I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely…

Carl Sagan
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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves. ✨ Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, p.130, Penguin
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