“I believe that we are a story-driven species and that we understand how things are put together, in the context of narrative. It's a shame that science hasn't been taught that way, in a long time. It's usually the fact completely devoid of any human experience or any idea of how the scientist came to that conclusion.” WayBelieveHumansLongIdeasFactsStoriesTogetherI BelieveTaughtLong TimeScientistShameSpeciesDrivenConclusionNarrativeHuman Experience Author:Ann Druyan
“Interviewer: "Didn't [Sagan] want to believe?" Druyan: "He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know.” KnowsWantBelieveWantedAtheismAstronomyAgnosticInterviewersSagan Author:Ann Druyan
“Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.” KnowsWantBelieveWantedFearAtheismRageAgnostic Author:Ann Druyan
“A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.” PeopleWantNeedsBelieveHumansImportantEarthUniverseCreationExpressionEgoSpeciesSupremeCenter Of The Universe Author:Ann Druyan
“I remember that one time Carl Sagan was giving a talk, and he spelled out, in a kind of withering succession, these great theories of demotion that science has dealt us, all of the ways in which science is telling us we are not who we would like to believe we are. At the end of it, a young man came up to him and he said: "What do you give us in return? Now that you've taken everything from us? What meaning is left, if everything that I've been taught since I was a child turns out to be untrue?" Carl looked at him and said, Do something meaningful.” IfsMenWayGivingBelieveKindChildrenSaidEndsRememberYoungTurnsLeftTakenTaughtTheoryReturnMeaningfulYoung ManAspirationOne TimeSuccessionUntrueWitheringSaganDemotion Author:Ann Druyan
