If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONTo be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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What 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.
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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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Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
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Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
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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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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.
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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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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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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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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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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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