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DeGrasse Tyson channeling Sagan

Filed under: Ideas by Jeremy on Saturday, 21st April 2012 at 1:46 pm

Neil DeGrasse Tyson with some Carl-Sagan-esque thoughts (h/t Ben Goldacre). The first half is good but if you’ve only got 5 minutes, start listening at 7:35:

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