10 of my favorite Neil deGrasse Tyson quotes:
because he's just so quotable
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.
Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure.
Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?
I love the smell of the universe in the morning.
God is an ever-receding pocket of? scientific ignorance.
NdT took over where Carl Sagan left off. I still like Sagan's "I would rather know than believe."
I used 1 on my sign for the March for Science in Denver last Spring.
My favorite quote "The more I know, the more I know I don't know. "Roland Walker Stockton MO.
Neil, Henry Rollins and Hunter S Thompson are my heros! So stoked were getting another season of Cosmos!
I think I would like to hear and see more from you.
I have seen this brilliant man twice and each time he is absolutely astounding!
But the universe makes complete sense to me. People, on the other hand...
I think he’s awesome. He is coming to Phoenix in later this year, October I think. The topic is Live in the Universe. I want to get tickets to see him.
I like them all but have reservations about number seven...'Ignorance......can only be cured by reason.' I've always held to the belief (based on factual evidence) that it is a waste of time attempting to reason with the unreasonable just as it is when attempting to rationalise with the irrational. I stopped doing this many years ago: the number of hours I must have saved, instead of spending them in fruitless conversations, must be immense......
I agree, I like NDT's contribution to the enlightenment cause also. I especially appreciate his exuberance at the wonder of investigation. There is one recorded clip where he is explaining his overflowing awe at scientific discovery. He expressed well my own feelings on that. Earlier a gentlemen seemed to mis characterize NDT's appeal. I will borrow from Hitchens to respond to that; "We have no martyrs, we have no saints."
Personally I totally agree with every quote. You know every religion claims to believe as they do because of reason, education or intelligence given by their God in Revelation. But whether they admit it or not, all of them or assuming their preferred conclusions on faith, and this would still be true even if all their gods exist. Believe as hard as you want to, but convincing yourself however firmly still can't change the reality of things. Seeing is believing, but seeing isn't knowledge. Believing isn't knowing. Subjective convictions are meaningless in science, and I witness testimony is the least reliable form of evidence.