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Neil deGrasse Tyson says that scientists begin with informed ignorance, ready to question even their own theories. He observes that children naturally explore their world, that science surrounds us everywhere, and that relying on the ‘God of the gaps’ limits discovery.

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Enjoying science shouldn't be rocket science.

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We need more science in the world. Train me.

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A scientist is just a kid who never grew up.

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Science reveals that all life on Earth is one.

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Not everyone is going to like science as a subject.

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The past is another planet.

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Science is a fundamental part of our existence.

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The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.

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God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.

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There's no shortage of people that we can put on, because science touches us all.

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We have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not.

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Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.

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Modern science is under no obligation to satisfy the expectations of your five senses.

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Deep in the world of atomic nuclei, life is not always tranquil.

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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science.

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Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.

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The people that first climbed Mt. Everest weren't scientists, right, they were adventurers. If you're an adventurer, you want to go yourself.…

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I want to put on the table, not why 85% of the members of the National Academy of Sciences reject God, I…

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My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

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One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind…

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Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became…

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You innovate in ways that stoke your economy. Because innovations in science and technology are the engines of 21st century economies.

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“I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind,…

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God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.

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If something comes up that is completely freaky, it's spiritual-looking to the scientist, the first explanation is not going to be that…

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My interest in the space program has a certain purity to it because I recognize the romance of it but I was…

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I like to believe that science is becoming mainstream. It should have never been something that sort of geeky people do and…

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Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate, it's not simply, 'Do you know what DNA is? Or what the Big Bang…

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We should not be ashamed of not having answers to all questions yet...I'm perfectly happy staring somebody in the face saying, I…

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Let's say intelligence is your ability to compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Chimps can't do any of that, yet…

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If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong,…

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If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay…

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“So, whether the aliens explore with chemistry or with radio waves, they might come to the same conclusion: a planet where there’s…

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“Other unrelenting skeptics might declare that “seeing is believing”—an approach to life that works well in many endeavors, including mechanical engineering, fishing,…

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There are photons that have been traveling for 30,000 years, and I'm... snatching them from this journey and planting them into my…

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“I’m often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only…

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“The cosmic perspective comes from the frontiers of science, yet it is not solely the provenance of the scientist. It belongs to…

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“In the beginning, there was physics. "Physics" describes how matter, energy, space, and time behave and interact with one another. The interplay…

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“Science’s skeptical core makes it a poor competitor for human hearts and minds, which recoil from its ongoing controversies and prefer the…

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Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think…

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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of…

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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

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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…

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New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds…

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I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the natural resources…

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They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,…

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We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that happens, every…

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You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't…

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Science surrounds you. It's not something that you can step aside, step over or push out of your way because you were never good…

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The idea that God resides in the unknown is what philosophers call the God of the gaps. And we have this thing called science,…

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Everybody's got money for vacation time. Look at how much we all spend just to get - well, I get sick on the loop-the-loop…

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