Robert Anton Wilson Trashes
the Unbridled Arrogance of Carl Saga
the Unbridled Arrogance of Carl Saga
Robert Anton Wilson not only thought he was an arrogant douchebag, but
wrote an entire chapter about that very topic in his book Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death:
“If anybody possesses all the
qualifications necessary for a fully ordained Expert in America today,
Carl Sagan certainly has that dizzying eminence. Through frequent
appearances on TV and in Parade (a news magazine circulated through
hundreds of newspapers in their jumbo Sunday editions), Dr. Sagan has
issued Expert verdicts on every possible controversial issue in science,
and in politics, and even in theology, for three decades now. And, like
the Experts who authenticated hundreds-to-thousands of Elmyrs, he has
never once admitted he ever made a mistake.
You may wonder how a man who only has
qualifications in astronomy can also function as an Expert on everything
in general. Well, I think it requires Sagan to have a lot of raw
courage, in the first place, and a strong, well-founded confidence that
those who don’t believe his dogmas have much less access to the media
than he does; if they answer him back, however effective their
arguments, very few of his large, gullible audience will ever hear about
it.”
http://disinfo.com/2014/01/robert-anton-wilson-trashes-unbridled-arrogance-carl-sagan/
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