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The second is perhaps the reason the episode sticks in many folks craw: if
I recall correctly, Carl Sagan first announced the results on television
(during a panel discussion following a dramatic production about WWIII)
without benefit of peer review, then "published" the result in Parade (for
which he is the contributing science editor).
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