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We think scientific literacy flows out of how many science facts can you recite rather than how was your brain wired for thinking. And it's the brain wiring that I'm more interested in rather than the facts that come out of the curriculum or the lesson plan that's been proposed. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
I've known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, 'Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?' I would say, 'Astrophysicist.' And then they'd walk away real quickly. View quote
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I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all. View quote
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When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we're simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are talented animals just obeying commands, or do they have some kind of deeper understanding? One of the biggest challenges for animal researchers is to come up with tests that can distinguish between the two. View quote
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The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end. View quote
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Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing. View quote
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Space only becomes ordinary when the frontier is no longer being breached. View quote
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There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things. View quote
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The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we're alone in the universe. View quote
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What are we promoting in society? Well-behaved automatons that spew back what they learned in a book. That's not science. You can get a parrot to do that. View quote
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The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.' (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans. View quote
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Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space. View quote
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In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh. View quote
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All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names. View quote
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I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves. View quote
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For me, the most fascinating interface is Twitter. I have odd cosmic thoughts every day and I realized I could hold them to myself or share them with people who might be interested. View quote
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People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book. View quote
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Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions. View quote
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I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society. View quote
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Any astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
I see all this talk about jobs going overseas as a symptom of the absence of innovation. And the absence of innovation is a symptom of there being no major national priority to advance a frontier. View quote
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Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature. View quote
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There is no greater education than one that is self-driven. View quote
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Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets. View quote
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