"... Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine a understanding of the human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions to interrogate those who tell us that something is true. To be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grab for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along." -Carl Sagan
Monday, August 6, 2018
The late great Carl Sagan...
... In preparation for my final paper on The Varieties of Scientific Experience, here is some insight into the mind of the master himself, Carl Sagan...
"... Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine a understanding of the human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions to interrogate those who tell us that something is true. To be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grab for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along." -Carl Sagan
"... Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine a understanding of the human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions to interrogate those who tell us that something is true. To be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grab for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along." -Carl Sagan
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Great! I make brief reference to that book in my August 8 post below...
ReplyDeleteAlso: your consciousness post has inspired me to hunt up "A Glorious Accident," above. Should be of interest from both the consciousness and the evolutionary angles.