• 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?

  Source: The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995) Ch. 1 : The Most Precious Thing

  Carl Sagan
  American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author 1934-1996
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1. disservice
2. deflating
3. conceits

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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? by : Carl Sagan

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