Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Picture Quote by Carl Sagan

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

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I don't want to believe, I want to know

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I don't want to believe, I want to know

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone...

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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone...

Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you...

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Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you...

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge

For small beings such as we the vastness is only bearable through love

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For small beings such as we the vastness is only bearable through love

Somewere, something incredible is waiting to be know.

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Somewere, something incredible is waiting to be know.

If we do not destroy ourselves we will, one day venture to the stars

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If we do not destroy ourselves we will, one day venture to the stars

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge

Somewehere, Something incredible is waiting to be known.

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Somewehere, Something incredible is waiting to be known.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood,...

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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood,...

For me it is better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to...

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For me it is better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

We wish to pursue the truth no matter where it leads; but to find the...

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We wish to pursue the truth no matter where it leads; but to find the...

The reason people use crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit.

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The reason people use crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time...

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Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time...

There was once a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled....

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There was once a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled....

Intelligence - not because you think you know everything without questioning, but rather because you...

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Intelligence - not because you think you know everything without questioning, but rather because you...

... we live in a country in which a person cannot get elected president if...

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... we live in a country in which a person cannot get elected president if...

One can't prove that God doesn't exit, but science makes God unnecessary.

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One can't prove that God doesn't exit, but science makes God unnecessary.

Don't just teach your children to read.. Teach them to question what they read. Teach...

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Don't just teach your children to read.. Teach them to question what they read. Teach...

That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.

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That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.