When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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.
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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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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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The day that you stop looking – because you’re content God did it – I don’t need you in the lab. You’re useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.
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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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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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Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
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Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
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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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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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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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Knowledge 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.
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