Can We Know The Universe Carl Sagan Analysis

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Responding to Carl Sagan "Can We Know the Universe?" 1979
It has become common today to try to solve any question without realizing is impossible to answer every question in the world. Because the world is a puzzle that kept us entertained as we go to solve it. So, the real question what will happen if we solve the puzzle or can our brains handle to understand the universe structure? Well the obvious answer it will be no, because we as humans our existence was after the universe were built so basically we are trying to find the mother nature that give us the ability to live and to grow because if we were trying to find what is the universe we will see that we are part of the universe, and everything in the universe is going in a cycle. Carl Sagan “can we know the universe?"1979, claimed that the world is about puzzle pieces that need to be reattached in order to be solved, and I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I agree that the world is puzzle pieces, on the other hand, I still insist that not every puzzle we can solve as humans. While Sagan, probably wrong when he claims that the world is a puzzle that we can solve, or that everything can be solved in a scientific way, but he is right that the world has an obsession about knowing
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Also, these three main points are the normal human nature of living. Because as humans we make question and think that we can do the impossible by given the effort to what we doing. However, I agree with the sum of the point that Sagan mention, but I totally disagree to give hope to people that they can conquer the impossible all the time. Because we have to acknowledge the reality of the real life. Which sometimes life can be fair and sometimes not, so we cannot be sure about that if we work hard we will get what we

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