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If Mars formed life, then life on Earth could have been seeded by life on Mars, making every life form on Earth descended from Martians. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
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. View quote
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All tweets are tasty. Any tweet anybody writes is tasty. So, I try to have each tweet not simply be informative, but have some outlook, some perspective that you might not otherwise had. View quote
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The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect. View quote
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Most of what Einstein said and did has no direct impact on what anybody reads in the Bible. Special relativity, his work in quantum mechanics, nobody even knows or cares. Where Einstein really affects the Bible is the fact that general relativity is the organizing principle for the Big Bang. View quote
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If you get asteroids about a kilometer in size, those are large enough and carry enough energy into our system to disrupt transportation, communication, the food chains, and that can be a really bad day on Earth. View quote
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I can't tell you how many people say they were turned off from science because of a science teacher that completely sucked out all the inspiration and enthusiasm they had for the course. View quote
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For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains. View quote
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The solar system should be viewed as our backyard, not as some sequence of destinations that we do one at a time. View quote
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I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations. View quote
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One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy. View quote
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The center line of science literacy - which not many people tell you, but I feel this strongly, and I will go to my grave making this point - is how you think. View quote
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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. View quote
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No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcend economic cycles. View quote
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All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA. View quote
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I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours. View quote
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We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded. View quote
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The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them. View quote
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Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen. View quote
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Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion. View quote
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All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet. View quote
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Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got seven other planets. The sun? No, the sun is one of those dots in the night sky. The Milky Way? No, it's one of a hundred billion galaxies. And the universe - maybe it's countless other universes. View quote
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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. View quote
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