Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity a…

Carl Sagan
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.50, Ballantine Books
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.50, Ballantine Books

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