Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes About Decisions

Quotes about: Decisions

• Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we should all strive-the future health, wealth, and security of our democracy depend on it. Until that is achieved, we are at risk of making under-informed decisions that affect ourselves, our communities, our country, and even the world.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Country, Future, Science

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson Sounds The Alarm Over Science Illiteracy, And For Good Reason" By David Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2015.

• If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Reality, People, Decision

  Twitter post from Sep 15, 2014

• You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Mean, People, Office

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson On Literacy, Curiosity, Education, And Being 'In Your Face'". Interview with Linda Holmes, www.npr.org. February 25, 2010.

• Americans live in a free country, which allows you to believe what you want. Because you think that something is true does not require that it is objectively true. The value of science concerning itself with objective truths is that we can make decisions and statements that affect everyone, which is why legislation really should be based on objective truths, not what is going on in your head.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Country, Believe, Thinking

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I was raised Catholic. But if someone says I was raised in some religion, that's insufficient information to actually know what was going on. The real question is Was the religion in the household? The answer is no. Important decisions in the household were executed rationally and secularly. So as a result, the foundations of my reasoning derive not from religion but from the rational analysis of circumstances.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Real, Decision, Catholic

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Decision, Trying, Educate

  Source: www.avclub.com

• When you're enlightened, you don't have to reference other people, because you yourself are enlightened. And that's a better Earth. People can make more informed decisions politically, culturally, personally.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  People, Decision, Earth

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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