Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
thinking people
That's the point, to get the people who wouldn't otherwise think to eavesdrop on a conversation that involves science.
body earth energy
I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime
educational believe school
There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth might end on December 21, 2012. It's a profound absence of awareness of the laws of physics and how nature works. So they're missing some science classes in their training in high school or in college that would empower them to understand and to judge when someone else is basically just full of it. Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.
spiritual views theory-of-evolution
Some claim evolution is just a theory. As if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on Earth is not only solid science. In my view, it’s also a soaring spiritual experience.
long together discussion
I don't require that the main guest [of StarTalk] have any science knowledge or background at all. It's just, I have a conversation with them, it's long and winding, and we find out what parts of what we learn about the person lend themselves to further scientific discussion with an expert who is brought into the studio. So that's how that comes together.
flow tomorrow literacy
Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.
jobs thinking black-history
If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.
people world curious
In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.
decision trying educate
I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.
kids cake awards
You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.
ignorance atheism pockets
God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.
philosophy ignorance intelligent
Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.
space trying looks
When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it's the beginning of time.
asteroids saws dinosaurs
The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?