Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowle…

Carl Sagan
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Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.65, Ballantine Books
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