Valid criticism does you a favor. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted W…

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Valid criticism does you a favor. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.57, Ballantine Books
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