Sagan on Flatland

You’re tuned to Radio Sunclipse, first on your RSS dial. It’s Monday morning in our local reference frame, and it’s time for a golden oldie: here’s Uncle Carl himself explaining how we can do geometry in different numbers of dimensions:

You know, his voice does sound a little like Agent Smith.

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7 Responses to “Sagan on Flatland”

  1. “I’d like to share a revelation I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you’re not actually mammals. You are made of star stuff.”

    Joshua said this on March 17th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

  2. And also:

    “Have you ever stood and stared at it? Marveled at its beauty, its genius? Billions and billions of stars just living out their life-cycles, oblivious”

    Joshua said this on March 17th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

  3. A classic piece of video, always a pleasure. The Smith/Sagan mashup is truly inspired too.

    Jonathan said this on March 17th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

  4. Joshua:

    OK, OK, I guess you win the Internet for today.

    Incidentally, the Google Ad on my sidebar right now is offering “Discount Cosmos Tours” — are people really brash about selling drugs these days, or did somebody invent FTL travel while I wasn’t looking?

    Blake Stacey said this on March 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

  5. I’m looking at a Google ad for “Zombie Lawmen”. And you better believe I’m going to follow that link in just a second.

    Joshua said this on March 17th, 2008 at 13:22 pm

  6. Ok, don’t bother. There’s nothing on the site but links to parked spam-domains.

    Bastards.

    Joshua said this on March 17th, 2008 at 13:24 pm

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