June 4, 2008

We need to get off this rock!

By : Roy
Filed under : space

I am watching Cosmos before I head off to the gym.  Cosmos is a great program hosted by Carl Sagan that they replay on the Science Channel.
He says something I find extremely profound. More profound than any priest or religious leaders’ sermon.
“As the ancient myth-makers knew, we are children equally of the earth and the [...]


May 9, 2008

Quote of the Moment by Carl Sagan

By : Roy
Filed under : quote of the moment

“It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” — Carl Sagan from his book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark 
This is a great quote.  While it may seem like consolation for many people to have faith in a religion, you’re doing a [...]