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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONClaiming 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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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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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.
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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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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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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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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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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If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than 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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