What I’m saying is, when different experiments give you the same result, it is no longer subject to your opinion. That’s the good thing about science: It’s true whether or not you believe in it. That’s why it works.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONOur nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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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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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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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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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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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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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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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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There’s a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they’ve known it all along.
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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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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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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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