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   Peter Gleick (petergleick@fediscience.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:08:53 JST Peter Gleick

   A few years ago I was honored with the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization, a thrill because I admired his willingness & ability to communicate science to the public at a time when scientists weren't encouraged to speak out or rewarded for doing so.

   But he also said things that, even today, resonate deeply in our present political crises. Here's one of those things relevant to today's Republican party.

   "Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” Carl Sagan

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     EarthMomma (lanaehforaday@universeodon.com)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:08:51 JST EarthMomma

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     The bamboozle has been my number one fav quote since Trump decided to rock our worlds.

     “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”

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     Саша Морс, here we go again... (alexmorse@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:09:20 JST Саша Морс, here we go again...

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     @petergleick I re-read the demon haunted world last year and it was a lot harder to get through due to so many things he pointed out coming to pass or getting worse.

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     @CharleneTeglia (charleneteglia@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 04:09:21 JST @CharleneTeglia

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     @petergleick He said SO MUCH that resonates today. He clearly saw the future dangers.

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