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"What worries me the most,' she continued, 'is the opposite, the possibility that they're not trying. They could communicate with us, all right, but … - Carl Sagan
"What worries me the most,' she continued, 'is the opposite, the possibility that they're not trying. They could communicate with us, all right, but they're not doing it because they don't see any point to it. It's like..." — she glanced down at the edge of the tablecloth they had spread over the grass — "like the ants. They occupy the same landscape that we do. They have plenty to do, things to occupy themselves. On some level they're very well aware of their environment. But we don't try to communicate with them. So I don't think they have the foggiest notion that we exist."
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About Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (9 November 1934 – 20 December 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space, the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the hypothesis, accepted since, that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to, and calculated using, the greenhouse effect. He testified to the US Congress in 1985 that the greenhouse effect will change the earth's climate system.
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What worries me the most,” she continued, “is the opposite, the possibility that they’re not trying. They could communicate with us, all right, but they’re not doing it because they don’t see any point to it. It’s like . . .” — she glanced down at the edge of the tablecloth they had spread over the grass — “like the ants.
Additional quotes by Carl Sagan
Nuevamente, la razón por la que la ciencia funciona tan bien es en parte este mecanismo incorporado de corrección de errores. En la ciencia no hay preguntas prohibidas, no hay temas demasiado sensibles o delicados para ser explorados, no hay verdades sagradas. Esta apertura a nuevas ideas, combinada con el escrutinio más riguroso y escéptico de todas las ideas, selecciona el trigo de la cizaña. No importa lo inteligente, venerable o querido que sea uno. Debe demostrar sus ideas ante la crítica decidida y experta. Se valoran la diversidad y el debate. Se alienta la formulación de opiniones en disputa, sustantivamente y en profundidad.
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