Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
space dinosaurs today
Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program.
secret brain mystery
Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find.
universe
In life and in the universe it's always best to keep looking up.
trying taught chemistry
I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.
people would-be world
If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world...then tomorrow would be invented every day.
knowing people curiosity
I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to reward curiosity. In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.
winning past sincerity
This past year, we received our second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Series. While we'd all like to win, I can say with utmost sincerity that it mattered more to me that we got noticed than whether or not we win.
kids stuff exploration
Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing.
discovery
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.
animal empathy feelings
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth.
enjoy rocket-science
Enjoying science shouldn't be rocket science.
space rivals exploration
Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.
jesus stars dust
It's quite literally true that we are star dust, in the highest exalted way one can use that phrase. ...I bask in the majesty of the cosmos. I use words, compose sentences that sound like the sentences I hear out of people that had revelation of Jesus, who go on their pilgrimages to Mecca.
motivation successful people
The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.