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MIND BLOWN!

When I chanced upon the term "Saganism" a few years ago, it sounded like a cult that promoted spiritual philosophy. To me, the name "Sagan" gave the idea of an enlightened saint, a cosmic time-traveller robed in white, telling tales about the universe. Immense self-control helped me not to google the hell out of Sagan, as I was determined to know him only through his books.

Consequently, the universe greeted me with a copy of "Broca's Brain" at a Crossword store in a mall. There it was, and it was about time too. Wanting to understand the mysteries of space without having to revisit my physics lessons, I trusted Sagan and dug deep. What I found, understood, and realised blew my mind. We all would have already done enough brainwork to reflect on the afterlife, near-death experiences, interstellar, extraterrestrial life, planetary functions, etc.
 
Sagan breaks it down so easily yet presents it with the right amount of mystery, leaving his readers to decide for themselves. Analysis of the works of eminent thinkers, physicists, scientists, and scholars like Broca, Einstein, Vellikovsky, and Goddard, along with others, has shown that the inquiries conducted around various hypotheses have kept the scientific community alive and kicking. Who would have thought about the striking similitude between the amniotic universe and the cosmic universe, which also closes the loop of birth and death at a point of singularity? It's confounding to discover how infinitesimal we are and how little we know in this vast expanse formed by chaos, followed by order. There are very few like Sagan who have unriddled the complexities of the Astroworld for the common lot.  I will now watch "Cosmos" and read "A pale blue dot".

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