My parents were not scientists. They knew almost nothing about science…

Carl Sagan
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My parents were not scientists. They knew almost nothing about science. But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the two uneasily cohabiting modes of thought that are central to the scientific method. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.13, Ballantine Books
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