Neil deGrasse Tyson — Philosophical Quotes

342 quotes · Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Philosophical

“Publicly and among themselves biologists rightly celebrate the diversity of life on Earth... At the end of the day, however, their confession is heard by no one: they work with a single scientific sample-life on Earth.”

Science Diversity The End Of The Day

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Philosophical

“In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you.”

Flow Modern Five Senses

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Philosophical

“The Earth is just one place of many that we could hang our hats.”

Earth Hats

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Philosophical

“If I'm looking fit and I'm not, then I'm cheating.”

Ifs Fit

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Philosophical

“Science reveals that all life on Earth is one.”

Earth

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Philosophical

“All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names.”

Years Names

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Philosophical

“Words that make questions may not be questions at all.”

May

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Philosophical

“Like no other science, astrophysics cross-pollinate s the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists and physicists, all to discover the past, present, and future of the cosmos-and our humble place within it.”

Past Science Humble

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Philosophical

“We didn't build the interstate system to connect New York to Los Angeles because the West Coast was a priority. No, we webbed the highways so people can go to multiple places and invent ways of doing things not thought of by the persons building the roads.”

People New York Priorities

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Philosophical

“Where there's water on Earth, you find life as we know it. So if you find water somewhere else, it becomes a remarkable draw to look closer to see if life of any kind is there, even if it's bacterial, which would be extraordinary for the field of biology.”

Would Be Water Somewhere Else

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Philosophical

“You can deceive yourself into thinking that America is a technological leader, but if you don't see what anyone else is doing you have no accurate assessment - you can't make an accurate assessment of where you fit and why. I consider our moving frontier in space as the anecdote to that downward trend.”

Thinking Moving Assessment

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Philosophical

“There was a transition going on - Baghdad being the intellectual capital of the world where major advances were made in agriculture and mathematics and engineering and medicine and astronomy, and then that all sort of collapsed. And I was trying to understand how such a intellectually fertile environment can lose its compass bearing. Because I think about the creative centers today - countries, or even regions. Will Silicon Valley always be as innovative? Will the United States be innovative, or will we become complacent?”

Thinking Country Engineering

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