Education on the value of free speech and the other freedoms reserved by the
Bill of Rights, about what happens when you don’t have them, and about how to
exercise and protect them, should be an essential prerequisite for being an
American citizen — or indeed a citizen of any nation, the more so to the degree
that such rights remain unprotected. If we can't think for ourselves, if we're
unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in
power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those
in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the
scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain
decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we
inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and
the enveloping darkness.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a candle in the dark.
A quote from Carl Sagan's 1995 book.
Education on the value of free speech and the other freedoms reserved by the
Bill of Rights, about what happens when you don’t have them, and about how to
exercise and protect them, should be an essential prerequisite for being an
American citizen — or indeed a citizen of any nation, the more so to the degree
that such rights remain unprotected. If we can't think for ourselves, if we're
unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in
power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those
in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the
scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain
decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we
inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and
the enveloping darkness.
Education on the value of free speech and the other freedoms reserved by the
Bill of Rights, about what happens when you don’t have them, and about how to
exercise and protect them, should be an essential prerequisite for being an
American citizen — or indeed a citizen of any nation, the more so to the degree
that such rights remain unprotected. If we can't think for ourselves, if we're
unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in
power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those
in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the
scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain
decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we
inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and
the enveloping darkness.
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