There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got here. It is an on-going search, often unconscious, for a cosmic perspective for humanity.

Carl Edward Sagan

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What's the harm of a little mystification? It sure beats boring statistical analyses.

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