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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONGod is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
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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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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.
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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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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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Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
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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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When a coincidence seems amazing, that’s because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.
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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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The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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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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As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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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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