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We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what we know, which is ourselves and other animals. So we make up stories about how the world was hatched from a cosmic egg or created after the mating of cosmic deities or by some fiat of a powerful being.

~Carl Sagan

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Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 9th, 1934

Died: December 20th, 1996

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