If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIf you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONI know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhen scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIntelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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 TYSONIn the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThere’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.
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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhat I’m saying is, when different experiments give you the same result, it is no longer subject to your opinion. That’s the good thing about science: It’s true whether or not you believe in it. That’s why it works.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIf your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONPretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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 TYSONScience is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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