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If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that’s not how you advance a democracy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.
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If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine.
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There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
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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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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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