Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Mistress of the Cosmos
Ann Druyan is probably more famous for being the spouse of Carl Sagan. She often collaborated with her husband and now runs Cosmos Studios, a science-based entertainment company. Her company helped to finance Cosmos 1, the world's first solar sail spacecraft set to be launched soon. She was recently asked if there is anything wrong with someone believing in the intangible and I enjoyed her response:
"There's nothing wrong with having a sense of wonder about the things you don't understand, but I think it's wrong to commit to a belief in the abscence of evidence, especially when what you believe is transparently a pallative for your fear. The search itself should be never ending. That's why conclusive religions do no satisfy me the way science does."
Ann Druyan is probably more famous for being the spouse of Carl Sagan. She often collaborated with her husband and now runs Cosmos Studios, a science-based entertainment company. Her company helped to finance Cosmos 1, the world's first solar sail spacecraft set to be launched soon. She was recently asked if there is anything wrong with someone believing in the intangible and I enjoyed her response:
"There's nothing wrong with having a sense of wonder about the things you don't understand, but I think it's wrong to commit to a belief in the abscence of evidence, especially when what you believe is transparently a pallative for your fear. The search itself should be never ending. That's why conclusive religions do no satisfy me the way science does."
