Sasha Sagan
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah. Totally. What a witch would say. A hundred percent. But then once you get gravity and like Newton kind of works out how this could work, it becomes real. And what I think is sort of.
The key is that can we still hold on to like the awe and enthusiasm and the sense of like, oh, my God, holy shit, this is amazing and stunning and exhilarating and spine tingling about the stuff that we have evidence for that is real. Yes. And hold out, just hold an open space for the stuff that could just be wishful thinking or fears or hopes or ancient rumors.
The key is that can we still hold on to like the awe and enthusiasm and the sense of like, oh, my God, holy shit, this is amazing and stunning and exhilarating and spine tingling about the stuff that we have evidence for that is real. Yes. And hold out, just hold an open space for the stuff that could just be wishful thinking or fears or hopes or ancient rumors.
The key is that can we still hold on to like the awe and enthusiasm and the sense of like, oh, my God, holy shit, this is amazing and stunning and exhilarating and spine tingling about the stuff that we have evidence for that is real. Yes. And hold out, just hold an open space for the stuff that could just be wishful thinking or fears or hopes or ancient rumors.
And I just think, you know, like the example I always give is. there is a secret code in your blood that connects you to your ancestors that can solve mysteries that we did not know about like a few decades ago, you know, 60, 70 years ago. And that it can like, is, is like the key to answering so many questions, reuniting lost family members, figuring out like what, All these, you know, history.
And I just think, you know, like the example I always give is. there is a secret code in your blood that connects you to your ancestors that can solve mysteries that we did not know about like a few decades ago, you know, 60, 70 years ago. And that it can like, is, is like the key to answering so many questions, reuniting lost family members, figuring out like what, All these, you know, history.
And I just think, you know, like the example I always give is. there is a secret code in your blood that connects you to your ancestors that can solve mysteries that we did not know about like a few decades ago, you know, 60, 70 years ago. And that it can like, is, is like the key to answering so many questions, reuniting lost family members, figuring out like what, All these, you know, history.
And, like, if you... By the time you're doing, like, your allele worksheets in middle school, DNA doesn't seem like this magical, mystical, thrilling thing. But I think it is. And so whatever...
And, like, if you... By the time you're doing, like, your allele worksheets in middle school, DNA doesn't seem like this magical, mystical, thrilling thing. But I think it is. And so whatever...
And, like, if you... By the time you're doing, like, your allele worksheets in middle school, DNA doesn't seem like this magical, mystical, thrilling thing. But I think it is. And so whatever...
things that we currently categorize as paranormal, you know, we have to just like hold an empty space until there's evidence because we humans are so inclined to fall into the traps of our own belief systems.
things that we currently categorize as paranormal, you know, we have to just like hold an empty space until there's evidence because we humans are so inclined to fall into the traps of our own belief systems.
things that we currently categorize as paranormal, you know, we have to just like hold an empty space until there's evidence because we humans are so inclined to fall into the traps of our own belief systems.
Sure. And like the thing that my parents always told me that's so magnificent about science is it has this error correcting mechanism, right? You're a better scientist if you prove that the conventional wisdom is wrong, if you can really prove it, like if you really, it can really stand up to scrutiny. And sometimes we believe things for centuries and then they end up being disproven.
Sure. And like the thing that my parents always told me that's so magnificent about science is it has this error correcting mechanism, right? You're a better scientist if you prove that the conventional wisdom is wrong, if you can really prove it, like if you really, it can really stand up to scrutiny. And sometimes we believe things for centuries and then they end up being disproven.
Sure. And like the thing that my parents always told me that's so magnificent about science is it has this error correcting mechanism, right? You're a better scientist if you prove that the conventional wisdom is wrong, if you can really prove it, like if you really, it can really stand up to scrutiny. And sometimes we believe things for centuries and then they end up being disproven.
But like this system is our best bet because we're not that good at figuring out what's real and what's not historically. Yeah.
But like this system is our best bet because we're not that good at figuring out what's real and what's not historically. Yeah.
But like this system is our best bet because we're not that good at figuring out what's real and what's not historically. Yeah.
Like, the universe, like, beyond Earth?