Quotes 9-25-14

12 years ago

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Carl Sagan

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

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
Carl Sagan

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
Carl Sagan

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

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Carl Sagan

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lilosophie
12 years ago
Carl Sagan combines scientific knowledge with wisdom, it's a great gift he has. Thank you, Rob
rob333 (zone 7b)
Original Author
12 years ago
I think what you've said is incredibly interesting. There are those that think scientific knowledge IS wisdom. Maybe they aren't the same thing? But I dunno. I am not sure you can have scientific knowlege devoid of wisdom, even if you have wisdom devoid of science intellect. Does that make sense? Or is science ONLY a way of thinking? Now I am thinking a million different things. That makes you better than Carl Sagan. In my book.
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anneliese_32
12 years ago
The Sagan quotes are great. In my opinion you can have wisdom without science, just think of the many quotes by Native Americans we have read over time. Science without wisdom don't acknowledge the emotional side of life, just facts. There 1+1=2, a number but not that one and one can be a pair, 2 children, 2 sides if a story.