Tuesday, April 26, 2005
SAGAN KISS ARSE
Well what can I say Michael Shermer a US Skeptic bore, has produced a interesting 'Kiss Arse' paper. In fact Shermer true character comes out in this spew, as he churns over the life of his dead GOD one Mr Carl Sagan... and oh he does a great job of categorising the Astronomer into little graphs.
However, what got my eye was this little beast in Sherman the essay.
Then he list the SETI mafia, for some reason, list their UFO leanings... how odd? Have a look "Figure 11 Carl in Context: The SETI Pioneers" on the right hand side.
"The universe was made on purpose, the circle said. In whatever galaxy you happen to find yourself, you take the circumference of a circle, divide it by its diameter, measure closely enough, and uncover a miracle—another circle, drawn kilometers downstream of the decimal point. In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist’s signature. Standing over humans, gods, and demons, subsuming Caretakers and Tunnel builders, there is an intelligence that antedates the
universe."
HAVE A READ:
http://www.skeptic.com/newsworthy06.html
MY SIMPLE GOOGLE POLE:
[1]. Web Pages
UFO - 3,920,000
SETI - 3,260,000
[2]. Images
UFO - 304,000
SETI - 74,700
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Well what can I say Michael Shermer a US Skeptic bore, has produced a interesting 'Kiss Arse' paper. In fact Shermer true character comes out in this spew, as he churns over the life of his dead GOD one Mr Carl Sagan... and oh he does a great job of categorising the Astronomer into little graphs.
I love you Carl- I want you back
However, what got my eye was this little beast in Sherman the essay.
SETI - UFO
Elitist - Populist
Elitist - Populist
Highbrow - Lowbrow
Dominated By
SETI - UFO
Ph.D. astronomers, physicists &mathematicians - Non-credentialed amateurs
Come on Mr Dope! How little you know.
Then he list the SETI mafia, for some reason, list their UFO leanings... how odd? Have a look "Figure 11 Carl in Context: The SETI Pioneers" on the right hand side.
And...
"Although Sagan did not believe in God, he nevertheless said this about SETI’s importance... “It touches deeply into myth, folklore, religion, mythology; and every human culture in some way or another has wondered about that type of question. It’s one of the most basic questions there is.” In fact, in Sagan’s novel/film Contact, described by Keay Davidson as “one of the most religious science-fiction tales ever written”... Ellie discovers that pi—the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter—is numerically encoded in the cosmos and this is proof that a super-intelligence designed the universe..."
"Although Sagan did not believe in God, he nevertheless said this about SETI’s importance... “It touches deeply into myth, folklore, religion, mythology; and every human culture in some way or another has wondered about that type of question. It’s one of the most basic questions there is.” In fact, in Sagan’s novel/film Contact, described by Keay Davidson as “one of the most religious science-fiction tales ever written”... Ellie discovers that pi—the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter—is numerically encoded in the cosmos and this is proof that a super-intelligence designed the universe..."
FROM SAGAN BOOK - Contact
"The universe was made on purpose, the circle said. In whatever galaxy you happen to find yourself, you take the circumference of a circle, divide it by its diameter, measure closely enough, and uncover a miracle—another circle, drawn kilometers downstream of the decimal point. In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist’s signature. Standing over humans, gods, and demons, subsuming Caretakers and Tunnel builders, there is an intelligence that antedates the
universe."
HAVE A READ:
http://www.skeptic.com/newsworthy06.html
MY SIMPLE GOOGLE POLE:
[1]. Web Pages
UFO - 3,920,000
SETI - 3,260,000
[2]. Images
UFO - 304,000
SETI - 74,700
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