You are truly glad he is dead? What did he ever do to you???
I was interviewed on both TLC and Dicovery channel astronomy and SETI shows that also featured Dr. Sagan.
Is that what you read into my statement?
You must be one of them thar scientests referred to in the article.
Carl Sagan is like broccoli sprouts, love him or hate him apparently.
Sagan was one of those people who, like Isaac Asimov (my childhood hero), I may have disagreed strongly about in certain political areas, but who I nonetheless had profound respect for. He tried his best at communicating science to the public, and except when he confounded scientific fact with personal opinion, did a damn good job in my estimation.