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Carl Sagan - his ideas are still very inspiring.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4709aa4d-f5c4-488c-9726-e2938143a6e5/3D4C68A0-3ED5-41A2-B404-309E4B20170D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.carlsagan.com/" href="http://www.carlsagan.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.carlsagan.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlsagan.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.carlsagan.com/img/772753EC-636E-460B-BA92-7C9ADC6536F5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideas.htm" href="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideas.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.carlsagan.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideas.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.carlsagan.com/img/D1B62EDE-7F5B-4E4E-993F-277AF227822B" alt="ideas" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideascontent.htm" href="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideascontent.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.carlsagan.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideascontent.htm"><STRONG>Baloney Detection Kit</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideascontent.htm"><STRONG>Warning signs that suggest deception. Based on the book by Carl Sagan, <A target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/039453512X/sr=1-2/qid=1162650392/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-7836312-3332147?ie=UTF8&s=books">The Demon Haunted World</A>. 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