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

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.
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Children Learning Life Talk Walk Wrong
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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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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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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If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
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Learning Love Myself Wrong
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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Earth Old Thinking Universe
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Beyond Empowerment Thinking
When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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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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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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There’s a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they’ve known it all along.
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