Word: sagan
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Reader David Shults' criticism of Carl Sagan [Nov. 10] for referring to evolution as a fact is right in one sense. One cannot assume facts merely because they have been observed-not, at any rate, if the word fact is to mean unassailable truth. Real scientists are quite aware that a new observation or body of reasoning may at any time force the revision of large parts of what had hitherto been regarded as well-established knowledge...
...Cosmos, Sagan...
Both he and Murray are pressing Ronald Reagan's incoming Administration to pay more attention to space. In an attempt to convince Washington that there is a large popular constituency for space programs, Murray has joined with Sagan in forming a new lobbying effort, called the Planetary Society, that will seek to promote-as "the ultimate adventure" -exploration of the solar system, the search for planets and attempts to communicate with extraterrestrial life...
...Cosmos, Sagan...
Unfortunately, the religious fundamentalists who still believe that God created man some 6,000 years ago will not tune in to Sagan's excellent Cosmos series; they do not want to be confused with facts...