Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe 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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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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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
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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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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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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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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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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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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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