We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIn the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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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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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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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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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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We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others. It is OK to encourage others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but if you do, just remember that some people have no boots.
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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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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 scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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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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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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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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