To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhat are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.
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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.
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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it’s the beginning of time.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
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