Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONSomehow 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.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that there is no sign of intelligent life on Earth.
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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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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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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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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 don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
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