Quotes From "The Sky Is Not The Limit: Adventures Of An Urban Astrophysicist" By Neil Degrasse Tyson

... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem...
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... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. Neil Degrasse Tyson
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I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method. Neil Degrasse Tyson
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...people taking the time and energy to ask about what they do not understand - I have renewed hope that society can shed its superstitions and embrace the enlightenment that comes from just a basic understanding of how the universe works. Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program. Neil Degrasse Tyson
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If the universe is anything, it should be fun. Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers. Neil Degrasse Tyson