One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGANArguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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We are all stardust.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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