Carl Sagan
Astronomer and science communicator (1934 to 1996) whose The Demon-Haunted World (1995) defended scientific scepticism as a candle against pseudoscience and superstition.
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Their wordsWe have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster.
↗The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Random House, 1995)archive.org All 5 from this book
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Their wordsThe method of science, as stodgy and grumpy as it may seem, is far more important than the findings of science.
↗The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Random House, 1995)archive.org All 5 from this book
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Their wordsScience is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
↗The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Random House, 1995)archive.org All 5 from this book
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Our reading
Once people have been bamboozled long enough, they tend to reject evidence of the bamboozle
Their wordsOne of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.
↗The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Random House, 1995)archive.org All 5 from this book
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Their wordsScience is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have.
↗The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Random House, 1995)archive.org All 5 from this book