Researching a misattributed quote led me to this actual quote from Carl Sagan.

Jul 2, 2020 8:55 PM

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I miss him so much

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I read this in his voice and then I got sad.

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Oh look, it's my whole ass family

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The demon haunted world. Kids should read his work

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I always read Sagan's words in his voice, without conscious thought. That what I get for watching Cosmos as a kid, I suppose.

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I miss him so much.

5 years ago | Likes 98 Dislikes 3

Religion has a foothold because of just this problem. Also partisan politics.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"You've been bamboozled" -mirage

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PORP

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"How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!" - Mark Twain

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Now I need to go watch some Symphony of Science.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Switch bamboozled with hornswoggled, then read with Slim Pickens voice from Blazing Saddles.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is the story of Halo.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I've heard a similar quote. "Its far easier to fool someone, than it is to convince them they've been fooled"

5 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

"You've been fooled -- and *I'm not fooling*." Wonder how *that* works?

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Finest example of those charlatans he's talking about: politicians and religion

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My dad always respected him and told me to learn from him. I should have taken my dad's advice sooner. He was very ahead of his time.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

He brought science to many. He is sorely needed and missed.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

#1I will repost this until the day I die

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

It’s why we can’t accept the Sphinx is older than ancient Egypt even w Göbekli Tepe staring us in the face.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I think it's called the sink fallacy. You've sunk so much time believing a thing, you're unlikely to admit wrong or change anything.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Sunk cost fallacy

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

The ??? had not bamboozled me. I have never liked him as a person, much less as our president.

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People need to wake up, but that's hard.

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This is because too many people attach their identity to their beliefs. Because we strive so hard to maintain a consistent identity, it -

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becomes so much harder to change such beliefs because it means you have to change your identity.

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Like Americans and their "freedom."

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That is what happens when dogma is ingrained in your beliefs. When something cannot be questioned, it muddies all the water

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Porp

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Expert researcher on liars Paul Ekman also explained how people allow liars when it would be too unpleasant to expose/acknowledge

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Now that guys is very interesting. Loved his work

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America in one quote.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I made this a quote image too. I prefer mine.

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who knew the zombie apocalypse was going to actually be dipshits with red hats? thank god they are slow zombies...

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Be careful tho, zombieKaren has a gun...

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and absolutely no trigger discipline...

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It's easy to point to Trump, but in this case, the referenced charlatan is simply themselves.

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I don’t think that’s accurate.

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The "bamboozle" is that they're right, anyone arguing with them is fake or lying, and they have they should have power. Trump is a symptom.

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Ideas don’t come from nowhere. Maybe trump isn’t the first to con them, but it all starts with someone like him.

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Also this one, which just amuses me.

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Why is this quote under a picture of a bee?

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The bumbleboozle has captured my heart.

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Oh that’s good.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

The one time I take someone who says ‘bamboozled’ seriously.

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It helps that it isn't "heckin bamboozled" in this case

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- lucid charts YouTube check him

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How bout hoodwinked? Will ya take that seriously?

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Yeah, but he was pushing it after the 2nd time

5 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 0

When he bamboozled again, you mean?

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Mirage is very serious

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Bam to the woozle

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Well, your highness, are there other words beneath you?

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Bamboozled is fantastic and tragically underused!

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What about flim flam or hood wink?

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