I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhat 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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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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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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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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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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What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.
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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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There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
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To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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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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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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I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
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