Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.
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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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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The day that you stop looking – because you’re content God did it – I don’t need you in the lab. You’re useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.
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The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us because, in fact, the universe is in us. And, we are not only figuratively, but literally, stardust.
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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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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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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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