We Batter This Planet As If We

Carl Sagan Always Used To Say That When He Was Trying To Explain Something To Someone, He Would Go Back To That Time When He Didn't Understand It, And Then He Would Retrace His Thought Steps So That He Could Make It Absolutely Clear, And That's One Of The Infinite Number Of Things I Learned From Him.

My Knowledge Of Science Came From Being With Carl, Not From Formal Academic Training. Carl Gave Me A Thrilling Tutorial In Science And Math That Lasted The 20 Years We Were Together.

And What Greater Might Do We Possess As Human Beings Than Our Capacity To Question And To Learn?

A Lot Of People Have This Ego Need That Makes Them Want To Believe That Earth Is The Center Of The Universe And Humans Are The Most Important Species, The Supreme Expression Of Creation.

Carl Took On The Military-industrial Complex. He Campaigned Around The World For An End To The Production Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction. To Him It Was A Perversion Of Science.