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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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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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You don’t want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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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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One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
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