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Carl Sagan Quote - Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

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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.
CARL SAGAN

Argument Authority Expert Future Mistake Past Weight
We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
CARL SAGAN

Dust Live Sun Suspend
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
CARL SAGAN

Cosmic Disagree Finding Galaxy Human Love Mercy Perspective Precious
To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
CARL SAGAN

Break Up Couple Deep Forever Heart Leaving Live Love
The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
CARL SAGAN

Couple Each Other Enptiness Finding Relationship Valentine
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
CARL SAGAN

Apple Invention Science Scratch Universe
We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Harvest Stars Stuff Sunlight
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
CARL SAGAN

Assure Delusion Grasp Persistence Satisfaction Universe
Your god is too small for my universe.
CARL SAGAN

Atheist God Universe
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGAN

Believe Deep People Reason Stupidity
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
CARL SAGAN

Absence Evidence One Liner
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
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
CARL SAGAN

Ability Bird Fly Motivational Separate Walk Work Hard
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
CARL SAGAN

Body Knowledge Science Thinking
I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
CARL SAGAN

Atheist Conviction Courage
One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGAN

Argument Authority Command Greatness Science Trust

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