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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
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Cure Humanity Ignorance Reason Start Virus
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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Appearance Beginning Time Try Universe
Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.
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End Environment Issues Nature Science
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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Education Empath Formal Imagination Reading Training Writing
Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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Design Ignorance Intelligence Philosophy
There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
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Ignorance Problem Shame Thinking Unknown
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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Encouragement Live Need People World
Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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Cosmos Learning Limitation Sand Surprise
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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Fact Important Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Spiritual Universe
When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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Human Mathematics Mindset Natural Probability Statistics
Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Believe Fact True Yourself
Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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Amazing Day Mindset Surprise
The day that you stop looking – because you’re content God did it – I don’t need you in the lab. You’re useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.
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God Need Satisfaction Stop Understand World
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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Earth Fantasy Intelligence Life Rejection Visit
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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Criticism People Thinking Truth
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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Curiosity Light Plant Reflection Rejection Yourself

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