Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONToday, 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.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.
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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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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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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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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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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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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