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.
CARL SAGANIf we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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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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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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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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We are all stardust.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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