Carl Sagan on UFO’s - “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”

[dannykrinkle]

Still the gold standard of critical thinking in a world that's getting dumber by the minute. Sagan was a true treasure.

[CheeseCop-hr]

Carl always says interesting and purposeful things.

[Rhodri]

The contempt in his voice when he says the word ‘abducted’ is a thing of beauty.

[joyceroberts]

Carl Sagan was magnificent, concise, thorough and to the point no matter what he was saying! What a treasure he was!

[ethzero]

Nostalgic for the time when empirical evidence was respected and debate was honest and open. Hopefully humanity will circle back to that one day.

[Martin-dgy]

“A stolen logbook of the ships, captain” this guy is amazing. Love and respect his intelligence..

[kreb]

Despite everyone carrying a camera with capabilities unthinkable in his time still no evidence.

[novakingood]

Yes, it's good to have an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out.

[DerekOBrien-nf]

Would love to hear Sagan's thoughts on the current UFO situation. I'm sure they would be fair and insightful.

Edit: I understand that UFO does not mean alien. :)

[eugenedegeorge]

Carl sagan was the best. I've always said.
If there are intelligent beings capable of flying through space, they would want to make themselves known.Just as when we send explorers into space we don't try to hide behind rocks and things we are out there looking to make contact.

[echoecho]

I miss Carl Sagan, and his Cosmos.
NDT canNot touch him.

[ramibhaf]

This great to hear you. Thank for peace of mind!?

[orvarino]

Sagans Standard - one of the Razors to know, in conjunction with Hitchen's and Occam’s. If I was to teach my two daughters three things - thees would be the three mind rules I would pass on.

[clownhands]

I miss Carl and also wonder what he would have said of the David Fraver “tic tak” story and video.

[whitworths]

This man once blew up the earth simply because a baker made him a pie that was too crumbly. If the man says there's no aliens, don't argue with him.

[Sleepingbear]

I wonder what he would have thought of watching the U.S. Navy fighter jet in 2014 filming a tic-Tacom shaped object flying through the sky and water?

[MrVin]

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

[-Kailinn-]

But my great great great great grandfather's dog was abducted by aliens and he'd never lie!

[davep]

If only everyone back then had been carrying megapixel cameras with full video recording capability we'd have all the proof we need... wonder why they stopped coming.

[Aaron-ogwx]

That's exactly what a alien living amongst us would say! 😮