The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan out did himself before passing several years ago with this great commentary on pseudoscience versus science, he insists the reader observe human nature and its collective thinking, in dumbing the world by deliberately alienating the masses from "real science". Educators insist on creating a ignorant population that since childhood has been fooled that science/math is to difficult to learn hence a population that embraces pseudoscience for comfort. A comfort, like any child, to feel secure and safe in our fragile but sophisticated universe. Science should be embraced by all for it is the only true guide to truly getting a handle on the awe inspiring cosmos we live in. Sagan writes,
"If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness." -Carl Sagan