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Carl Sagan Quote - One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.

One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.

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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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