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Carl Sagan Quote - Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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We are all stardust.
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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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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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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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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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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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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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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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