I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey ca…

Carl Sagan
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I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign. ✨ Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, p.55, Penguin
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I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign. ✨ Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, p.55, Penguin

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