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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONTo learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
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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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To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
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Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
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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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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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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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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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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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If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that’s not how you advance a democracy.
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The day that you stop looking – because you’re content God did it – I don’t need you in the lab. You’re useless on the frontier of understanding the nature of the world.
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I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they have concluded that there is no sign of intelligent life on Earth.
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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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