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More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson
We should not be ashamed of not having answers to all questions yet... I'm perfectly happy staring somebody in the face saying, 'I don't know yet, and we've got top people working on it.' The moment you feel compelled to provide an answer, then you're doing the same thing that the religious community does: providing answers to every possible question.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
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.
The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.
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.
To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.