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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
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The day that you stop looking – because you’re content God did it – I don’t need you in the lab. You’re useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.
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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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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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If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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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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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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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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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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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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