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 TYSONI 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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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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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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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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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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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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If you’re really successful at bullshitting, it means you’re not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
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If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
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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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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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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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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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There’s a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they’ve known it all along.
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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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