Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONKnowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
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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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If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
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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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There’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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Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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