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I’ll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders.

Bill Nye

The Big Bang banged, and for some reason we’re here. And that’s astonishing. And that we can understand that, that’s the most astonishing.
BILL NYE

Bangs Bigs Reason
I always say when you see that old black-and-white footage of the rocket on the launch pad and it falls over and explodes, that’s because people had slide rules. Not having the decimal point is a real drawback. You want the decimal point, take it from me.
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Black Fall Real White
Along with the evidence of common sense, researchers have proven scientifically that humans are all one people. We’re a lot like dogs in that regard. If a Great Dane interacts (can we say interact?) with a Chihuahua, you get a dog.
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Common Dog People Sense
People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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Meaning Life People Stars
But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.
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Giving Investment Passion Society Space
Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers – cut it out, and let’s get to work.
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Climate Cutting Real
Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently.
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Discovery Medicine Views
Religion is a completely different thing from the claim that the Earth is six thousand years old. That’s just crazy.
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Crazy Different Years
In another couple centuries I’m sure that worldview won’t even exist. There’s no evidence for it.
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Century Couple Evidence
It fills me with joy to know that we can pursue these answers. It is an astonishing thing that we are — you and I are one of the ways the universe knows itself.
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Answer Astonishing Joy Thing Universe
Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.
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Long Spring Winter
Nuclear fission wasn’t discovered until long after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace published their original books and papers, for example.
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Country Discovered Example Fission Nuclear Papers
We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.
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Literate Problem Scientific Solve
The natural world is a package deal; you don’t get to select which facts you like and which you don’t.
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Facts Natural World
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.
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Inspirational Inspiring Learning
SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.
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Everyday Everyday Life

I’ll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders.

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I’ll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders.

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