Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
bad-ass people world
With one linear centimeter of your lower colon there lives and works more bacteria (about 100 billion) that all humans who have ever been born. Yet many people continue to assert that it is we who are in charge of the world
war moon dna
We didn't go to the moon to explore or because it was in our DNA or because we're Americans. We went because we were at war and we felt a threat.
school vocabulary memorization
There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things.
believe mean reality
I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the end of America. It's a free market and you just put it on. The fact that science has not been on neck-and-neck with it means that people believe science could not compete on that level.
bad-ass charlatans
Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.
democracy world plans
When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.
character role-models people
Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there's someone whose character you appreciated, you respect that trait.
animal giving personality
It's part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents.
stupid answers may
The history of science shows that great mysteries get solved. It may be that there's an answer that humans are too stupid to understand. I'm intrigued by that possibility.
eye lists nasa
NASA has spin-offs, and it's a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.
book writing long
People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.
space demographics delusion
Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen.
gps space investment
Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space.
space ordinary frontiers
Space only becomes ordinary when the frontier is no longer being breached.