Metousiosis

To celebrate one of the greatest minds in science and one of the foremost advocates for the popularization of science, the Center for Inquiry is putting on a festival today in Fort Lauderdale; the live feed for which can be viewed here. Reading Carl Sagan’s book The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark was the book that begun my journey into skepticism, I have since passed it on to many of my friends and received great acclaim for spreading the skeptical wordview. Below is Carl Sagan’s final interview, from 1996, in which he speaks about the scope of The Demon Haunted World.

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a book by Carl Sagan intended to explain the scientific method to laymen, and to encourage people to learn critical or skeptical thinking. It explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science, and ideas that can be considered pseudoscience. Sagan states that when new ideas are offered for consideration, they should be tested by means of skeptical thinking, and should stand up to rigorous questioning.