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More books to add to the bottomless pit of the reading list.

Hehe. "Rather, we interpret Ψ^2 as the probability the particle will be found in a certain place at a certain time. What the hell does that mean? For example...."

'The quantum physicists have it right; they are beginning to think like Indians: everything is connected dynamically at an intimate level.'

Sometimes I like to switch from my inner reading voice to Sagan's voice. Imagining those inflections and dialect. "This self-questioning and error-correcting aspect of the scientific method is its most striking property, and sets it off from many other areas of human endeavor where credulity is the rule." https://youtu.be/rbfOqgQVKmI

I love that Sagan had an open mind to possibilities. Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence, but unless there is evidence, it's only an idea, which is fine, but it's not a fact. Good discussion on critical thinking & building popular interest in science through pseudoscience debate and fringe science.