Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. Carl Sagan awakebasiccitizenry Change image and share on social
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. Carl Sagan arrangeblowcombustible share on social
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. Carl Sagan brainfeelgood Change image and share on social
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan dependentexquisitelylive Change image and share on social
If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? Carl Sagan conceitdeflatedisservice Change image and share on social