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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.


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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.



The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.



Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.



I don't want to believe. I want to know.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.



The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.



The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.



We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.



For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.



You have to know the past to understand the present.

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