Carl Sagan
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.
In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.
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