Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
talking priorities challenges
We're talking about a being whose very existence challenges our own sense of priority in the universe.
sweet animal vegetables
There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There's no wild cows...You list all the fruit, and all the vegetables, and ask yourself, is there a wild counterpart to this? If there is, it's not as large, it's not as sweet, it's not as juicy, and it has way more seeds in it. We have systematically genetically modified all the foods, the vegetables and animals that we have eaten ever since we cultivated them. It's called artificial selection.
ideas disagree
Never presume that just because you disagree with an idea that you must be correct.
want study limitless
The universe is so amazing and so limitless, who wouldn't want to study the universe?
teaching thinking judging
My investment of time, as an educator, in my judgment, is best served teaching people how to think about the world around them. Teach them how to pose a question. How to judge whether one thing is true versus the other.
science data needs
Our five senses are faulty data-taking devices, and they need help.
pie half size
If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you'd see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size of a 10 inch pie
stars mind calendars
In astrophysics, we care about how matter, motion and energy manifest in objects and phenomenon in the universe. Stars are born. They live out their lives. They die. Some of the ones that die explode. Our sun will not be one of those, but it will die. And it'll take Earth with us. So we make sure we have other destinations in mind when that happens. And I've got it on my calendar.
philosophy unique priorities-in-life
I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world-the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.
car neptune sitting
If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a matchbox car sitting on the curb.
issues conservative environment
On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.
fate mind body
I remain unconvinced that anything other than rapid decomposition is the fate of my body and mind after death.
people disease medical
WhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it.
photography week okay
WhenIWasYourAge: It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay.