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Evolution Quote by Carl Sagan

“the future belongs to those societies that treat new ideas as delicate, fragile and immensely valuable pathways to the future.” quote by Carl Sagan — Download Open image

““the future belongs to those societies that treat new ideas as delicate, fragile and immensely valuable pathways to the future.””

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In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, we have established a presence there, we have fulfilled a century of dreams!

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“[ When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996 :] If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is your criterion,…

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Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.

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At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.

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