. ...
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... that today, 11/7/9, is Carl Sagan Day, and Mike makes some interesting observations about Sagan and Richard Dawkins and the public’s attitude towards their atheism. For awhile, ...
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mikebrotherton.com 16 days ago — We’ll keep with the “S” theme as this post today is related to yesterday’s.
Apparently a group is trying to start up a “ Carl Sagan Day ” on Saturday, November 7th, which would have been his 75th anniversary. ...
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