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By Art Koroma, from page 256 of Holy Axiom Truth Exposed... the Bible Is a Myth (2014)
• It appears President Barack Obama started this misattribution. I can find no reference to this quote on the Internet prior to his May 15, 2016 commencement address at Rutgers State University. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/15/remarks-president-commencement-address-rutgers-state-university-new
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depths of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

— Carl Sagan

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depths of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good." in the context of "By Art Koroma, from page 256 of Holy Axiom Truth Exposed... the Bible Is a Myth (2014)
• It appears President Barack Obama started this misattribution. I can find no reference to this quote on the Internet prior to his May 15, 2016 commencement address at Rutgers State University. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/15/remarks-president-commencement-address-rutgers-state-university-new" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Carl Sagan" (Misattributed) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Carl Sagan

About Carl Sagan

Carl Edward Sagan (9 November 1934 – 20 December 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space, the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. Sagan argued the hypothesis, accepted since, that the high surface temperatures of Venus can be attributed to, and calculated using, the greenhouse effect. He testified to the US Congress in 1985 that the greenhouse effect will change the earth's climate system.