The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONIf 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.
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When 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.
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If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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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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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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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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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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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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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.
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