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Browsing Quotes By Carl Sagan

  • I try not to think with my gut. If I’m serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble.

    Speaker: Carl Sagan
    Source: the God Delusion
    Rating:
    1 (1 vote)
    Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 10:06 AM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: agnosticism, faith, science

  • 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.

    Speaker: Carl Sagan
    Rating:
    1 (1 vote)
    Posted: 28 Aug 2009 at 10:33 PM
    Posted By: DailyActivist
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    Tags: genius
    Shared By: 2 members; dirid51, DailyActivist

  • In science it often happens that scientists say, “You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,” and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.

    Speaker: Carl Sagan
    Rating:
    2 (2 votes)
    Posted: 28 Nov 2008 at 12:49 PM
    Posted By: augmentedfourth
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    Tags: argument, politics, religion, science
    Shared By: 4 members; winswmlik, drmccadexavie, DailyActivist, augmentedfourth