Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes From Neil deGrasse Tyson Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up. Neil deGrasse Tyson passiongiving-upstrong The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we're alone in the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson would-beyearsthinking When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy. Neil deGrasse Tyson plansdemocracyworld It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars. Neil deGrasse Tyson philosophypeoplethinking 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 scientific truth. Neil deGrasse Tyson cherriesbelievereality Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there's someone whose character you appreciated, you respect that trait. Neil deGrasse Tyson role-modelscharacterpeople After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a good leader? Do people follow you? Do you have integrity? Are you innovative? Do you solve problems? Somebody's got to do that homework and redesign the educational system so that it can actually train people to be successful in life. Neil deGrasse Tyson educationalintegrityjobs Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small. Neil deGrasse Tyson naturewisdomscience Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world. Neil deGrasse Tyson wisdomleadershipspring The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead. Neil deGrasse Tyson rewardschallengeswaiting Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen. Neil deGrasse Tyson demographicsdelusionspace People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book. Neil deGrasse Tyson writinglongbook If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson turnsplanetsearth Science is not a subject you took in school. It's life. We are wrapped by it, in it, with it. Neil deGrasse Tyson subjectsschool As a scientist, I want to go to Mars and back to asteroids and the Moon because I'm a scientist. But I can tell you, I'm not so naive a scientist to think that the nation might not have geopolitical reasons for going into space. Neil deGrasse Tyson spacemoonthinking All tweets are tasty. Any tweet anybody writes is tasty. So, I try to have each tweet not simply be informative, but have some outlook, some perspective that you might not otherwise had. Neil deGrasse Tyson perspectivewritingtrying Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy, to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not, and end up going extinct. Neil deGrasse Tyson dinosaursspacesight One of the greatest features of science is that it doesn't matter where you were born, and it doesn't matter what the belief systems of your parents might have been: If you perform the same experiment that someone else did, at a different time and place, you'll get the same result. Neil deGrasse Tyson differentparentmight I knew Pluto was popular among elementary schoolkids, but I had no idea they would mobilize into a 'Save Pluto' campaign. I now have a drawer full of hate letters from hundreds of elementary schoolchildren (with supportive cover letters from their science teachers) pleading with me to reverse my stance on Pluto. The file includes a photograph of the entire third grade of a school posing on their front steps and holding up a banner proclaiming, 'Dr. Tyson - Pluto is a Planet!' Neil deGrasse Tyson hateteacherschool There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things. Neil deGrasse Tyson memorizationvocabularyschool
