If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONSo maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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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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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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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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Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
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As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion… Although just as in hostage negotiations, it’s probably best to keep both sides talking to each other.
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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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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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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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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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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