Natural Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

18 Natural quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Tyson’s knack for making the universe feel personal shines in eighteen reflections that tie everyday nature to the larger cosmos.

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It's always interesting just to see how the human mind is relating to the natural universe, and what we try to make…

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In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what…

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When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.

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Pretty much every plant and animal alive today is the result of eons of natural cross-breeding.

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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…

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But to carve the Grand Canyon, Earth required millions of years. To excavate Meteor Crater, the universe, using a sixty-thousand-ton asteroid traveling…

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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…

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Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just…

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I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics…

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Don't get in the way of children who find it natural and obvious to explore the world around them - even if…

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There are two kinds of comments that I get. One is, oh, you're such a natural up there, and the other one…

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The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as…

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Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and…

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“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in…

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My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had…

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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…

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Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning…

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The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are…

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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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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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