As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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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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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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If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
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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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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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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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.
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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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