Neil deGrasse Tyson Philosophical Quotes

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Philosophical

“Essentially every scientist, when posed with the question, "If you want to get science knowledge from Mars, do you want to send a geologist or do you want to send a robot?" Well, the real answer is, you can send 100 robots for the price of sending one geologist, so let's send 100 robots to 100 different locations, and then we would all benefit. So that's the answer you would get. And I agree with that answer.”

Want Real Location

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Philosophical

“When you advance a frontier, you're doing something that no one has done before. Every time that happens, you have to innovate. You have to think in new ways that hadn't been thought before. You have to invent a new piece of hardware, a new concept, a new law of physics, a new material, a new construction material to enable you to accomplish what it is that you chose to reach for by dreaming about tomorrow.”

Thinking Dream Law

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Philosophical

“People put clips of me up. There are quotes from me. I've written books, of course. I'm on Twitter. There are dozens of ways to consume my offerings, and a lecture in a large venue is really only just one of them. So I have no concerns about how much access people would have to me no matter what is the capacity of your pocketbook.”

People Book Offering

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Philosophical

“You don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.”

Theory Cases Newton

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Philosophical

“If you're denying God's power, that means you don't really believe they were miracles, and so then why believe they happened at all. What you're saying is you're taking the Bible's account as literally true in need of a scientific explanation rather than just people coming up with stuff to fulfill their religious missions.”

Believe Mean Religious

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Philosophical

“Any time we are answer-driven rather than idea driven, we have lost the true meaning of education.”

Ideas Answers Driven

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Philosophical

“Some memories are best absorbed through your eyes in real time, even if you have no record of it later. Because then you can access that memory and how you felt in that moment. If you're looking at your cellphone screen, taking a video of something that is otherwise unforgettable, watching it later will not recover the emotion you would have had, had you witnessed it directly.”

Real Eye Memories

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Philosophical

“Who knows how dead Lazarus was? Was Lazarus decomposing in a six-foot grave when Jesus resurrected him? No, he wasn't.”

Jesus Feet Lazarus

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Philosophical

“As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion... Although just as in hostage negotiations, it's probably best to keep both sides talking to each other.”

Talking Sides Spirituality

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Philosophical

“There's a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say that it conflicts with the Bible. Third, they say that they've known it all along.”

People Community Three

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Philosophical

“In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear.”

Animal Keys Survival

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Philosophical

“We went to the moon and discovered Earth.”

Earth Moon

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Neil deGrasse Tyson — Philosophical Quotes

Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes