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#37 — Thinking in Public

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is That the Science That I Saw on TV Last Night?

Sagan got hammered by colleagues for his role as a communicator of science. His closest collaborator, steve soder, thought it would be a mistake to appear on the tonight show with johnny carson. And once that got unfolded, and johnny carseton turned out to be a fan of science and of scepticism, all of a sudden, members of congress would hear from their constituents, oh, i think maybe we should do more science. So my field,. i think we've matured past that, and now we can celebrate one another who have given some of their lives to bring the universe down earth.

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