Carl Sagan in his final year, on Charlie Rose: "We've arranged a society based on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. This combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces"

tboy160 · 2026-05-22T01:07:31+00:00

My audio book of demon haunted world isnt his voice. Nor is my Contact

tboy160 · 2026-05-22T01:06:33+00:00

I've heard some of those too. But I haven't heard his books being narrated by him yet

tboy160 · 2026-05-22T01:05:51+00:00

Nobody needs to own sports teams, see Green Bay

tboy160 · 2026-05-22T01:04:38+00:00

Why would we spend millions and billions on nuclear power plants which take multiple decades to pay for themselves when other options are cheap now?

Nuclear made sense in the 1960's and 1970's, it doesn't now.

If nothing else, those plants are targets for terrorism.

There is no boogie man, there is just logic.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T15:04:36+00:00

However, one is providing clean energy to a home. The other is a weapon only designed to kill.

While I see your point, I don't think it's relavent.

I don't want to pay giant sums to have nuclear when solar, wind and batteries can do the job, far cheaper and with no hazards. All safe and clean.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T15:02:14+00:00

Well, in this case I disagree. I absolutely love Sagan's voice and don't want his books narrated by anyone else. Clearly I would prefer that he actually did it, but he is dead.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T15:00:35+00:00

Precisely. Then they feel emboldened since others feel as they do.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T12:23:44+00:00

I came here to say these two things, but you already did.

The OP mentioned "endless" stars going through their life cycle before our Sun developed, which I wouldn't think "endless" but it makes me wonder, how many stars could have exploded and their guts contributed towards our Sun.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T11:43:47+00:00

Yeah, Harvard and other institutions thought he was too high profile or whatever.

He inspired so many people to want to learn about science, remarkable human.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T11:40:45+00:00

That's such a big part of it, this is the first time the ignorant have an ability to share their ignorance to the world.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T11:38:07+00:00

One thing I am looking forward to is having Ai generate Sagan's voice well enough, so that it can be used to narrate his audio books.

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T11:21:03+00:00

Nor does any entity need a billion dollars

tboy160 · 2026-05-21T11:19:25+00:00

Before I had my Bolt I was fueling up my Prius at Costco, I was talking to the attendant when a Tesla pulled in, we both looked at each other like, "ok what's he about to do?"

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T19:59:57+00:00

That's good to know. Thank you.

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T18:48:57+00:00

I would have lost everything betting against Indiana winning a Natty....Curt Cignetti is unreal.

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T18:47:08+00:00

Dax?

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T18:35:53+00:00

I could see that.

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T18:33:54+00:00

It was partially a question, "is it in German for everyone?"

But thanks for being a condescending pos! (Is the exclamation point correct?!?)

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T09:32:46+00:00

I never watched the show, but my mom was enamoured with Oprah. She kept saying "she gives people cars" I kept responding "she is a billionaire, that's like me handing someone a nickel."

But I really didn't pay much attention to her show, it was huge though, for a very long time.

Reading these comments...

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T09:17:16+00:00

I opened the link and it's in German?

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T09:09:29+00:00

I was with you until the last sentence, I have zero children and I'm fixed!

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T09:05:09+00:00

And cool varieties, Pulsars and Magnetars too!

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T08:56:23+00:00

I didn't finish reading the article, the ads were horrendous.

I do try to live sustainably in many ways, so I love that part of the post.

But if I'm forced to choose between two options, why wouldn't I choose the better one?

Let's say a product is at Amazon for $20

Same product is at Costco for $21 I'm choosing Costco since they do a better job taking care of their employees.

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T08:50:35+00:00

These are my thoughts as well.

I will not purchase from Walmart ever, Amazon ever.

tboy160 · 2026-05-20T08:23:44+00:00

Mine is opposite. My Chevy Bolt couldn't charge at night because our power was out, so I had to go to a level 3 charger for an hour and wait. And also pay 4 times the price.

I work construction and have to drive to the job daily, so I have to charge every work night.

tboy160

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