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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

When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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What I’m saying is, when different experiments give you the same result, it is no longer subject to your opinion. That’s the good thing about science: It’s true whether or not you believe in it. That’s why it works.
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Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
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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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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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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The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we’re alone in the universe.
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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.
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You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.
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Somehow it’s O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, ‘I never learned to read,’ they’d say I was an illiterate dolt.
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The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us because, in fact, the universe is in us. And, we are not only figuratively, but literally, stardust.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
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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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
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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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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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