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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 our faces.
-Carl Sagan
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We Have Also Arranged Things So That

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 our faces.
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