chief deficiency see skeptical movement polarization: Us vs. — sense a — Carl Sagan, Demon-Haunted World: Science a Candle Dark

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The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them — the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status.

Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

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