As the Novel begins Carl Sagan, notices that his driver, William F. Buckley, had no knowledge of science. When Buckley asked about the frozen extraterrestrial languishing, Sagan contradicted everything he said thinking the questions were not scientific. Sagan knew that the driver has a general understanding about science but it was not the real science nor did he know how it worked. Pseudoscience for Sagan got in the way of people understanding real science. He tries to give examples of what he thinks is general understanding of science. In the first chapter of The Demon-Haunted World, portrays how people have now become more scientifically illiterate during the twentieth century which lead to an entirely ignorant society.
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He first states how “…advances in medicine and agriculture…” have saved more lives than those that have been lost in the wars (Sagan 11). Also he provides facts to prove his credibility for his assertions. He uses, on page 12, quotes from a poem and a book as an example to show how ignorance is also observed in the government. In his example he states that society prefers to not know how corruption happens even though it is obvious that it is there. He then proceeds to talk about a controversial issue, evolution. By giving examples of how earth is one planet in a billion that had ancestors go back to ape ties, he then proceeds to state how the “superstitions and pseudoscience keep getting in the in the way…” and seem to provide the wrong answers for strange things happening in the world instead of using facts (Sagan 13). Sagan states how the use of media helps the development of pseudoscience which he does not agree with. He gives excellent examples and explanations for the way of thinking of people in the society which he believed are scientifically illiterate.
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan provides credible points for his opinions of pseudoscience by giving examples of how people in the twentieth century have become scientifically illiterate over time. Pseudoscience is being used as a cover for the understanding of real
For Sagan pseudoscience …show more content…
He first states how “…advances in medicine and agriculture…” have saved more lives than those that have been lost in the wars (Sagan 11). Also he provides facts to prove his credibility for his assertions. He uses, on page 12, quotes from a poem and a book as an example to show how ignorance is also observed in the government. In his example he states that society prefers to not know how corruption happens even though it is obvious that it is there. He then proceeds to talk about a controversial issue, evolution. By giving examples of how earth is one planet in a billion that had ancestors go back to ape ties, he then proceeds to state how the “superstitions and pseudoscience keep getting in the in the way…” and seem to provide the wrong answers for strange things happening in the world instead of using facts (Sagan 13). Sagan states how the use of media helps the development of pseudoscience which he does not agree with. He gives excellent examples and explanations for the way of thinking of people in the society which he believed are scientifically illiterate.
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan provides credible points for his opinions of pseudoscience by giving examples of how people in the twentieth century have become scientifically illiterate over time. Pseudoscience is being used as a cover for the understanding of real