It’s better to understand something than to memorize something.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
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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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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
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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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
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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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When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
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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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No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don’t ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
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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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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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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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