Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIt’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to 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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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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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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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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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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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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