Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIntelligent 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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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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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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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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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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
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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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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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