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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.
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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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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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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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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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We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others. It is OK to encourage others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but if you do, just remember that some people have no boots.
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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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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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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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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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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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