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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy
Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 9
Died: 1996
Died: December 20
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Cosmologist
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
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Planetary Scientist
Science Communicator
Brooklyn
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Carl Edward Sagan
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My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I’m agnostic.
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The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree, have figured it out.
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As the ancient myth makers knew, we are children equally of the earth and the sky.
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Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs.
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