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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
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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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Ideas Life Mindset Open Yourself
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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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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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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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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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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We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
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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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Community Greatness People Science Truth
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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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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We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others. It is OK to encourage others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but if you do, just remember that some people have no boots.
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Encouragement Live Need People World
I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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