You have the illusion of free will, but, in fact, that illusion comes about because you don't know the future. Because you… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The moment when someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Any time we are answer-driven rather than idea driven, we have lost the true meaning of education. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“...people taking the time and energy to ask about what they do not understand - I have renewed hope that society can… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
No one with a living room radio that was a piece of furniture at the time would say, gee. I want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in… — 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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