Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes — Page 23

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Philosophical

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

World Natural Blind

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Courageous

“The last person I ever want working for me is someone who says 'that's not in my job description.”

Want Jobs Design

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Wise

“I'd like to live in a world where people embrace objective truths rather than be offended by them.”

People World Objective Truth

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Confident

“The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.”

People Versions

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Philosophical

“Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun's green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.”

Light Mind Blowing Green Plants

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Melancholic

“Many people are unhappy because there was some point in their past where there was some glory day, and as they get older they're not creating more glory days. They reflect on a time that they will never reach again, and it brings some level of dissatisfaction into their lives. I have circumvented that by simply making incumbent upon myself to always be productive in ways that are consistent with my physical body, my mental state of knowledge, but more important, my presumed growth in wisdom that would come with age.”

People Past Growth

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Determined

“Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.”

Kids Focus Mind Blowing

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Philosophical

“I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal, by our definition, can be considered intelligent. So intelligence can't be all that important for survival, because there are so many animals that don't have what we call intelligence, and they're surviving just fine.”

Thinking Animal Intelligent

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Philosophical

“Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the assumption that nobody is smart enough to figure out the answer to a problem.”

Philosophy Ignorance Smart

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Philosophical

“Most science fiction is about tomorrow, a tomorrow brought to you by innovations in science and technology, and China was worried that if they just have everybody learning what is, they're not going to be in a position to invent a tomorrow because their brain isn't even wired to go in that direction.”

Technology Brain Innovation

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Philosophical

“The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'”

Country Fun Powerful

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Angry

“The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.”

America Worst Amendments

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