We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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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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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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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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If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
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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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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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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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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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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We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
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