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> [It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works. I firmly believe that this is the only effective way forward to combat the widespread distrust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/it-is-my-idea-that-the-public-needs-to-be-better-educated-about-the/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

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## More by Priyamvada Natarajan

> [We cannot explain the phenomenon of gravitational lensing without general relativity, and this is where MOND spectacularly fails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/we-cannot-explain-the-phenomenon-of-gravitational-lensing-without/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [We cannot decide on the efficacy of a medical treatment by counting the number of 'Likes' an intervention receives on Facebook; no matter what,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/we-cannot-decide-on-the-efficacy-of-a-medical-treatment-by-counting/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [Evidence has been mounting for the key role that black holes play in the process of galaxy formation. But it now appears that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/evidence-has-been-mounting-for-the-key-role-that-black-holes-play-in/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [The deep fascination with the mysterious, and the impulse to seek and locate ourselves in the cosmic context, seems to be imprinted in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/the-deep-fascination-with-the-mysterious-and-the-impulse-to-seek-and/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [I am a professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, where I teach an introductory class in cosmology. I see the deficiencies that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/i-am-a-professor-of-astronomy-and-physics-at-yale-university-where-i/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [Mapping, both literal and metaphorical, has always been about our quest for knowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/mapping-both-literal-and-metaphorical-has-always-been-about-our-quest/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. This is due to the fact that as time goes on, with the invention of better instruments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/scientific-knowledge-is-by-its-nature-provisional-this-is-due-to-the/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [Black holes are enigmatic astronomical objects, areas where the gravity is so immense that it has warped spacetime so that not even light can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/black-holes-are-enigmatic-astronomical-objects-areas-where-the/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [Being nimble and ready to change our minds if need be is an attribute that is crucial to live and thrive in a society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/being-nimble-and-ready-to-change-our-minds-if-need-be-is-an-attribute/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [Research in basic sciences now requires resources that no one country can provide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/research-in-basic-sciences-now-requires-resources-that-no-one-country/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/it-is-my-idea-that-the-public-needs-to-be-better-educated-about-the/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [The precise effects of lensing depend on the mass of the lens, the structure of space-time, and the relative distance between us, the lens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/the-precise-effects-of-lensing-depend-on-the-mass-of-the-lens-the/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [If you know the shape of the lens and the image you get, you can work out the path that light followed between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/if-you-know-the-shape-of-the-lens-and-the-image-you-get-you-can-work/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [The early universe was a dusty place, and the UV radiation from the hot, young black holes and stars would get enshrouded by dust,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/the-early-universe-was-a-dusty-place-and-the-uv-radiation-from-the/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

> [We need to make sure that the Voyager probes carrying a record of human civilization speeding beyond our solar system remain an introduction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyamvada-natarajan/we-need-to-make-sure-that-the-voyager-probes-carrying-a-record-of/)

[Priyamvada Natarajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyamvada-natarajan/)

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