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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'…
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the…
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The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
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[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth…
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The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about…
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In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home. Right? Because…
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The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands…
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Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago.…
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The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a…
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A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars. Because it…
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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness…
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Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting any radio…
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward…
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It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the…
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Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.
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Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike…
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To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental…
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God, we are told, is willing to render himself inconsistent and ridiculous, to confound the curiosity of those whom, we are at…
— Baron d'Holbach
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Let the storm rage and the sky darken — not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should…
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I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest…
— Robert E. Lee
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I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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Darken your room, shut the door, empty your mind. You are still in great company.
— Austin Osman Spare
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How strange it seems that education, in practice, so often means suppression: that instead of leading the mind outward to the light…
— Louis Sullivan
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Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a…
— Maya Angelou
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