NOT a sex offender
This guy is known for a ton of things - Astronomy, Physics, Biology, his many publications, blah blah blah. I came to know him through his retro TV show "Cosmos" in which Sagan spent time philosophizing on life, nature, and the universe while simultaneously taking his viewers on an acid trip-like experience on his imaginary spaceship. True, his voice kind of sounds like a sex offender, and even at his best he's still kind of hard to look at...
Case and point:
A more "studly" Dr. Sagan
But Carl Sagan saw the world from a different perspective - or the universe, rather. He never denied being an Athiest, and pursued science as a means of spirituality. He understood the complete magnificence of something as large as a supernova down to the nucleus of an atom. Most importantly, he understood the symbiotic connection of life on this planet.
So go pick up his "Cosmos" DVDs, they are absolutely fantastic. LINK@!!!!!!!!!!
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths."
-Carl Sagan
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