![]() ![]() In the short segment shown of their conversations, Sagan asked the Dalai Lama about his beliefs in God and what he as a Buddhist would do if a discovery in science conflicted with Buddhist doctrine. Their discussion continued in India the following year, where the Dalai Lama cleared his calendar to spend a full day talking with Sagan and Druyan. The Dalai Lama, who has had a lifelong interest in science, first met with Sagan during a visit to Ithaca in 1991. 28 at Cornell, Ann Druyan, writer and media producer and widow of the late Carl Sagan, reflected on conversations Sagan had with the Dalai Lama on science and religion in the early 1990s. The Catholic church had just switched from giving masses in Latin to local languages so that everyone could understand them, and Druyan said Sagan was trying to do the same for science. Sagan entered the public eye in the 1960s - a time rife with changes in both culture and thought. She stressed that there were political motivations behind Sagan's work as well: "Carl believed that you can't have a democratic society if you have a tiny scientific elite and a public who is uncomfortable with the methods and language of science," she said. "He wanted to share with everyone the wonder and awe that science inspired in him," Druyan said. Sagan, Cornell professor and author of "Cosmos," "Contact" and "Dragons of Eden," among other books, was perhaps best known for his extraordinary ability to communicate science to the public. ![]() For the first time, film excerpts of the meeting between the two were shown in a public venue. Science, said Ann Druyan, widow of Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan, can communicate with, learn from and even benefit from religion and vice versa.Äruyan, a writer and media producer who collaborated with Sagan for 19 years until his death in 1996, reflected on dialogues in the early 1990s between Sagan and the Dalai Lama at a Sept. Religion and science do not have to be at odds. ![]() In 1991 Cornell Professor Carl Sagan had a lengthy conversation with the Dalai Lama about science and religion. ![]()
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