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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
More Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
-
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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
If each dead person became a ghost, there’d be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
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.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
-
Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
Facts are true whether or not you believe them.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON -
As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion… Although just as in hostage negotiations, it’s probably best to keep both sides talking to each other.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON