![]() ![]() His language is less forgiving and more concrete, stating that “evolution is not a theory, it’s a fact. ![]() Sagan takes a stronger-than-usual tone in this episode. In what I imagine is an attempt to stamp out anti-evolutionary dissent. And to deny that unity serves to isolate us all the more. ![]() It’s deeply compelling and strange and hopeful. ![]() We are part of a dark and beautiful story of four billion years of survival against the odds, an unbroken chain that unites every living thing. Not just because it’s a slap in the face to the progress inherent of the modern era, but because its denial means rejecting our place within all of known life. I personally find it the source of great sadness that one of the most astonishing discoveries in human history – the evolution of species through the means of natural selection – still faces such resistance. That our society continues to rehash the same tired arguments against evolution more than thirty years after this episode first aired may have come to no surprise to Sagan. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |