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“All of science to me, everything that we have learned, is important to the extent that it brings us to our senses.” quote by Ann Druyan — Download Open image

“All of science to me, everything that we have learned, is important to the extent that it brings us to our senses.”

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We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively alienated and excluded from its workings, from the values of science, the methods of science, and the language of science. A good place to start would be for as many of us as possible to begin to understand…

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No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.

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Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.

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