Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONGod displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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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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Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.
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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
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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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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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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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