…or Carl Sagan would be bawling his eyes out right now.
A 15-year-old girl poses with a copy of Sagan’s classic book of skeptical essays, The Demon-Haunted World, and >900 comment rape thread breaks out on reddit.
I uploaded a unicorn chaser to help you wash your brain out, should you decide to investigate futher.
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