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• One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.
  We're no longer interested in finding out the truth....
• At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attitudes -- an openness to new idea
  o matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new....
• We have lingered long enough on the shores of the Cosmic Ocean. -- Carl Saga
• At the heart of science is an essential tension between two seemingly contradictory attitudes -- an openness to new idea
  o matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new....
• My deeply held belief is that if a God of anything like the traditional sort exists, our curiosity and intelligence is provided by such a God.
  We would be unappreciative of that gift ... if we suppressed our passion to explore the universe and ourselves....
• As long as there have been humans we have searched for our place in the cosmos.
  Where are we? 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....
• We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act.
  Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. -- Maxwell Maltz...
• We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face .
  .. we must do that which we think we cannot. -- Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)...