Source: The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995), Ch. 1 : The Most Precious Thing, p. 12
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Quotes from book
The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a 1995 book by astrophysicist Carl Sagan, in which the author aims to explain the scientific method to laypeople, and to encourage people to learn critical and skeptical thinking. He explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science and those that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking and should stand up to rigorous questioning.
Source: From the book The Demon-Haunted World Sagan quoting from Kenneth V. Lanning, FBI Behavioral Science Research Unit, from an article Satanic, Occult and Ritualistic Crime in The Police Chief, Oct 1989 note: Misattributed
Source: The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995), Ch. 1 : The Most Precious Thing, p. 12
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“There are wonders enough out there without our inventing any.”
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Source: The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995), Ch. 11 : The Dragon in My Garage, p. 180
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Context: I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble. Really, it's okay to reserve judgment until the evidence is in.
“Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.”
"With Science on Our Side" https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1994/01/09/with-science-on-our-side/9e5d2141-9d53-4b4b-aa0f-7a6a0faff845/, Washington Post (January 9, 1994)
Variant: Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.”
Source: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
