We are special in the sense that we can know our place in the cosmos. We can know our place in space. We are at least one of the cosmos’s ways of knowing itself. That fills me with reverence and joy.
BILL NYEAlong 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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The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don’t fool with that.
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The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.
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I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world’s energy problems, energy distribution problems.
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No matter what you may believe spiritually or otherwise, the Earth is clearly not 6,000 or 10,000 years old.
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Think how fortunate we are to know this much. But think also of all that’s yet to be discovered. Here’s hoping the deep answers to the deep questions-from the nature of consciousness to the origin of life-will be found in not too much more time.
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Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.
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There really is no such thing as race.
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Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.
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Evolution is a theory, and it’s a theory that you can test. We’ve tested evolution in many ways. You can’t present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.
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I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.
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I abandoned my religious teachings after I read the Bible twice – cover to cover. It took me a couple of years.
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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. All of these people breathing and burning our atmosphere has led to an extraordinarily dangerous situation.
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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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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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From an evolutionary standpoint you can’t just wipe everything out and start over, and I don’t think you can do it in the school system either.
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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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I meet so many people who are intimidated by arithmetic.
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If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they’ll be all over it.
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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder.
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For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
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Talk about science with everyone you meet. Especially talk about climate change. It needs to become a part of our everyday conversation (the way it is everywhere else in the world).
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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are in place.
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Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn’t, science will fix it.
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