Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONAliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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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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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
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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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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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I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that there is no sign of intelligent life on Earth.
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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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Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
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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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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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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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