http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/16/sagan-man/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:36:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/16/sagan-man/comment-page-1/#comment-3096 JaniceOly Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:19:21 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=240#comment-3096 Not that Sagan or Sagan-man really think it is insane, but that it is so amazing it is hard to grasp. Not that Sagan or Sagan-man really think it is insane, but that it is so amazing it is hard to grasp.

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/16/sagan-man/comment-page-1/#comment-3095 JaniceOly Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:18:26 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=240#comment-3095 It is present tense because Sagan-man (the person supposedly bitten by Carl Sagan in 1995) could still be alive, regardless of the death of the person who bit him. It is present tense because Sagan-man (the person supposedly bitten by Carl Sagan in 1995) could still be alive, regardless of the death of the person who bit him.

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/16/sagan-man/comment-page-1/#comment-1200 asdf Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:39:43 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=240#comment-1200 why is it crazy when the SETI advocate says that we've been to the moon? why is it crazy when the SETI advocate says that we’ve been to the moon?

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/16/sagan-man/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 James Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:13 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=240#comment-1134 Present tense seems a bit odd given that Sagan died back in 1996. Present tense seems a bit odd given that Sagan died back in 1996.

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/16/sagan-man/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 artieb Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:03:56 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=240#comment-1133 I agree with the analysis but I think that the comic also alludes to the power of the Science TV series Cosmos the Sagan pioneered. It was pretty much the first time people in the US heard we are born from stars; a truly groundbreaking and ego shattering comment. I believe that the Sagan man is able to stop thieves in their tracks by blowing their minds with scientific facts. I agree with the analysis but I think that the comic also alludes to the power of the Science TV series Cosmos the Sagan pioneered. It was pretty much the first time people in the US heard we are born from stars; a truly groundbreaking and ego shattering comment. I believe that the Sagan man is able to stop thieves in their tracks by blowing their minds with scientific facts.

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