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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."
Carl Sagan
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"Science demands a tolerance for ambiguity."
Carl Sagan
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"A central tenet of science is that all claims must be open to testing and criticism."
Carl Sagan
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"What is the difference between science and religion? In science you can change your mind when presented with evidence."
Carl Sagan
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"Science is the search for truth. It is not a tool for power, but for understanding."
Carl Sagan
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"Science has been the most effective human tool for understanding the world."
Carl Sagan
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"Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge."
Carl Sagan
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"Science is not a body of dogma that you have to believe. It is a tool for understanding the world."
Carl Sagan
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"Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The greatest scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Paleontology teaches us that most species are static for the duration of their existence."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The fossil record is the primary text of evolutionary history."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Variation within a species is the raw material of evolution."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Science must remain humble before the complexity of nature."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The strength of a theory lies in its ability to make testable predictions."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Evolution explains the unity and diversity of all living things."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Complexity arises not from design but from iterative processes."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The fossil record reveals punctuation, not continuum."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Science progresses through the collision of ideas with evidence."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The history of life is written in stone and bone."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Variation is the engine of evolution and innovation."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Natural selection is a blind process that sees with precision."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Science is the best tool we have for understanding reality."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The power of science lies in its self-correcting nature."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Understanding evolution enriches our appreciation of life."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"The fossil record is a textbook written by time itself."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Evolution is both fact and theory, observation and explanation."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"We understand ourselves better by understanding our evolutionary past."
Stephen Jay Gould
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"Evolution explains not why things happen but how they came to be."
Stephen Jay Gould