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Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:56:49 GMT
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On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:30:01 GMT, "Daniel Jassim"
<danieljassim@hotmail.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > Heard him say it. Wasn't recorded. Doesn't mean I'm wrong or that Dr.
> > Sagan remembered it. Gosh, you are taking this personally.
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> (yawn-----smack, smack----scratch) Like I said, the misquote came after the
> "Cosmos" series because of the WAY Sagan overpronounced the "B" in
> "billions." You'll never find any recorded proof he said it before "Cosmos"
> either because he just didn't. The man himself checked everything he did to
> see if he really said it and nothing turned up. Also, he said it's just not
> his style to use that phrase. What more can I say?
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> You claim he DID say it before the "Cosmos" series in some private capacity
> in 1985? How is that possible when the "Cosmos" series came out 5 years before?
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> Dan
On the Biography special they did on him they had a clip where he said
"billions and billions", but I don't recall if it was an excert from
the Cosmos series or just something he did later on as a gag.
Regardless of whether he said it on the Cosmos series he did in fact
say the phrase. Although now that I think about it...what's the point
of this debate? I believe that maybe I missed another meeting. o_O
Robert
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| (...) (yawn-----smack, smack----scratch) Like I said, the misquote came after the "Cosmos" series because of the WAY Sagan overpronounced the "B" in "billions." You'll never find any recorded proof he said it before "Cosmos" either because he just (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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