Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Quote by Carl Sagan
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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Carl Sagan Quotes
- 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.
- We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
- Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
- We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
- We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
- Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
- 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.
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