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

Quote by Carl Sagan

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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...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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...

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...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

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...

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...

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

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...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, &...

The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things...

The moment you shift the conversation to God ... you can pretend to know things...

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.