While high profile scientists such as Carl Sagan have advocated the transmission of messages into outer space, Stephen Hawking has warned against it, suggesting that aliens might simply raid Earth for its resources and then move on.
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Carl Sagan was an avid marijuana user his entire life. “I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, unavailable to us without such drugs“.
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After becoming associated with the catchphrase “billions and billions,” Carl Sagan had a unit of measurement named after him. One sagan is equal to at least four billion, since the smallest number that may be described as “billions and billions” must be two billion plus two billion.
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Carl Sagan sued Apple for using his name as an internal code for the Macintosh 7100. In response Apple changed the name to BHA (Butthead Astronomer).
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Carl Sagan insisted that it was common practice for NASA astronauts to be given cyanide pills in-case they could not return to Earth.
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Carl Sagan coauthored a book arguing that the theory of ancient civilizations being contacted by advanced extraterrestrials should be seriously considered.
