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Pseudoscience Quotes by Carl Sagan
- At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigid, doctrinaire religion.
- Science and mathematics [are] much more compelling and exciting than the doctrines of pseudoscience, whose practitioners were condemned as early as the fifth century B.C.…
- The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites…
- 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…
- One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad…
- In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to ignore the fact…
- I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has…
More Pseudoscience Quotes
- Science and mathematics [are] much more compelling and exciting than the doctrines of pseudoscience, whose practitioners were condemned as early as the… — Carl Sagan
- At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigid, doctrinaire religion. — Carl Sagan
- Is climate change pseudoscience? If I'm going to answer the question, the answer is: absolutely. — Ivar Giaever
- As in the pseudoscience of bloodletting, just so in the pseudoscience of city rebuilding and planning, years of learning and a plethora… — Jane Jacobs
- It is no defense of superstition and pseudoscience to say that it brings solace and comfort to people. . . . If… — Isaac Asimov
- How have people come to be taken in by The Phenomenon of Man? We must not underestimate the size of the market… — Peter Medawar
- The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30… — Carl Sagan
- 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… — Carl Sagan