Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONGod is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
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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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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
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I don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
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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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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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