Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes — Page 29

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

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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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Wise

“Any time scientists disagree, it's because we have insufficient data. Then we can agree on what kind of data to get; we get the data; and the data solves the problem. Either I'm right, or you're right, or we're both wrong. And we move on. That kind of conflict resolution does not exist in politics or religion.”

Moving Doe Data

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Lonely

“WhenIWasYourAge: It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay.”

Photography Week

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Philosophical

“We went to the moon and discovered Earth.”

Earth Moon

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Angry

“It's odd that the word 'atheist' even exist. I don't play golf, is there a word for non-golf players ?”

Player Golf Atheist

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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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Wise

“In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed; no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh.”

Art Night Symphony

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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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Sad

“Intelligent life can't be all that common because it's really rare on Earth and especially since we define ourselves to be intelligent. But in the eyes of an alien coming here who has the technology to make it here, they might observe us and conclude that there's no sign of intelligent life on Earth.”

Eye Technology Intelligent

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Inspired

“If Earth ever suffers a runaway greenhouse effect (like what has happened on Venus), then our atmosphere would trap excess amounts of solar energy, the air temperature would rise, and the oceans would swiftly evaporate into the atmosphere as they sustained a rolling boil. This would be bad.”

Air Ocean Atmosphere

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Philosophical

“Jesus Christ rose up from the tomb. Well, he's the son of God, and now he's like God's spirit at this point. Why would a spirit need to move a rock? Why not just pass through the rock? But also, why wait for the guards to go to sleep?”

Moving Jesus Sleep

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Creative

“Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow. It could be with art, a sculpture, music or even in science. The difference, however, between scientific creativity and any other kind of creativity, is that no matter how long you wait, no one else will ever compose "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" except for Beethoven. No matter what you do, no one else will paint Van Gogh's "Starry Night." Only Van Gogh could do that because it came from his creativity.”

Art Night Creativity

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