--- title: "1 Think Lifetime Quotes By Phil Plait" description: "1 Think Lifetime quotes by Phil Plait. Plus more from Phil Plait and more Think Lifetime sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/phil-plait-23490_lifetime_teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think_2107453.png" --- > [Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think-for-a-lifetime/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/phil-plait-23490_lifetime_teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think_2107453.png) ## More by Phil Plait > [If you took every nuclear weapon ever built at the height of the Cold War, lumped them together and blew them up at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/if-you-took-every-nuclear-weapon-ever-built-at-the-height-of-the-cold/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [Welcome to science. You’re gonna like it here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/welcome-to-science-you-re-gonna-like-it-here/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [When you're dealing with the universe, ignorance can be deadly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/when-you-re-dealing-with-the-universe-ignorance-can-be-deadly/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [You can experience the thrill of discovery, the incredible, visceral feeling of doing something no one has ever done before, see things no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/you-can-experience-the-thrill-of-discovery-the-incredible-visceral/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/the-difference-between-the-dinosaurs-and-us-is-that-we-have-a-space/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/pseudoscience-is-like-a-virus-at-low-levels-it-s-no-big-deal-but-when/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/the-universe-is-cool-enough-without-making-up-crap-about-it/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [Our solar system is fantastically bizarre. There are worlds with features we never imagined. Storms larger than planets, moons with under-surface oceans, lakes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/our-solar-system-is-fantastically-bizarre-there-are-worlds-with/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/other-job-markets-may-lay-claim-to-the-title-but-astronomy-is/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/humanity-and-life-are-reflected-in-the-stars-and-the-universe-itself/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [The best idea ever thought of in the history of humanity is useless unless someone communicates it. It will die in the test tube.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/the-best-idea-ever-thought-of-in-the-history-of-humanity-is-useless/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek causes at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/astrology-makes-vague-predictions-that-can-always-be-adapted-after/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/however-science-isn-t-just-about-showing-when-you-re-right-it-s-also/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/how-do-you-convince-someone-they-re-not-thinking-clearly-when-they-re/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) > [A lot of them complain because they say the word denial puts them in the same bin as holocaust deniers. That's too bad. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/a-lot-of-them-complain-because-they-say-the-word-denial-puts-them-in/) [Phil Plait](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-plait/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-lifetime/phil-plait/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Lifetime Quotes By Phil Plait", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phil Plait" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-plait/teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think-for-a-lifetime/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/phil-plait-23490_lifetime_teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think_2107453.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/phil-plait-23490_lifetime_teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think_2107453.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/phil-plait-23490_lifetime_teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think_2107453.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.” — Phil Plait", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-lifetime/phil-plait/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-lifetime/phil-plait/", "name": "Think Lifetime Quotes by Phil Plait", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-lifetime/phil-plait/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/phil-plait-23490_lifetime_teach-a-man-to-reason-and-he-will-think_2107453.png" }, "description": "1 Think Lifetime quotes by Phil Plait. 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