(January 5, 2013 at 11:44 am)Creed of Heresy Wrote: Today, I am going to quote Carl Sagan. Because I feel like it.
Quote:When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.
Agreed, and thanks for posting that. I love Sagan's description of the space photo of earth taken through the rings of Saturn. It really makes one understand how unimportant and insignificant we are on the universal scale. It is a source of humility humanity widely still lacks.