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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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Alien Death Human Hungry Idiot
I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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History Human Ignorance Myself Time
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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Evolution Gravity Science Theory
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
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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Build Display Entertainment God Humor Ourselves System
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.
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Earth Old Thinking Universe
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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Earth Inspirational Motivational Planet Power
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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Affect Belief Decision People Reality System Yourself
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
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
To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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Empowerment Literature Science Yourself
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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Community Greatness People Science Truth
Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Believe Fact True Yourself
It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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Better Choice Remember Understand
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Beyond Empowerment Thinking
If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that’s not how you advance a democracy.
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Democracy Information Upset Yourself

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