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An excerpt from the famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech given by the late American cosmologist and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, animated as a tribute by Vishal Varghese. To wit:

Carl Sagan, the astronomer of the people strived to untangle the subtle complexities of modern physics and present them to the everyday audience. He believed that in a world where knowledge was available freely to every person seeking it.

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Breathing, walking, being interested in things, experiencing fear: all unconscious and automatic things, and therefore – strictly speaking – not you, sez exurb1a. To wit:

Consciousness is a bit like poop. It’s a mysterious internal process, and if you talk about it at parties you’ll stop getting invited to parties.

Fair enough.

Previously: You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable (Probably)