Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
ignorance humans human-history
I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
reading writing empathy
So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'
kind agree
I don't want to make a member of Congress do something that that member of Congress's constituents would not approve of, or would not agree to. So in that regard, I'm kind of the opposite of a lobbyist.
cosmos might energy
Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand
stars crucible atoms
The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us because, in fact, the universe is in us. And, we are not only figuratively, but literally, stardust.
chosen
If you love what you do, you'll be your best at it compared to anything else you might have chosen as a career. Or at least you will love it more, and you won't lead a depressed day of your life.
people support effort
One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases… but people prefer reassurance to research.
reality people decision
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
children teaching years
We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there.
culture enlightening embrace
I would rather enlighten the electorate so that when it's time for them to put somebody in Congress, it will be self-evident that they will embrace the message and tools and discovery of science in a way that can transform our culture and even our civilization.
thinking knowing empowering
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
It's better to understand something than to memorize something.
believe science bad-ass
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
chosen
I would expunge the word "aptitude" from our vocabulary, because if you're interested in something, that's all that matters. You'll spend more time doing it, that than anything else, and possibly more time doing it than anybody else. And that's all that matters, because in the end, if you love what you do, you'll be your best at it compared to anything else you might have chosen as a career.