Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
CARL SAGANKnowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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