If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONImagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion… Although just as in hostage negotiations, it’s probably best to keep both sides talking to each other.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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You don’t want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.
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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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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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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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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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What I’m saying is, when different experiments give you the same result, it is no longer subject to your opinion. That’s the good thing about science: It’s true whether or not you believe in it. That’s why it works.
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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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My goal is not to shove information into your head. It’s to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had as children for the natural world. You don’t have to tell a child to explore the backyard.
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