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.’
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSONThe 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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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
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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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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 greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.
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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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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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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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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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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front 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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I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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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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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
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Why can’t we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What’s our excuse?
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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun’s green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
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We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there.
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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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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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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.
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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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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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Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.
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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.
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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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