
The Bamboozle of Charlatans

Carl Sagan
One of the saddest lessons of history is this:

Carl Sagan
If we’ve been bamboozled long enough,

Carl Sagan
we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.

Carl Sagan
We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.

Carl Sagan
The bamboozle has captured us.

Carl Sagan
It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken.

Carl Sagan
Once you give a charlatan power over you,

Carl Sagan
you almost never get it back.