The Pale Blue Dot

[HiFlyer 9,376]

Was just thinking of some things..... And suddenly remembered this.

 

[Chocorua 112]

Nice post. I try to often pick up one of many Carl Sagan books (Pale Blue Dot is one) I have and immerse my brain into his writings. Sigh...if only there were more of these types of humans...lots more.

 

Cheers,

Greg

[n4gix 4,961]

What else can I say but "awesome!"  😁

[birdguy 3,958]

I wonder how many pale blue dots are out there and how many are inhabited by intelligent life forms and of those how many are being destroyed by their inhabitants.

Noel

[HiFlyer 9,376]

1 hour ago, birdguy said:

I wonder how many pale blue dots are out there and how many are inhabited by intelligent life forms and of those how many are being destroyed by their inhabitants.

Noel

Well....

Its really quiet out there.....

Maybe most "Intelligent" life forms don't make it.

Not surprising, if they are anywhere near as shortsighted, violent and stoopid as we can be. 

Edited March 17, 2022 by HiFlyer

[n4gix 4,961]

The dialog was very well done. He has a lovely narrator's voice.

[GaryK 201]

Carl Sagan always good to hear.

The video did rather put me in mind of an old kids tv program called the Clangers.

 

[goates 576]

9 hours ago, HiFlyer said:

Its really quiet out there.....

Maybe it's quiet for a good reason.

 

[HiFlyer 9,376]

2 hours ago, n4gix said:

The dialog was very well done. He has a lovely narrator's voice.

I find Dr Sagan's real voice just as evocative: Perhaps one of the most distinctive and quietly scholarly voices ever, and in a fun tidbit, the model on which Hugo Weaving JR modeled the speech patterns of Agent Smith in the Matrix films. 🙃

I found it hard to find a clip of Pale Blue Dot using Dr Sagan's actual voice safely sharable here, because most of them come with flash's of disturbing imagery, sure to discommode some Avsim visitor, somewhere out there..... Unfortunately.

Here is a nice one, using his real voice. But for safety, I include only a link. https://youtu.be/3i2y4sEQpRI

 

[HiFlyer 9,376]

32 minutes ago, goates said:

Maybe it's quiet for a good reason.

Yup.....

Years ago, on a no-longer-existing technical website, a bunch of us got out our calculators and considered something similar to the above scenario, coming up with some terrifying numbers for the necessary speed and mass necessary for species-ending relativistic kill vehicles.

Then of course, philosophical debate and some game theory discussion of the classical Prisoners Dilemma.

Not stuff to make one sleep well at night.

[n4gix 4,961]

17 hours ago, HiFlyer said:

Here is a nice one, using his real voice. But for safety, I include only a link.

That was a very wise decision. Some of those scenes would definitely have invoked some unwanted commentary.  😉

[HiFlyer 9,376]

5 hours ago, n4gix said:

That was a very wise decision. Some of those scenes would definitely have invoked some unwanted commentary.  😉

Well..... Yeah.

I was especially uncertain about that iffy clip from lady and the tramp..... 🤔

[tonywob 4,770]

This must upset those instagram influencers who think they're it.. 

Great video