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.
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.’
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The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we’re alone in the universe.
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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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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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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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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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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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