For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

Quote by Carl Sagan

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding...

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding...

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

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

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary...

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary...

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

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

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather...

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather...

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go...

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist...

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can...

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can...

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the...

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the...

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth...

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth...

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

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

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

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This...

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This...