Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.

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