The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONI 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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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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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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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.
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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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Claiming 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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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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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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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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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
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