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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONI don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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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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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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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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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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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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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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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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Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
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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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