Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
inspirational chalk obligation
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you
block trying together
For decades, we've been trying to cook up the building blocks of life, in the lab, and recreate the origins of it all, but the parts didn't seem to fit together, until now.
fall space black
Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by the singularity of the black hole you just fell into?
common
Science, and its impact on a person's livelihood is the common denominator.
nature important facts
We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
philosophy knowledge kids
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
moving mean ignorance
Does it mean, if you don't understand something, and the community of physicists don't understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here's a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn't understand [and now we do understand] [...]. If that's how you want to invoke your evidence for God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on - so just be ready for that to happen, if that's how you want to come at the problem
mind-blowing one-day wake-up
Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.
theory-of-evolution facts cosmos
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.
beauty molecules earth
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
asteroids saws generations
Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?
motivation philosophy successful
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.
affirmation erudite
To get an Emmy nomination for a show that was the first-ever science talk show on television to us was an affirmation that there is an appetite for this content in the mainstream public, not just the erudite public. So we're all completely thrilled by it.
clueless school learning
No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.