Only a few times does Sagan suggest why skepticism is lacking. Chapter 10 has this quote that sums it up: “Keeping an open mind is a virtue – but, as the space engineer James Oberg once said, not so open that your brains fall out.”
His main plea throughout the book is for the reader to be skeptical and guard against credulity. Sagan’s hope is that science and the scientific method become accessible to the layperson.
I just finished The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995) by Carl Sagan (1934-1996) and I was left scratching my head as to why science is still just a candle in the dark.
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