That pale blue elephant in the cosmos

Carl Sagan's pale blue dot is a masterpiece in communication.  It's an unparalleled compilation of paragraphs that puts everything into it's place and makes you realize that we are nothing more but certainly, nothing less, than a species out of many species on a microscopic planet in a solar system, in a galaxy, in a universe.  And that universe, perhaps, might be something even more insignificant in the grand scheme of things, in parallel bars in a gym on a microscopic planet in a solar system, in a galaxy, in a universe and so on.

And what Carl is describing, is just a view from a relatively close position, in our solar system.  The pale blue dot.

Don't take all this from me, I am just telling you what I understand from being alive for a short time, and I myself, am just one of a species as previously described.  I wouldn't take my word for anything, I mean, why would I?

But my point is, there are people amongst us, there are people that have lived before us, that have thought about these things for the first time.  They are true visionaries, they are essentially our gods, for want of a better definition.

Carl Sagan, was just a human being.  He brushed his teeth, like you and I.  He brushed them because his diet, which was normal, consisted of sugars that were added to his food, which caused his teeth to decay.  Brushing them helped.  He lived in a human body, at a certain time, of that he had no choosing, and so he brushed his teeth, probably before he went to bed, and perhaps, after his breakfast in the morning.  Just like you and I.

Carl Sagan brushed his teeth twice a day.  He also explored the cosmos in his mind.  And he also came to terms with the fact that he, as well as exploring the vast, perhaps, wonderful cosmos, in his mind, he had to brush his teeth twice a day, because of his diet, which was normal.  Carl Sagan was a teeth brushing visionary.

What Carl Sagan was not, was a violent man, from what I understand.  But I suspect, that, perhaps, Carl Sagan experienced violent thoughts and emotions.  We all do, from time to time.  But would you define Carl Sagan as a violent man?  Of course you wouldn't.

I am really trying to say something here.  What I am trying to say, really, is that I don't know much about Carl Sagan, or about science, or about our place in the universe, or what, indeed, a universe really is.  What I am really getting at, is that I am quite a big R.E.M fan, and this blog is really a tribute to the R.E.M song, Fall On Me.  I ask you to re-read it, with that in mind.  I think you will be surprised.