Carl Sagan Quotes About Science And Technology
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
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We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology.
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Not all bits have equal value.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and radioactive wastes, acid rain, topsoil erosion, tropical deforestation, exponential population growth. Jobs and wages depend on science and technology.
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In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."
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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
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