Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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The day that you stop looking – because you’re content God did it – I don’t need you in the lab. You’re useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.
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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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Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
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I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
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Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.
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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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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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God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.
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