When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
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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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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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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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The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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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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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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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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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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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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