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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONOne 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONYou don’t want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONMath is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONAfter 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhat are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhen a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONKnowledge 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONI know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIntelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhen students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONCurious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWe 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIf we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhen 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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