... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“As a scientist, you must embrace the inconstancy of knowledge.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you don't question you're stuck within a pre-existing parameters of knowledge. Questions are what take you outside of those parameters. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Still, our knowledge of the planets was meager, and where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
These are two different exercises. One of them is, "You don't know and I know, so just shut up and listen," and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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