I'm taking more and more of a liking to science reads these days. I found The Demon Haunted World in Goodwill, and planned on getting to it "eventually". Then, a friend of a friend began talking about it, and I decided to dive in. He had said that it was a good "bathroom book" as each chapter can stand on it's own. Indeed, they can, but reading it all together did no harm. I feel like the underlying subject was the importance of skepticism. Sagan repeated this time and time again. I don't suppose that skepticism is something many of us think about as integral, but after reading this, I concur. Skeptics are needed to challenge our ideas and beliefs so that something can be proven. In the end, someone will be right and someone will be wrong-- but even the person on the winning end will need to be challenged in the future, and that's okay.
I was impressed with Sagan's writing style. It was a bit intimidating to open a book from a man with such an intellect, but he was able to speak clearly about science to a non-science audience, which is much appreciated. A lot can get lost or misunderstood when things are placed in purely technical terms. I will be reading Sagan again.
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Carl Sagan had the innate ability to speak to the "every man" that's why he's so amazing/compelling. You don't have to be a genius to understand the concepts he presents because of HOW he presents them. Genius mind, that guy. :)
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