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So 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.’

Neil deGrasse Tyson

What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.
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Cosmos Emotion Fragile Human Ignorance Journey Lesson Universe
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.
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Capacity Law Nature People Seek Thinking Victim Yourself
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Beyond Empowerment Thinking
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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Build Display Entertainment God Humor Ourselves System
Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Believe Fact True Yourself
One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
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Ideas Life Mindset Open Yourself
If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
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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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After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
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If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.
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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.
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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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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.
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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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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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Believe Different Experiment Result True Work Yourself
When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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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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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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Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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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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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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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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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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