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The less he understands something, the more firmly he believes in it.
Wilhelm Reich, Austro-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, sex educator and sociologist (1897-1957)
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deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the skeptics, are trying to figure out how the world works and what our role in it might be. Their motives are in many cases consonant with science. If their culture has not given them all the tools they need to pursue this great quest, let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.
Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
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