The Controversial Exam Carl Sagan Gave His Students
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Aug 28, 2025 11:03
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Course materials and exam: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000038/
1986 exam: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000036/
Ideas and prompts: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000037/
Lecture notes: https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000035/
📖 A Demon Haunted World book: https://amzn.to/4fV58RD
📚Sagan's reading list:
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill https://amzn.to/3JAWZWA
Science and the Paranormal by Abell and Singer https://amzn.to/3VlMCZ6
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay https://amzn.to/4n0A0SZ
Attacking Faulty Reasoning by Damer https://amzn.to/45QJAkr
The Evolution of Cooperation by Axelrod https://amzn.to/4lJ9NHt
When Prophecy Fails by Festinger https://amzn.to/4lJ8ZCJ
Open Culture article: https://www.openculture.com/2018/01/carl-sagans-syllabus-final-exam-for-his-course-on-critical-thinking-cornell-1986.html
📖 My book, A Guide to Making Friends in the Fourth Dimension: https://tibees.com/
Editing by Noor Hanania
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