We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science…

Carl Sagan
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We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.49, Ballantine Books
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