Best Carl Sagan Thoughts
- The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. All
- We seem, these days, much more willing to recognize the perils before us than we were even a decade ago. The newly recognized dangers threaten… Able
- Centuries hence, when current social and political problems may seem as remote as the problems of the Thirty Years' War are to us, our age… Age
- If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds. Sailors on a becalmed sea,… Basic
- Imagine we could accelerate continuously at 1 g-what we're comfortable with on good old terra firma-to the midpoint of our voyage, and decelerate continuously at… Accelerate
- Billions and billions. Astronomy
- I never said it. Honest. Oh, I said there are maybe 100 billion galaxies and 10 billion trillion stars. It's hard to talk about the… Astronomy
- Religions are tough. Either they make no contentions which are subject to disproof or they quickly redesign doctrine after disproof. ... near the core of… Contention
- Is mankind alone in the universe? Or are there somewhere other intelligent beings looking up into their night sky from very different worlds and asking… Aliens
- Atheism is very stupid. Atheism
- Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking: a way of skeptically interrogating the universe. Body
- We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who… Earth
- Science is not perfect. It's often misused; it's only a tool, but it's the best tool we have. Self-correcting , ever changing, applicable to everything:… Applicable
- The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our… Astronomy
- Every cell is a triumph of natural selection, and we’re made of trillions of cells. Within us, is a little universe. Cell
- Every star may be a sun to someone. Every Star
- Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others? Funny
- Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy… Better
- A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the god portrayed is too small. It is a god of a… Galaxy
- It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it. Bit
- There are in fact 100 billion galaxies, each of which contain something like a 100 billion stars. Think of how many stars, and planets, and… Awesome
- How smart does a chimp have to be before killing him constitutes murder? Chimp
- Scientists make mistakes. Accordingly, it is the job of the scientist to recognize our weakness, to examine the widest range of opinions, to be ruthlessly… Accordingly
- Religions are often state-protected nurseries of pseudoscience, although there's no reason why religions have to play that role. In a way, it's an artefact from… Artefact
- Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky. Affinity
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