If you’re talking about the exaggerated parts like an area being 150 degrees or something, perhaps consider that that’s not the REAL Carl Sagan, it’s a comedy skit, and the main point of the sketch was that humans weren’t doing anything about global warming. I’d say it’s aged well considering as a species we’d still rather be entertained and distracted than listen to scientists.
The sketch re-ran nationally on this past Saturday’s Paul Rudd SNL episode. It originally aired in 1990, a now mythical golden era when Republicans hadn’t yet been brainwashed by corporate interests:
150°F is ridiculous, but we know that much lower temps are still deadly, with parts of the world (like North Africa Middle East) regularly topping dry-bulb temperatures above 122°F (50°C).
Here are wet-bulb temperatures that are dangerous (black is deadly to even young and fit people):
Nice find, but how well has it aged?
If you’re talking about the exaggerated parts like an area being 150 degrees or something, perhaps consider that that’s not the REAL Carl Sagan, it’s a comedy skit, and the main point of the sketch was that humans weren’t doing anything about global warming. I’d say it’s aged well considering as a species we’d still rather be entertained and distracted than listen to scientists.
The sketch re-ran nationally on this past Saturday’s Paul Rudd SNL episode. It originally aired in 1990, a now mythical golden era when Republicans hadn’t yet been brainwashed by corporate interests:
Whoa, that reawakened some long-lost neurons.
150°F is ridiculous, but we know that much lower temps are still deadly, with parts of the world (like North Africa Middle East) regularly topping dry-bulb temperatures above 122°F (50°C).
Here are wet-bulb temperatures that are dangerous (black is deadly to even young and fit people):
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