At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigi…

Carl Sagan
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At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigid, doctrinaire religion. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.41, Ballantine Books
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