Oh, I agree with that. My religious viewpoints did not change an iota because of him. Nobody has the answers to everything. I just loved the book and found it intellectually stimulating. Haven't read Dragons of Eden yet.
I haven't read this book, but Sagan is like the father of sensationalistic pseudoscience IMO. He had a very bad habit of grabbing headlines (i.e., nuclear winter) and of crediting knowledge to science that was not scientific (i.e. extraterrestrial life). Not that I have no respect for the man. My respect for him is just mixed is all. He did a lot to advance science, but was not always ethical about how he did it IMO. When you watch some science documentary now and they talk in a sensationalistic fashion about "killer black holes" in the middle of galaxies, blame Sagan.Originally posted by: ThePresence
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Anyone who's into science vs. religion, superstition and pseudoscience must read this book. It's easy to read, hard to put down and fascinating. While it did not change my religious beliefs an iota, it changed my prespective on certain issues.
When you finish reading this you can read The Science of God by Gerald L. Schroeder.
If that's true, he must have changed his views completely by the time he wrote this book. Read it, you'll see.Originally posted by: Vic
I haven't read this book, but Sagan is like the father of sensationalistic pseudoscience IMO. He had a very bad habit of grabbing headlines (i.e., nuclear winter) and of crediting knowledge to science that was not scientific (i.e. extraterrestrial life). Not that I have no respect for the man. My respect for him is just mixed is all. He did a lot to advance science, but was not always ethical about how he did it IMO. When you watch some science documentary now and they talk in a sensationalistic fashion about "killer black holes" in the middle of galaxies, blame Sagan.Originally posted by: ThePresence
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Anyone who's into science vs. religion, superstition and pseudoscience must read this book. It's easy to read, hard to put down and fascinating. While it did not change my religious beliefs an iota, it changed my prespective on certain issues.
When you finish reading this you can read The Science of God by Gerald L. Schroeder.
Originally posted by: ThePresence
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Anyone who's into science vs. religion, superstition and pseudoscience must read this book. It's easy to read, hard to put down and fascinating. While it did not change my religious beliefs an iota, it changed my prespective on certain issues.
When you finish reading this you can read The Science of God by Gerald L. Schroeder.
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