卡尔·萨根
外观
卡尔·爱德华·萨根(英语:Carl Edward Sagan,1934年11月9日–1996年12月20日),美国天文学家、宇宙学家、科幻小说及科普作家。
语录
[编辑]- 几乎不会有主流宗教这样来对待科学,然后得出结论说,“这要比我们所想的更好!宇宙果真要比我们的先知所说的更大、更宏伟、更精致、更优美?”相反,他们会说,“不,不,不!我的神是一个小神,我就要他以这种方式行事”。一种宗教,无论新旧,只要它重视由现代科学所揭示的宇宙的壮观,就能够博得通常的信念几乎无法获取的尊严和敬畏。 – 《暗淡蓝点:展望人类的太空家园》
- 英语:"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths."