Carl Sagan: My God, it's full of stars
Decoding the Gurus
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The Psychic Well Springs of the Middle Kingdom
The idea that the universe is made for us not because of any particular merit of ours but just because we're here. This seems to resonate with the same psychic well springs responsible for the view that our nation is special and the center of the universe. they're saying we're at the center we're important we're special everything goes around us. It's probably important to remember that this talk is given in 1992 which was a fair while before the current climate where it's extremely in vogue to be talking about Eurocentrism and colonialism.
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