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Dr. Carl Sagan

Dr. Carl Sagan

Dr. Carl Sagan föddes den 9 november 1934 och dog den 20 december 1996 - US scientist
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself

The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit.

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

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you never forget it.

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - -billions upon billions of stars

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

The wind whips through the canyons of the American Southwest, and there is no one to hear it but us - a reminder of the 40,000 generations of thinking men and women who preceded us, about whom we know almost nothing, upon whom our civilization is based.

The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems inviting. The ocean calls. So

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

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.

I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.

The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree,

Who will speak for Planet Earth?

We are prodding, challenging, seeking contradictions or small, persistent residual errors, proposing alternative explanations, encouraging heresy. We give our highest rewards to those who convincingly disprove established beliefs.

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