Mon 11 Sep 95 21:10
By: DAVID RICE
Re: Carl Sagan : astrologer

"Sagan say's there ain't no God but Sagan himself." -- Pat
Parrinello

Speaking of which, I thought readers here would enjoy the
following:

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Skeptic@listproc.hcf.edu

A friend who works for the State of Washington Dept of
Transportation sent me this gem from the department newspaper:

"World-renowned astrologer Dr. Carl Sagan (right) is escorted
to the final session by Pacific Rim conference director Bill
Carr."

(this was the caption below a photo showing Carl Sagan....
yes, the same Carl Sagan who attacked astrology during a
speech at the 1994 CSICOP conference!)

The third paragraph of the text reads:

"In addition to more than 200 presentations that offered
experts' knowledge on universal transportation matters such
as the latest "intelligent highway" technologies, putting
together international trnsportation projects, the intermodal
transportation systems that Europe has developed, and air
transportation facilities for the 21st century - the second
Pacific Rim transportation gathering offered the the
mind-stretching thoughts of one of the worlds' most honored
astrologers, Dr. Carl Sagan."

The article was written by Grace Eubanks, Managing Editor of
Ex Press, the newspaper of the Washington State DOT.  The
masthead lists her email address as geubanks@wsdot.wa.gov in
case anyone wants to comment (!).

I called Grace on the day when the publication began hitting
people's desks.  As soon as I mentioned Sagan she volunteered
that she did actually understand the difference between
astronomy and astrology! She also said that mine was the 15th
call she had received so far.

I kidded her about what was she THINKING when she wrote that,
and she said that she wrote it at 3 AM in a fog and that it
had been proofread by two other people who normally catch
mistakes.

tad@ssc.com
Tad Cook


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