Carl Sagan Quote

A being quite like us, but with a small physiological difference — a third eye, say or blue hair covering the nose and forehead — somehow evokes feelings of revulsion. Such feelings may have had adaptive value at one time in defending our small tribe against the beasts and neighbors. But in our time such feelings are obsolete and dangerous.


The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Chapter 1 (p. 7)


A being quite like us, but with a small physiological difference — a third eye, say or blue hair covering the nose and forehead — somehow evokes...

A being quite like us, but with a small physiological difference — a third eye, say or blue hair covering the nose and forehead — somehow evokes...

A being quite like us, but with a small physiological difference — a third eye, say or blue hair covering the nose and forehead — somehow evokes...

A being quite like us, but with a small physiological difference — a third eye, say or blue hair covering the nose and forehead — somehow evokes...