“If we teach only the findings and products of #science … without communicating its critical method, how can the average person possibly distinguish science from #pseudoscience? Both then are presented as unsupported assertion.”

“Science is far from a perfect instrument of #knowledge. It’s just the best we have. In this respect, it’s like #democracy. Science by itself cannot advocate courses of human #action, but it can certainly illuminate the possible #consequences of #alternative courses of action.”

“Every time we exercise self-criticism, every time we test our ideas against the outside world, we are doing science. When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition.”

From #Carl_Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit - Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/