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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Jill Tarter (pictured above), an astronomer, on searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence: “We worry, being in California, about all those post-graduates and Caltech students deliberately trying to fool us.”
Bruce Banerdt, of NASA, on planning a mission to Mars: “They’ve assured me it’s not magic. It’s science.”
Alan Chambers, a conservative Christian leader: “I look at gay and lesbian people who are in committed relationships and I believe they can reflect the image of God.”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)
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Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.