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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.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.
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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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So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’
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The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
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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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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.
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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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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 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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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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Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without that capacity to think, you can easily become a victim of people who seek to take advantage of you.
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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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If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.
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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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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can’t have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.
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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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