More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson
The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they wield power, they write legislation. When you have scientifically illiterate adults, you have undermined the very fabric of what makes a nation wealthy and strong.
We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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.
Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."
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.
The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
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?
