God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
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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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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 know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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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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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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My goal is not to shove information into your head. It’s to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had as children for the natural world. You don’t have to tell a child to explore the backyard.
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