The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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“One unerring mark of the love of truth,” wrote John Locke in 1690, “is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.”
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Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
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We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future?
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gnorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
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The most open and vigorous debate is often the only protection against the most perilous misuse of technology.