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Carl Sagan Quote - 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.

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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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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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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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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