One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases… but people prefer reassurance to research.
I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
- Neil Degrasse Tyson
If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
Science is not there for you to cherry pick ... You can decide whether or not to believe in it but that doesn’t change the reality of an emergent sci… - Neil Degrasse Tyson
Science is not there for you to cherry pick ... You can decide whether or not to believe in it but that doesn’t change the reality of an emergent sci…
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two." - Neil Degrasse Tyson
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."
In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.
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