The show [ StarTalk ] was born as a radio program out of a National Science Foundation grant. Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes From Neil deGrasse Tyson Who you are, where you've been and what you've done is all up here, captured and preserved in your memories. If you lost that - the story of your own origins - you'd lose your identity, your sense of self. Neil deGrasse Tyson identity self memories We only recently figured out the origin of our own moon. And we have some idea of how the Sun and Earth formed, but that's only because modern telescopes empower us to see other stars and planets freshly hatched within gas clouds across the galaxy. As for the origin of life itself, the transition from inanimate molecules to what any of us would call life remains one of the great frontiers of biology. Neil deGrasse Tyson stars moon ideas Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that we have no other examples to compare us with. If we did, then the life/non-life transition might look downright simple to us. Neil deGrasse Tyson transition example simple No doubt, the most challenging class of questions in science is the origin of things. Neil deGrasse Tyson challenges doubt class So much of what we understand comes from knowing what something is and what that something used to be, which allows us to figure out, or at least imagine, what happened in between. Neil deGrasse Tyson imagine used knowing If God to you is where science has yet to tread, then God is an ever-receding pocket. Neil deGrasse Tyson pockets ifs The only accounting we had of the origins and the structure of nature was Biblical Genesis. Neil deGrasse Tyson genesis biblical structure It's a weird state to be in to go to the Bible and try to invoke science, right? Neil deGrasse Tyson invoke states trying I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical a fact as the rise and fall of Rome. Neil deGrasse Tyson rome historical fall I've always been interested in pop culture. Some of my colleagues think of pop culture as beneath them, or there's the ivory tower and then there's everybody else, and I never could buy into that wall that's been put up by so many people over the decades and even the centuries. Neil deGrasse Tyson ivory wall thinking If you look at the history of unexplained phenomena that was first explained by spiritual, mystical forces, the track record is not very good for the mystical, magical explanations to survive against more quote "mundane" physical explanations. Neil deGrasse Tyson records track spiritual We're an elective democracy where science and technology will define where the economically strong countries in the world will be. And science and technological literacy is important for security, as well. Neil deGrasse Tyson technology strong country If there's a Devil, that mean's there's a God. Neil deGrasse Tyson devil ifs mean The center line of science literacy - which not many people tell you, but I feel this strongly, and I will go to my grave making this point - is how you think. Neil deGrasse Tyson lines people thinking I don't even understand why I have 1.7 million Twitter followers. Every day, I want to remind them and say, "Do you realize I'm an astrophysicist? Do you know what you're doing here?" Neil deGrasse Tyson realizing followers want Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they [producers] are putting in front of me. If they made an attempt to get things right, then I'll criticize them for what they got wrong. If they made no attempt to get things right, and yet they stumble on something that's right, I'll comment on what they got right. Neil deGrasse Tyson enjoy film made Right now people think God is dark energy and dark matter, the spirit. Go ahead and think that, but the day we can tell you exactly what it is - that it's gremlins in the vacuum of space or whatever - then what's your recourse at that point? Neil deGrasse Tyson space dark thinking Extreme skepticism and extreme gullibility are two equal ways of not having to think at all. And I don't think I'm the first to say that. Neil deGrasse Tyson two way thinking I'm just recommending you find other things to base your spirituality on, rather than where science is yet to tread. Neil deGrasse Tyson spirituality Why can't Pluto be a planet? Some people like Pluto. And if it doesn't exist then they don't have a favorite planet. Right? Please write back but not in cursive because I can't read cursive. Neil deGrasse Tyson pluto writing people
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