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    Science post - Carl Sagan, Authur C Clark and Stephen Hawking

    From nearly 1/4 of a century ago, here's a somewhat dated, but still fascinating interview with these three great men:-

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQQAv5svkk

    ps: Surprising to think that the only one of these men (unfortunately) still with us is Hawkings...
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, 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. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post

    ps: Surprising to think that the only one of these men (unfortunately) still with us is Hawkings...
    Neil hates Stephen Hawking!

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany

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    ^^ I think his games are over rated!

    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, 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. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan

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