the Sagan example seems like sleight-of-hand as well. claude is clearly referencing this actual Sagan quote:
Our Sun is a second- or third-generation star. All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff.
i’ve taken the quiz already, but i don’t think there’s a world where i prefer claude’s version of the above to Sagan’s.[1]
meanwhile, the actual Sagan quote used in the quiz is weak and a bit dated (who cares about whether science and spirituality are concordant, these days?). so we’re comparing a C-list Sagan quote with a misremembered version of his best-known passage.
the Sagan example seems like sleight-of-hand as well. claude is clearly referencing this actual Sagan quote:
i’ve taken the quiz already, but i don’t think there’s a world where i prefer claude’s version of the above to Sagan’s.[1]
meanwhile, the actual Sagan quote used in the quiz is weak and a bit dated (who cares about whether science and spirituality are concordant, these days?). so we’re comparing a C-list Sagan quote with a misremembered version of his best-known passage.
“the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes” is stellar. summarizing it as “the calcium in our bones” is milquetoast.