We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
CARL SAGANWhat an astonishing thing a book is.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Arguments 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.
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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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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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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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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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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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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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