One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGANThe Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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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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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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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 cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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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.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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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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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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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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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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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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