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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. Isaac Asimov
“By far, the oldest of the claptrap philosophies of mankind is astrology.”
― Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions Publisher: Prometheus Books
― Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions Publisher: Prometheus Books
“Throw away the Tarot deck and ignore the astrology column.”
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“We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“If we consider the scale of the universe, we begin to see just how ridiculous belief in astrology can be.”
― Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
― Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions
“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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