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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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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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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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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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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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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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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.
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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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So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’
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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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You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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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.
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