Carl Edward Sagan (Brooklyn, New York United States; November 9, 1934 – Seattle, United States; December 20, 1996)2 was a pioneering and popular astronomer, exobiologist and science communicator worldwide. Wikipedia.
Few things have made me vibrate more deeply than this small piece of documentary that shows what we really are.
This planet is like a spaceship sailing through the universe carrying a cargo of senseless humans oblivious to all reality, immersed in a deep sleep and armed with an unreal vision, finding meaning in false creations while we observe the universe as if it were something foreign, almost unreal. Can you imagine what would happen if at some point in history humanity becomes aware of being one? Could there be anyone chained to a united society?
If humanity as a whole felt united in a common consciousness we would begin to see what we really are. For now, the only conscious element of its place is the earth itself, which drags along in its journey to nowhere a few seeds suitable for life and capable of conquering the universe. Let us hope that all this progress is not destroyed by those weeds whose only value is knowing how to blend in with the productive ones.
In the brilliant work of this scientist one can observe a mixture of sensitivity and pure science, and above all it conveys an intense love for scientific knowledge. People like him are those who fought the most and best to clarify the difference between reason and speculative thinking. He was not precisely a defender of alternative sciences. I sincerely believe he would have been a lover of astrology had he delved deeply enough into it. His horoscope shows a profound character, with intense feelings, also a very methodical person with control