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Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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The 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 scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
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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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So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’
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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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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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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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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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We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.
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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 know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without that capacity to think, you can easily become a victim of people who seek to take advantage of you.
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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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