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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.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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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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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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