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Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out."
Carl Sagan (via universal-wanderer)(Source: skaterboytae, via universal-wanderer)
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I love your Blog =) I reallt do love Carl Sagan! =)
Thanks! Much appreciated!
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This has to be the BEST blog. Ever.
Thanks! Much appreciated :)
Could this be due to the fact that the main subject of this blog is, arguably, the greatest man to have walked the planet?
I’m sorry that this blog isn’t updated frequently though.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
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if only…
