Assert Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I claim that all those who think they can cherry-pick science simply don't understand how science works. That's what I claim. And if they did, they'd be less prone to just assert that somehow scientists are clueless.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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