Tag: Carl Sagan
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In our obscurity – in all this vastness – there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.
Carl Sagan
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
Carl Sagan
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I’ve written a number of books that have to do with the evolution of humans, human intelligence, human emotions.
Carl Sagan
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Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I’ve had a lot of experience with that.
Carl Sagan
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl Sagan
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Carl Sagan
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When you make the finding yourself – even if you’re the last person on Earth to see the light – you’ll never forget it.
Carl Sagan
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Carl Sagan
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The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It’s not that there’s something new in our way of thinking – it’s that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.
Carl Sagan
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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
Carl Sagan