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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONScience literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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You don’t want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.
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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of 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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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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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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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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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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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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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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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