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sixpenceee:
Throughout
his career, Carl worked as a science popularizer and as a professor of
astronomy and critical thinking. He stayed true to his understanding of
the world even in tough times—like when his little girl asked him if he
would ever get to see his dead parents again:
He
considered his answer carefully. Finally, he said that there was nothing
he would like more in the world than to see his mother and father
again, but that he had no reason—and no evidence—to support the idea of
an afterlife, so he couldn’t give in to the temptation.
‘Why?’
Then
he told me, very tenderly, that it can be dangerous to believe things
just because you want them to be true. You can get tricked if you don’t
question yourself and others, especially people in a position of
authority. He told me that anything that’s truly real can stand up to
scrutiny.
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