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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONCuriously, 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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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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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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After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.
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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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Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
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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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I don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without that capacity to think, you can easily become a victim of people who seek to take advantage of you.
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