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Agan /say'gn/ N. [from Carl Sagan's TV Series "Cosmo
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sagan /say'gn/ n.
[from Carl Sagan's TV series
"Cosmos"; think "billions of billions"] A large quantity
of anything. "There's a sagan different ways to tweak EMACS."
"The U.S. Government spends sagans on bombs and welfare -- hard
to say which is more destructive."
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agan: /say'gn/ [from Carl Sagan's TV series "Cosmo
think "billions and billions"] n. A large quantity of anything....
Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves, but to the Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we sprang.
-- Carl Saga...
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
-- Carl Sagan, Cosmo...
In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
-- Carl Sagan, Cosmo...
I'm often asked the question, "Do you think there is extraterrestrial intelli- gence?
I give the standard arguments -- there are a lot of places out there, and use the word *billions*, and so on....
I'm often asked the question, "Do you think there is extraterrestrial intelligence?
I give the standard arguments -- there are a lot of places out there, and use the word *billions*, and so on....
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
-- Carl Saga...
Gee, there must be hundreds of em! -- Carl Saga