More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.
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.
I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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.
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.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.
