A Demon Haunted World
A Demon Haunted WorldA Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Well I can certainly see why this book was rated with five stars. I found Sagan�s book, �A demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark� one of the most eye-opening books that I have read in a very long time. I must admit that when this book was first presented to me I doubted just how great this would be. Here in my head I was thinking �Okay I don�t want to read a book about engineering I want to do engineering.� But the thought process went on and I must admit it was well worth reading this book. Although the book was slow to begin, as most books are, the pace picked up and took me right along for the ride.
The main theme of this book was how much science not only opens are minds but also how much science influences our lives. I liked the example that Sagan uses close to the beginning of this story of how he was at a gathering and asked everyone in the room how many of them had not been helped someway in their lives by science. I thought the fact that only one person raised their hand was a good way of showing just how influential science is in everyone�s lives.
I think that there could also be another theme for this book. The other theme I saw to be very present throughout the book was the mere fact that science alone can not necessarily answer questions but can give the flaws to someone�s story. I am very interested in and have been a strong believer in the idea of alien abductions. In fact, I even wrote a whole research essay last year explaining why I believed them to be true. After reading Sagan�s book I now wish I had read it earlier. The fact that many of the abducted may have had earlier troubles in life that may have influenced the legitimacy of the person�s story never came up in any of the books I had read prior.
Do you believe in Ghost�s? Well, truth goes to show that ghost�s can not be proved by any scientific method. Sagan believes that many of these so-called ghosts are really just your imagination running wild. That was Sagan�s attitude in this book. I think that Sagan believes that science does do a lot of good for this world and for the lives of many, but still there are just some things that have no scientific way of being proved. Whether you believe it or not, if you can�t scientifically prove it you really don�t have any proof it really happened. This attitude works perfectly with the whole alien abduction belief perfectly. Although many say that they have been...
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