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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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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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Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
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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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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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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
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I don’t want people to say, ‘Something is true because Tyson says it is true.’ That’s not critical thinking.
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Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
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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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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy 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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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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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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