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Quote from Carl Sagan,

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as thenew bamboozles rise.)"



By:

Carl Sagan (more quotes by Carl Sagan or books by/about Carl Sagan)


(1934-1996), Astro-physicist

Source:

"The Fine Art of Baloney Detection," Parade, February 1, 1987

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