14.4.11

Carl Sagan's Last Interview

min 3:50 "Science is more than a body of knowledge it's a way of thinking. A way of sceptically interrogating the Universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility.If we are not able to ask sceptical questions to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be sceptical of those in authority, then we are up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along" Carl Sagan

min 6:40 "Science is after the way the world really is, not about what makes us feel good" Carl Sagan

"(skepticism and wonder)... two uneasily cohabiting modes of thought that are central to the scientific method."