I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONI object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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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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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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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow’s problems flow.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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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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Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.
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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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I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
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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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To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
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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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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.
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