tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post3537696550080607359..comments2023-10-29T06:33:26.576-07:00Comments on Oil Is Mastery: Yet Another Idiotic Sentence By Carl SaganOilIsMasteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-44458281938921832692011-02-24T17:12:09.374-08:002011-02-24T17:12:09.374-08:00True.
And I was also totally shocked to learn fro...True.<br /><br />And I was also totally shocked to learn from a friend who lived in Ithaca that Dr. Sagan was Church-goer. For all his hate-speech against theism it's another interesting paradox in the life of Dr. Sagan.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-20583413068897437162011-02-22T10:42:44.353-08:002011-02-22T10:42:44.353-08:00Indeed OIM, however I think he said it in referenc...Indeed OIM, however I think he said it in reference to ancient aliens however.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-49956600832323320902011-02-21T22:47:55.362-08:002011-02-21T22:47:55.362-08:00I'm pretty sure that the words "I could b...I'm pretty sure that the words "I could be wrong" never crossed his lips in the presence of Velikovksy.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-12352562413969977622011-02-21T16:45:13.454-08:002011-02-21T16:45:13.454-08:00Of course, Carl Sagan has dignity and respect. One...Of course, Carl Sagan has dignity and respect. One of the his quotations is: "But I could be wrong."Geologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044199967329570135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-72488482397164656142011-02-21T11:19:51.215-08:002011-02-21T11:19:51.215-08:00Haha that is awesome.Haha that is awesome.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-92223226082416427302011-02-20T21:40:37.935-08:002011-02-20T21:40:37.935-08:00My friend and I had a running joke...well, more of...My friend and I had a running joke...well, more of an SCTV parody...about Carl Sagan. <br /><br />Of course he always used to have these lengthy extended metaphors to describe some astronomical (pun intended) measurement about the sun, planets, galaxies and so, that would go like this:<br /><br /><i>Imagine a car standing on its end represented the (planet|earth|moon|quasar), you would have to stack 100 million cars up to the (sun|troposphere|Neptune) and then, add a U-Haul trailer to each car and then make each one move back and forth until they created a parking space with 5 feet in front and back of it to get some idea how (big|distant) the (class M star|newly found asteroid|carbon atom nucleus) really is.</i><br /><br />But then, no matter how grandiose the analogy, (here comes punch line), he would always add: <i>now multiply that by a thousand</i>.<br /><br />And so for a year in college, the line <i>multiply that by a thousand</i> would send us into peels of laughter. Yes, we were that nerdy...john bailohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856116708814148994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-68077205178154057832011-02-20T18:52:33.661-08:002011-02-20T18:52:33.661-08:00Creating fire, telling time, navigating, hunting, ...Creating fire, telling time, navigating, hunting, fishing, farming, etc...all a matter of understanding science.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-68809765611817545222011-02-20T14:51:40.453-08:002011-02-20T14:51:40.453-08:00I agree with you -- and most intellectually honest...I agree with you -- and most intellectually honest people -- that science existed in ancient Athens. You might not be able to convince someone like Asimov of that fact but Sagan would've granted it. And I would even go further than that and say that science has existed since day one of our species. I agree that without science there would be no boats -- thus it seems that even the alleged and so-called cavemen Homo ergaster and Homo erectus were involved in the practice of science.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-14325768952854255962011-02-20T12:31:11.748-08:002011-02-20T12:31:11.748-08:00Clearly there was science in ancient Athens. With...Clearly there was science in ancient Athens. Without science, how were there ever any boats that floated on water or concrete bricks being laid, or metals being mined and processed?Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-14899345465867662272011-02-20T12:28:19.806-08:002011-02-20T12:28:19.806-08:00Excellent points there OIM.Excellent points there OIM.Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-69299732837127684882011-02-19T23:50:02.924-08:002011-02-19T23:50:02.924-08:00Because he was a hardcore fundamentalist Neo-Darwi...Because he was a hardcore fundamentalist Neo-Darwinist who has to make believe that things are constantly evolving into being. No science fiction prior to Thirty Years War -- then science fiction miraculously and spontaneously evolves for no reason. Likewise science. Evolutionists say no science prior to Thales then -- ta da ... magic -- science evolved!OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-49191703902954966562011-02-19T23:42:35.651-08:002011-02-19T23:42:35.651-08:00Good point. Why did Sagan feel the need to lie ab...Good point. Why did Sagan feel the need to lie about that though?Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-6493938413626214432011-02-19T23:20:19.821-08:002011-02-19T23:20:19.821-08:00Science fiction was written before 1618 for one th...Science fiction was written before 1618 for one thing. However Sagan is so dishonest with himself he has to lie about it.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-480964585823727682011-02-19T23:05:14.752-08:002011-02-19T23:05:14.752-08:00What is the truth as you see it OIM?What is the truth as you see it OIM?Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-26210046327328736742011-02-19T23:04:51.877-08:002011-02-19T23:04:51.877-08:00The question you should be asking: Why the Neo-Dar...The question you should be asking: Why the Neo-Darwinist animosity towards historical honesty and truth?OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-82573637193759942462011-02-19T22:08:47.656-08:002011-02-19T22:08:47.656-08:00I value the truth and Carl Sagan didn't.I value the truth and Carl Sagan didn't.OilIsMasteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457713647671999890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-22117682060514958952011-02-19T21:56:44.947-08:002011-02-19T21:56:44.947-08:00Why the animosity toward Sagan?Why the animosity toward Sagan?Quantum_Fluxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09383025356536602044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100054477013501859.post-15064862603093055382011-02-19T21:14:29.535-08:002011-02-19T21:14:29.535-08:00Keep it up!
Sagan need to be buried under piles o...Keep it up!<br /><br />Sagan need to be buried under piles of revulsion!Fungus the Photo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14879977479841544025noreply@blogger.com