floatfloaton (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

the first "yoomans" made their debut......around 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 31st.......ah yes, the cosmic calender, definatley one of my favorite episodes. Sagan was brilliant at presenting his ideas in a simple and clear way, so anyone could just kick back, relax, smoke a huge joint....and soak it all in. Great stuff.

eblonk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

OK, I stop commenting on comments, most of the time they end up as an entry by themselves. Surreal.

eblonk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Even using a stone tablet involves a certain level of thinking, a crude form of science. Without the principles of science, we'd still be swinging the trees (which might not have been such a bad idea).

eblonk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Watching it makes me high.

eblonk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

42, everybody knows that :P

lanceawatt (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

That was a powerful

ShahidMiller (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

... not to mention that "damwmnm" is obviously being sarcastic. The forced mix of internet speak and words that are clearly intentionally misspelled is a dead give away.

kingofmilwaukee (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I really think that if Sagan were still alive today, the religious right's stranglehold over the minds of many Americans would be less. He was a candle in the darkness and no one has filled the void of his loss.

steven1990v (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Thanks for posting up this video.

hewlett1963b (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

i listen to the words of carl sagan in this clip, 15 billion years of human kind and yet i still read such vitriolic comments from people, its taken 15 billion years to evolve into what we are today, and yet we dont seem to have evolved at all, its a free world, let them comment how they see, dont attack them because you dont like their comments, its just one miniscule point of view in a cosmic ocean, out of the billions that live on this planet, we cant all like the same things, peace