It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced …

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It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science, p.73, Ballantine Books
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