Posted by Stacey on October 12, 1999 at 23:26:05:
In Reply to: Carl Sagan, A Life posted by Ronald Forthwith on October 11, 1999 at 09:59:02:
This is a great article, thanks for providing the link. I love the fact that Sagan smoked pot, I find a lot more insight into his work, now that I know where he got some of his inspiration.
I got something different then you did in respect to the quote about "listen closely you sonofabitch..." I couldn't see any references to dreaming in the article, my take was that Sagan would tape messages for himself at night and/or while high, and has to remind himself that those thoughts were real because of the disbelief he applies in the "light of day". Of course I could be wrong, in fact I'm looking at that quote right now and it seems more obscure the more I read it.
Maybe a someone else could cast their vote on what they think it means. Ideas anyone?
Stacey