Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the s…

Carl Sagan
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Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come? ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.400, Ballantine Books
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