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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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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

Somewere, something incredible is waiting to be know.

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Somewere, something incredible is waiting to be know.

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...

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

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

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

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

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers.

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The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers.

Small minds can't comprehend big spirits. To be great, you have to be willing to...

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Small minds can't comprehend big spirits. To be great, you have to be willing to...

Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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.

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...

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge

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The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better