Carl Sagan
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All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based - or who, like Socrates, merely asks embarrassing questions that we haven't thought of, or demonstrates that we've swept key underlying assumptions under the rug - it becomes much more than a search for knowledge. It feels like a personal assault. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.297, Ballantine Books

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