If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it. Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes From Neil deGrasse Tyson I'm not a scientist, I was not a good science student, I felt effectively alienated from science throughout my young life, and it was only when I became an adult that I began to really appreciate from a completely different angle the power of science. Neil deGrasse Tyson appreciateadultsdifferent Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything. Neil deGrasse Tyson evidencecosmos If Earth ever suffers a runaway greenhouse effect (like what has happened on Venus), then our atmosphere would trap excess amounts of solar energy, the air temperature would rise, and the oceans would swiftly evaporate into the atmosphere as they sustained a rolling boil. This would be bad. Neil deGrasse Tyson atmosphereoceanair When you innovate, you create new industries that then boost your economy. And when you create new industries and that becomes part of your culture, your jobs can't go overseas because no one else has figured out how to do it yet. Neil deGrasse Tyson economyjobsculture I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal, by our definition, can be considered intelligent. So intelligence can't be all that important for survival, because there are so many animals that don't have what we call intelligence, and they're surviving just fine. Neil deGrasse Tyson intelligentanimalthinking Photography is a form of time travel. Neil deGrasse Tyson time-travelformphotography Rational thoughts never drive people's creativity the way emotions do. Neil deGrasse Tyson creativitypeopleway No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science. Neil deGrasse Tyson matterlawculture The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end. Neil deGrasse Tyson marchepictools The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse? Neil deGrasse Tyson asteroidsdinosaurssaws If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world...then tomorrow would be invented every day. Neil deGrasse Tyson would-bepeopleworld You can make a stack high enough to reach the moon and back, and only then will you have used your 100 billion hamburgers. This is terrifying news to cows. Neil deGrasse Tyson newsmoonscience We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others... It is OK to encourage others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps, but if you do, just remember that some people have no boots. Neil deGrasse Tyson helping-otherspeopleworld In five billion years, the sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day Neil deGrasse Tyson mind-blowingniceyears God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on. Neil deGrasse Tyson ignoranceknowledgemoving Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine. Neil deGrasse Tyson prophecyroutinephysics Our nation is turning into an idiocracy. Neil deGrasse Tyson nations When I reach to the edge of the universe, I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery, there are times when, at least for now, one must be content to love the questions themselves. Neil deGrasse Tyson knowingpathdiscovery Seventy percent of Earth's surface is water and over 99 percent is uninhabited, so you would expect nearly all impactors to hit either the ocean or desolate regions on Earth's surface. So why do movie meteors have such good aim? Neil deGrasse Tyson oceanearthwater Eventually, the Sun will swell to occupy the entire sky as its expansion subsumes the orbit of earth. Earth's surface temperature will rise until it matches the 3,000-degree rarified outer layers of the expanded Sun.... But not to worry. We will surely go extinct for some other reason long before this scenario unfolds. Neil deGrasse Tyson worryskylong
