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Carl Sagan

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in o

Carl Sagan

Science

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Carl Sagan is warning that society deliberately keeps most people from understanding science and technology, which is very dangerous. He believes that combining widespread ignorance with the power to make important decisions will eventually lead to serious problems or crises.

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