The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
CARL SAGANBooks permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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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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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.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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