Those who know me know that I'm not particularly fond of celebratory occasions as a rule. Today is a bit different for me. I actually like this day in both concept and execution and hope that somehow, some way, one day it will be observed as a national (or better still an international) holiday. We celebrate religious figures and nationalistic figures with holidays, why not a man of science? To me, since science is so central to our continued happy existence on this planet, such a day (hell, I'd be happy with a National Science Day, if not Carl Sagan Day) makes more sense than all the other holidays combined. A holiday that celebrates science and progress...what a novel concept.
Anyhow, there's a diatribe in there if I keep going, so without further blathering, here's the greatest scientific educator every born to remind us all what it's all about.
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