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 TYSONIgnorance 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 TYSONPerhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIf your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIn the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONYou 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIt’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONPart 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONMath is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONAs areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONImagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONAliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONGod is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhen 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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIf we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONWhen students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON