Barely Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Just think for how long humanity was controlled by mystical, magical thinking - the diseases and suffering that led to. We managed to survive, but just barely. It wasn't pretty.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Public Lecture, 2015
Humanity has long been limited by superstition, causing suffering; scientific progress has reduced but not eliminated these hardships.
In simple terms: Superstition caused suffering; science helps.
Key Takeaway
Embrace critical thinking.
Themes
science
history
human nature
progress
belief
Mood
thoughtful
analytical
Type
inspirational
philosophical
When to use this quote
- public health reforms
- education policy
- personal decision making
Key Concepts
Rationalism
skepticism
epistemology
Questions to Reflect On
- How can we further reduce superstition's impact?
- What role does education play?
A Different Perspective
Science cannot instantly solve all problems.
![“I ended up going into this big art historical argument.' [Barry Blinderman] invoked, for example, Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim altarpiece, painted in the sixteenth century for a monastery where monks cared for people with skin diseases—so the suffering Christ in that painting shows symptoms of…” quote by Cynthia Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c35/cynthia-carr-109876_addiction_i-ended-up-going-into-this-big-art-histo_451196.jpg)
![“They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations, however, God gets hardly a mention.” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_century_they-scientists-of-centuries-past-call-o_12921.jpg)
