The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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.
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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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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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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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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.
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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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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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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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