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21 Dec 2011, 8:07 pm

I like Carl Sagan a lot. But I have a feeling he would be insulted by people worshiping him in such a manner


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21 Dec 2011, 9:05 pm

Carl Sagan is no different than Darth Vader.



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21 Dec 2011, 9:07 pm

androbot2084 wrote:
Carl Sagan is no different than Darth Vader.


Sagan had no Dark Side. He was naive and idealistic in some regards, but no Darkness.

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21 Dec 2011, 9:08 pm

Carl Sagan is the dark nuclear lord.



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21 Dec 2011, 9:14 pm

androbot2084 wrote:
Carl Sagan is the dark nuclear lord.


Nonsense. He was very much opposed to nuclear saber rattling.

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21 Dec 2011, 10:26 pm

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22 Dec 2011, 12:17 am

androbot2084 wrote:
Carl Sagan is the dark nuclear lord.

I think you've somehow confused Carl Sagan with Edward Teller.



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22 Dec 2011, 3:42 am

androbot2084 wrote:
Carl Sagan is the dark nuclear lord.


More like the extra-dimensional lord

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0[/youtube]



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22 Dec 2011, 10:02 am

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Billyuns and billyuns of miles from Home.

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23 Dec 2011, 3:46 pm

I like that idea "We are the universe looking at itself". Pretty cool.

Dawkinism is a good idea too.



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23 Dec 2011, 5:08 pm

androbot2084 wrote:
Carl Sagan is the dark nuclear lord.


No.

He was more like "the Lord of Dorkness"


Which is exactly why aspies line up to sell their souls to him!

Lol!



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24 Dec 2011, 1:39 am

Carl Sagan advocated rockets powered by the explosions of atomic bombs so that makes him the dark nuclear lord.



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24 Dec 2011, 2:25 am

androbot2084 wrote:
Carl Sagan advocated rockets powered by the explosions of atomic bombs so that makes him the dark nuclear lord.

What exactly is "dark" about Project Orion?



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24 Dec 2011, 2:27 am

Environmentalists will never accept nuclear power.



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24 Dec 2011, 2:52 am

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Environmentalists will never accept nuclear power.

Oh, that's probably true; "environmentalists" are dumber than bags of hammers.



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24 Dec 2011, 3:30 am

androbot2084 wrote:
Environmentalists will never accept nuclear power.


No matter which way you do it, breaking hydrocarbon chains to get your energy is not sustainable over aeons.

Giving up on technology and going back to an agrarian society living in mud huts is a poor choice as well.

Solar, wind, hydroelectric, and tidal generation combined aren't enough.

I'm gonna go on record as being dead set against building any more nuclear reactors with 40 year old technology.

We're aware of what pretty much all of the problems with old reactor designs are. I say we solve the problems and build new reactors.

because in 50 years we're going to need every energy source we've got.