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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by arethuza on Sunday February 06, 2011 @02:32PM (#2186247)
Sagan was quoting 100 billion galaxies each of a 100 billion stars quite a while ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ex__M-OwSA

[NB That nice round figure has stuck in my memory since I first saw Cosmos in the early 80s]

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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by hartror on Sunday February 06, 2011 @05:40PM (#2186678)
I love Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" speech[1] as it not only places us in the universe but puts our silly futile arguments, battles and wars on the tiny stage they are actually fought. As an atheist I like to point to this video as one place I find moral context.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M

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