God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Neil deGrasse Tyson74 quotes“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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