"If we resolutely refuse to acknowledge where we are liable to fall into error, then we can confidently expect that error - even serious error, profound mistakes - will be our companion forever. "For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
"Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history." "We can pray over the cholera victim, or we can give her 500 milligrams of tetracycline every 12 hours." laments that the young are disastrously more ignorant than the generation immediately preceding."
"One of the oldest short essays in human history. "Every question is a cry to understand the world" Highlights and discussion available on Goodreads.
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