There is much that science doesn't understand, many mysteries still to…

Carl Sagan
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There is much that science doesn't understand, many mysteries still to be resolved. In a Universe tens of billions of light-years across and some ten or fifteen billion years old, this may be the case forever. We are constantly stumbling on new surprises ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.50, Ballantine Books
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