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Neil Degrasse Tyson Quotes

Biography: Neil deGrasse Tyson is known for being an influential astrophysicist a... more Biography: Neil deGrasse Tyson is known for being an influential astrophysicist and science communicator. He serves as the director of the Hayden Planetarium and is a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Tyson has authored several best-selling books and hosts the popular science podcast "StarTalk." less

"I want to put on the table not why 85 percent of kids in my country, which is the USA, call themselves religious but why 15 percent don’t. That’s the number that has always shoul fascinate us."

Tags: Faith, Belief, Society, Religion, Youth

"When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier."

Tags: Truth, Critical thinking, Science, Skepticism, Rationality

"People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific fact. This is a clear indication that temporarily, the inmates are running the asylum."

Tags: Education, Science, Evolution, Controversy, Free speech

"There is no greater education than one that is self-driven."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Self-improvement, Empowerment, Personal development

"The scientific method is doing its job rendering old theories obsolete or true in scope than previously thought."

Tags: Science, Experimentation, Research, Scientific method, Scientific discovery

"What science is, what it’s not, and how and why it works… is precisely the information that should be delivered to students."

Tags: Critical thinking, Teaching methods, Science communication

"One of the great challenges in life is knowing enough to think you’re right but not enough to know you’re wrong."

Tags: Wisdom, Self-awareness, Learning, Knowledge, Introspection

"If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it's not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true."

Tags: Self-awareness, Truth, Belief, Critical thinking, Skepticism

"When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning."

Tags: Learning, Education, Academic integrity, Cheating, Assessment

"You can't have people saying that evolution is only an option among many. When you have scientific consensus, it’s always better than opinions."

Tags: Knowledge, Truth, Education, Critical thinking, Science

"The beauty of the cosmos is that it lies in the magnificent potentials of life to understand it"

Tags: Philosophy, Life, Understanding, Beauty, Potential

"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to envision alternatives"

Tags: Creativity, Innovation, Imagination, Vision, Invention

"Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who only know what to think"

Tags: Wisdom, Mindset, Empowerment, Learning, Education

"Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not"

Tags: Motivation, Personal growth, Self-improvement, Success, Mindset

"Science is a cooperative enterprise spanning the generations. When it permits us to see the far side of some previously unrecognized frontier, we become more completely human"

Tags: Innovation, Knowledge, Humanity, Progress, Science

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