If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those wh…

Carl Sagan
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If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up for grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes rambling along. ✨ Interview with Charlie Rose, May 27, 1996.
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