Carl Sagan Quote

Reasoned disputation is the lifeblood of science — as is, sadly, infrequently the case in the intellectually more anemic arena of politics.


The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Preface (p. ix), Dell Publishing, Inc. 1975


Reasoned disputation is the lifeblood of science — as is, sadly, infrequently the case in the intellectually more anemic arena of politics.

Reasoned disputation is the lifeblood of science — as is, sadly, infrequently the case in the intellectually more anemic arena of politics.

Reasoned disputation is the lifeblood of science — as is, sadly, infrequently the case in the intellectually more anemic arena of politics.

Reasoned disputation is the lifeblood of science — as is, sadly, infrequently the case in the intellectually more anemic arena of politics.