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I don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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Biology Connection Deep Each Other Earth Science Universe
When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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Human Mathematics Mindset Natural Probability Statistics
After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
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Alien Death Human Hungry Idiot
Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
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We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others. It is OK to encourage others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but if you do, just remember that some people have no boots.
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Encouragement Live Need People World
If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
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If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.
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God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
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Drive Philosophy Suffering Surprise World Yourself
I don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
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Criticism People Thinking Truth
To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
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