At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attituedsan openness to new ideas no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas old and new.
Carl Sagan
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Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
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I would suggest that science is at least in my part informed worship.
- Carl Sagan