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“When you make the finding yourself — even if you’re the last person on Earth to see the light — you’ll never forget it,” said astronomer and science populist Carl Sagan. It’s apt that the man who spoke of vast space as the “cosmic ocean” should have inadvertently encapsulated Pixar’s “Finding Dory,” a sequel to 2003 ocean wonder “Finding Nemo.”

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