I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONAs areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without that capacity to think, you can easily become a victim of people who seek to take advantage of you.
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My goal is not to shove information into your head. It’s to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had as children for the natural world. You don’t have to tell a child to explore the backyard.
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
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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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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us because, in fact, the universe is in us. And, we are not only figuratively, but literally, stardust.
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The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we’re alone in the universe.
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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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