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His quote below begins, “Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking.”…
#CarlSagan #quote #science
![In the upper left corner of a rectangular pale green background is a small photo of a smiling (or laughing) Carl Sagan in a forest setting. The rest of the rectangle is the text of the rest of the quote that begins in the post, and its attribution:
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”
— Carl Sagan (1934-1996) in his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
[Source of image: RandysRandom.com]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1302726 "In the upper left corner of a rectangular pale green background is a small photo of a smiling (or laughing) Carl Sagan in a forest setting. The rest of the rectangle is the text of the rest of the quote that begins in the post, and its attribution:
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”
— Carl Sagan (1934-1996) in his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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The splitting of the atom has changed everything save our mode of thinking, and thus we drift towards unparalleled catastrophe… We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
— Albert Einstein
For our second spotlight we are shining a light on @gamingonlinux who keeps us informed with #Linux #News and #Gaming.
Liam, we can’t imagine the #Fediverse without you. You add so much to the community and you never let the trolls take you down! We also love that your website adheres to the #FediPUG code of conduct.
Thank you for all your hard work! We hope to be reading your articles for many years to come!
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"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is...people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist."
- Hannah Arendt. The Origins of Totalitarianism. 1967
"#Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But #certainty is an absurd one."
— Voltaire
#voltaire #quote #philosophy #science #research #enlightenment
- Richard P. Feynman
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