We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite pr…

Carl Sagan
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We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science, p.17, Ballantine Books
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