The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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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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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If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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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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Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.
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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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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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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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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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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