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Este excerto do livro 'Um Mundo Infestado de Demónios' de #CarlSagan é um sério aviso à concentração das tecnologias "nas mãos de uns quantos e ninguém que represente o interesse público as conseguir sequer entender". Podemos esperar tempos em que seremos "incapazes de distinguir entre o que nos agrada e o que é verdadeiro, regressarmos, quase sem dar por isso, à superstição e à ignorância."

mstdn.ca/@Chigaze/113499475282

A page of Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-Haunted World” with the following text highlighted:

“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
Mastodon CanadaPaul Turnbull 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 (@Chigaze@mstdn.ca)Attached: 1 image Carl Sagan, in 1995, saw the future. #CarlSagan
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#CarlSagan said the same thing in 1995 that Neil Postman emphasized in his 1985 book.

"And when the dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites now down to 10 seconds or less, lowest-common-denominator programming”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1995

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On what would have been #CarlSagan’s 90th birthday, I remember teaching our scientific method course using his book “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”.

I remember the helpful bullshit detector he gave the world.

I remember his warnings about a society that embraces credulity and denies critical and scientific thinking.

I remember his grand view of the #Cosmos and our place in it.

Let’s celebrate with music quoting from his last interview.

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Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. His immeasurable impact grows over time. I read "Cosmos" as a child and discovered Saturn's moon Titan. Titan's mystery that led me to follow the Cassini mission and the entire reason the film was made. We were lucky to get permission from his widow and co-author Ann Druyan dedicate the film to him. His famous Pale Blue Dot quote resonates more and more as time moves on.

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#CarlSagan had a gift for translating complex scientific ideas into stories that sparked wonder and inspired generations, including many of the scientists shaping today’s discoveries. On what would have been his 90th birthday, we celebrate Carl Sagan as a visionary who brought the stars closer, reminding us to stay curious and to keep looking up. Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan—thank you for showing us the universe. #HappyBirthdayCarl #CarlSagan90 #space #science #scicomm