CARL SAGAN

• True spirituality is defined by the skepticism of both today's religions and today's science.  Spirituality is individualistic, and the opposite of dogmatism. 
• True rationality is open-ended and skeptical about itself even if it does its best, understanding that it is n...

Advances in modern science and technology have been made possible not only by genius innovation, but by our capacity to learn from others.

So social learning is seen as a source of collective intelligence.

Spirituality is a framework for understanding the world. It enables people to make sense of that which, for them, science and religion fail to address: religion because it's outdated and out of touch with scientific progress, science because it's incapable to answer some of life's most crucial qu...