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You could just as well say that an agnostic is a deeply religious person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of human fallibility.

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I think if we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.

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For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner ... on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies. ... That is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and it is very good for us to understand that.

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It is all a matter of time scale. An event that would be unthinkable in a hundred years may be inevitable in a hundred million.

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Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations.

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One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

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My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence are provided by such a god. We would be unappreciative of those gifts (as well as unable to take such a course of action) if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves. On the other hand, if such a traditional god does not exist, our curiosity and our intelligence are the essential tools for managing our survival. In either case, the enterprise of knowledge is consistent with both science and religion, and is essential for the welfare of the human species.

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In a complex universe, in a society undergoing unprecedented change, how can we find the truth if we are not willing to question everything and to give a fair hearing to everything?

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Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies.

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The Earth is a place. It is by no means the only place. It is not even a typical place.

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The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

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In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.

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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

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Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition.

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Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable. . . .

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I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.

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She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

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We should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit.

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Valid criticism does you a favor.

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My deeply held belief is that if a god of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence is provided by such a God. We would be unappreciative of that gift if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves.

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