Carl Sagan On The Importance Of Science Literacy

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Carl Sagan's Interview With Charlie Rose On May 27th, 1996

"We've Arranged A Society Based On Science And Technology In Which Nobody Understands Anything About Science And Technology. And This Combustible Mixture Of Ignorance And Power, Sooner Or Later, Is Going To Blow Up In Our Faces. Who Is Running The Science And Technology In A Democracy If The People Don't Know Anything About It?... Science Is More Than A Body Of Knowledge; It's A Way Of Thinking, A Way Of Skeptically Interrogating The Universe With A Fine Understanding Of Human Fallibility. If We Are Not Able To Ask Skeptical Questions To Interrogate Those Who Tell Us That Something Is True, To Be Skeptical Of Those In Authority, Then We're Up For Grabs For The Next Charlatan, Political Or Religious, Who Comes Rambling Along."

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