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Sagan's avid pot smoking and atheism no doubt helped inspire various atheistic [[pseudoscience]] fantasies that Sagan foisted on his gullible fans.  For example, Sagan alleged that [[evolution]] was a "fact".<ref>http://www.creationdefense.org/57.htm</ref> In addition, the speculative field of [[exobiology]] often assumes that evolution occurred despite [[evolution|the lack of evidence and counter evidential nature of evolutionary claims.]] Given that [http://www.conservapedia.com/Communism#Communism_and_militant_atheism many atheists embraced communism] and continue to hold the spurious notion of [[abiogenesis]], it is not surprising that many atheists embraced Sagan's pseudoscience (see also: [[Causes of atheism]]).  

Sagan's avid pot smoking and atheism no doubt helped inspire various atheistic [[pseudoscience]] fantasies that Sagan foisted on his gullible fans.  For example, Sagan alleged that [[evolution]] was a "fact".<ref>http://www.creationdefense.org/57.htm</ref> In addition, the speculative field of [[exobiology]] often assumes that evolution occurred despite [[evolution|the lack of evidence and counter evidential nature of evolutionary claims.]] Given that [http://www.conservapedia.com/Communism#Communism_and_militant_atheism many atheists embraced communism] and continue to hold the spurious notion of [[abiogenesis]], it is not surprising that many atheists embraced Sagan's pseudoscience (see also: [[Causes of atheism]]).  

Professor Sagan, like many scientists throughout the 20th century, believed that intelligent life may exist on planets other than Earth.  <blockquote>"The significance of a finding that there are other beings who share this universe with us would be absolutely phenomenal, it would be an epochal event in human history," Sagan declared.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/US/9612/20/sagan/ Norma Quarles, "Carl Sagan Dies at 62," CNN.com 20 Dec. 1996.]</ref></blockquote>

Professor Sagan, like many [[liberal]] scientists throughout the 20th century, believed that intelligent life may exist on planets other than Earth.  <blockquote>"The significance of a finding that there are other beings who share this universe with us would be absolutely phenomenal, it would be an epochal event in human history," Sagan declared.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/US/9612/20/sagan/ Norma Quarles, "Carl Sagan Dies at 62," CNN.com 20 Dec. 1996.]</ref></blockquote>

Indeed, Sagan's most popular work of fiction ''Contact'', later made into a movie, was about finding extraterrestrial life.

Indeed, Sagan's most popular work of fiction ''Contact'', later made into a movie, was about finding extraterrestrial life.