More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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
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.
If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that's not how you advance a democracy.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
There are as many atoms in each molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. This is true for dogs, and bears, and every living thing. We are, each of us, a little universe.
God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.
The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.
To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
