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

"Only by questioning what we don't understand do we lead ourselves to discovery.""When scientific evidence is given, reasoning is paramount.""Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees but thinking what no one else has thought.""Our greatest achievements are born from our explorations of the unknown.""Experimentation is the true fountainhead of all knowledge.""The universe will keep surprising you with new questions as much as it will surprise you with new answers.""We are defined not only by what we create but what we refuse to destroy.""When you learn things in a state of awe, you learn better.""Acceleration of knowledge is limitless when we embrace our curiosity.""The universe is a limitless place, and exploration will alter our destiny.""Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.""The universe is not obliged to make sense to you.""Innovation is what you get when you put human talent into a diverse society.""We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.""Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.""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.""When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.""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.""There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.""The scientific method is doing its job rendering old theories obsolete or true in scope than previously thought."

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