Q: What book motivates or influences you most in life?

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 29, 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Cosmos

“Cosmos” by Carl Sagan was more influential to me than any book I’ve ever read. It reawakened the spirituality inside me, opened my eyes to the wonders of science, gave me a sense of self, helped me appreciate all life on Earth, and laid the foundation for the human being I have become.

Ted Turner Interviews Carl Sagan

Posted by Eric P. Metze On September 30, 2009 ADD COMMENTS

A Glorious Dawn

Posted by Eric P. Metze On September 25, 2009 1 COMMENT

What happens when you mix art, poetry, music, science, philosophy, and genius? This video. Easily one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen. I haven’t felt this numinous since I first read Cosmos. I can’t thank the author of this video enough, and I look forward to enjoying more like it. If you only watch  [ Read More ]

by Tony Long of Wired 1996: Carl Sagan dies. Calling Carl Sagan a scientist is a little like calling the Beatles a rock band. Sagan was certainly a scientist (an astronomer, biologist and astrophysicist, to be precise). But he was also science’s most visible public advocate, a secular humanist, a fervent believer in extraterrestrial life,  [ Read More ]

Abortion

Posted by Eric P. Metze On May 4, 2003 ADD COMMENTS

I originally read the following article in Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. It was written in the mind-90′s, but the arguments they detail here will forever stand the test of time. This article is far more honest and comprehensive than anything I’ve ever read on the subject, so I absolutely had  [ Read More ]

Cosmos XI. The Persistence of Memory

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 5, 2002 ADD COMMENTS

Information is important to Life, and Earth is positively rippling with both. Quasi-intelligent beings that never see the light of day live on inside us, While mindless molecular machines copy our biological biography With the guided precision of a skilled craftsman. All living creatures store libraries of information in their genes, But many beings are  [ Read More ]

Cosmos VIII. Travels in Space and Time

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 4, 2002 ADD COMMENTS

Before the Sun rose and set in the sky of Earth, A giant blue-green rock spun lazily around its star. Then a being, mostly calling itself Man, Gave names to these gods of the ground and sky. Our solitary sun floats with its family of planets. A grain of sand in a beach too massive  [ Read More ]

Cosmos XII. Encyclopaedia Galactica

Posted by Eric P. Metze On November 2, 2002 ADD COMMENTS

Ethereal lights in the sky, unexplainable phenomena, And alleged astronauts older than any nation Lead many to believe we’re inundated with uninvited guests. Though I wish it were so, it probably just isn’t true. It could be that we have not been discovered, And our xenophobia causes us to see lights in the sky. Besides,  [ Read More ]

My Stance on Jesus Christ

Posted by Eric P. Metze On April 6, 2001 ADD COMMENTS

Let one of my favorite fictional characters take over for a moment and I will get right back to you… “I’m a Christian in the sense that I find Jesus Christ to be an admirable historical figure. I think the Sermon on the Mount is one of the greatest ethical statements and one of the  [ Read More ]