Video: Carl Sagan’s last interview
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Carl Sagan gave his last interview with Charlie rose on May 27th 1996. He discussed pseudo-science, religion, unfounded claims, his personal love affair with science and his struggle with myelodysplasia as well as other elements of his last book: The Demon-Haunted World.
I thought it was important that a high quality copy of this interview, with proper audio video sync, was made available on youtube.
The Demon-Haunted World changed my life in ways more profound than I thought possible. That book, and the name of Carl Sagan, should be known to every high school graduate.
“Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy.”
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CORRECTION: It’s come to my attention that Carl gave one other television interview before his death. It was aired on ABC’s Nightline on December 4th 1996. A short clip from that interview can be seen below. Please ask ABC to make the entire interview available.