Comments on: The Pale Blue Dot http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/ Promoting rational thought above dogma. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:27:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob Carlson http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Bob Carlson Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:19:14 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=2029#comment-1020 You are welcome. And now that I have finished the book, I see it, among other things, as a powerful argument in support of passage of a health care bill. You are welcome. And now that I have finished the book, I see it, among other things, as a powerful argument in support of passage of a health care bill.

]]> By: Neece http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Neece Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:50:40 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=2029#comment-1019 That little teeny blue dot really puts everything in perspective. Awe-inspiring! Also, look how far we've come! We were able to send out something deep into space to even get that picture! Think about where we were just 100 years ago! Amazing. Oh, and Carl Sagan was THE MAN. :) That little teeny blue dot really puts everything in perspective. Awe-inspiring!

Also, look how far we’ve come! We were able to send out something deep into space to even get that picture! Think about where we were just 100 years ago! Amazing.

Oh, and Carl Sagan was THE MAN. :)

]]> By: Dan http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Dan Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:27:40 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=2029#comment-1010 That's a great idea! Pardon my idea thievery, but I'm going to do that, too. ;-) That’s a great idea! Pardon my idea thievery, but I’m going to do that, too. ;-)

]]> By: Corvus http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Corvus Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:20:23 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=2029#comment-1009 I used to keep a printout of that quote and picture on my door. Never failed to awe and inspire me, and remind me (at the end of a long day) where and what I was. I used to keep a printout of that quote and picture on my door. Never failed to awe and inspire me, and remind me (at the end of a long day) where and what I was.

]]> By: Dan http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Dan Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:53:58 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=2029#comment-1005 The book looks great! I'm putting it on my Amazon wish list. :-) Thanks for the tip! The book looks great! I’m putting it on my Amazon wish list. :-)

Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Bob Carlson http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/2010/02/17/the-pale-blue-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 Bob Carlson Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:22:32 +0000 http://www.rationalitynow.com/blog/?p=2029#comment-1001 "To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another..." I am currently about a third of the way through a fascinating book with this theme by Frans de Waal titled "The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society:" http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/empathy/ “To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another…”

I am currently about a third of the way through a fascinating book with this theme by Frans de Waal titled “The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society:”

http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/empathy/

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