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Carl Sagan Quote - People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.

People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.

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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.
CARL SAGAN

Assume Come Consideration Danger Extreme Ourselves Outside Problem Solution
What an astonishing thing a book is.
CARL SAGAN

Astonish Book One Liner
Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
CARL SAGAN

Avoid Cause Human Ignorance Misery Ourselves Particular Stupidity
There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
CARL SAGAN

Atom DNA Galaxy Molecule Science Stars Typical
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
CARL SAGAN

Deserve Destroy Justice Science Truth
Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
CARL SAGAN

Distance Greatness Ignorance Mistake Perspective
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
CARL SAGAN

Dependent Exquisite Live Science Society Technology
Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
CARL SAGAN

Equality Inspirational Smart Stupidity
Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
CARL SAGAN

Fools One Liner Ourselves Science
Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
CARL SAGAN

Depth Different Giving Involvement Love Number Perhaps Relationship
Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
CARL SAGAN

Cosmic Enough Explore Investigation Nature Ocean Ready Sail Shore Stars Wander
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.
CARL SAGAN

desperatel Determination Preference Prejudice Puzzle True Truth Want Work
Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
CARL SAGAN

Accommodation Admire Enough Faith God Strive Truth Universe
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
CARL SAGAN

Butterfly Forever Human Nature Thinking
The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
CARL SAGAN

Act Celebration Cosmic Magnificant Merge Modest Scale Understand
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.
CARL SAGAN

Beat Born Enthusiam Kids Natural Science Scientist Start System Wonder

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