Carl Sagan on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (full interview, May 20th, 1977)

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  @andromedanprince · 7 years ago

  I'm so surprised that Carson went so far into this topic of discussion, No talk show today touches on these topics in depth especially not without adding comedy to it lol

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  @titansfan4215 · 10 years ago

  When Carl Sagan talks, I'm glued. He was very special. I could listen to him for hours.

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  @davidyoung8576 · 4 years ago

  Can ANYONE imagine a conversation like this one being held on ANY of the nighttime talk shows today?  It's truly saddening to think of how our society has dumbed itself down in the last few decades. :o(

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  @a.duncan6791 · 4 years ago

  Can you believe it?  Two men talked on television for over 12 minutes and I, just like the audience in 1977 listened.  Oh, how I long for civil discourse that enlightens.

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  @truck9moon100 · 8 years ago

  LOL, late night TV is a little different today.  I miss this type of program.

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  @danreaume7675 · 8 years ago

  Thank you Carl Sagan. We are so much less without him. He makes science into poetry.

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  @EveryoneShouldWatchPaleBlueDot · 7 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s almost a crime to have such perfect hair and skin.<br>And teeth. And brains. And looks. And voice.

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  @saxmanb777 · 7 years ago

  The way Sagan speaks is so articulate and makes long vowel sounds. Love it.

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  @marcdavis7583 · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2CBSvZzw2Y&amp;t=336">5:36</a> Carl Sagan describing how to answer children&apos;s questions: when he said this over 40 years ago you needed to access a library and have some knowledge of how to search for that information. This helped keep the poor and isolated ignorant, and prevented social mobility. <br> <br>The internet provides instantaneous answers and further reading. There is now no reason why any child should be told not to ask stupid questions, nor for the parent make up answers when they don&apos;t know themselves. (Unfortunately I had one parent who did this, which created much hatred when I grew older).<br><br>Such a shame the internet is being used to spread so much bullshit instead.

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  @underthetornado · 1 year ago (edited)

  We need so many more Carl Sagans!❤ Especially in 2024

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  @rayrai838 · 4 years ago

  Sagan was a genius and he could explain complex topics so clearly. But kudos to Carson as well, to have had an engaging conversation with Sagan.

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  @TheSluremus · 4 years ago

  An intellectual conversation in prime time on American mainstream TV. Those were the days...

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