Carl Sagan, astronomer and scientist: “What is faith? It is belief in the absence of evidence. Now I don’t propose to tell anybody what to believe, but for me, believing when there’s no compelling evidence is a mistake. The idea is to withhold belief until there is compelling evidence.”
Mark Twain, writer: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
America’s politics: Go figure.