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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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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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We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others. It is OK to encourage others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but if you do, just remember that some people have no boots.
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There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
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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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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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The 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.
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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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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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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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One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
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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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