Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONNo one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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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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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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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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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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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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If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
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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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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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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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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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