Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes - Page 26

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• In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs... we are treated to her view of this Hollywood sky-one where the stars on the right half of the scene trace the mirror image of the stars in the left half. How lazy can you get?

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  Stars, Real, Bad Ass

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• I knew Pluto was popular among elementary schoolkids, but I had no idea they would mobilize into a 'Save Pluto' campaign. I now have a drawer full of hate letters from hundreds of elementary schoolchildren (with supportive cover letters from their science teachers) pleading with me to reverse my stance on Pluto. The file includes a photograph of the entire third grade of a school posing on their front steps and holding up a banner proclaiming, 'Dr. Tyson - Pluto is a Planet!'

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  Teacher, Hate, School

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• As a child, I was aware that, at night, infrared vision would reveal monsters hiding in the bedroom closet only if they were warm-blooded. But everybody knows that your average bedroom monster is reptilian and cold-blooded.

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  Children, Night, Average

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• We should not measure our space-faring era by where footprints have been laid.... We should measure our era by how many people take no notice at all. A legacy rises to become culture only when its elements are so common that they no longer attract comment.

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  Space, People, Legacy

  Neil Degrasse Tyson (2010). “The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist”, p.69, Prometheus Books

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• Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. But others pop up especially in the presence of life itself. Among the biomarkers in Earth's atmosphere are ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons from aerosol sprays, vapor from mineral solvents, escaped coolants from refrigerators and air conditioners, and smog from the burning of fossil fuels. No other way to read that list: sure signs of the absence of intelligence.

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  Ozone, Air, Water

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• When you visit countries that don't nurture these kinds of ambitions, you can feel th absence of hope...people are reduced to worrying only about that day's shelter or the next day's meal. It's a shame, even a tragedy, how many people do not get to think about the future. Technology coupled with wise leadership not only solves these problems but enables dreams of tomorow.

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  Wise, Country, Dream

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• The number of people in the world engaged in this search for catastrophic impactors totals one or two dozen. How long into the future are you willing to protect Homo sapiens on Earth? Before you answer that question, take a detour to Arizona's Meteor Crater during your next vacation.

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  Vacation, Two, Numbers

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• People like death and mayhem.

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  People, Mayhem

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• There's no denying the public's appetite for cosmic discovery.

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  Discovery, Appetite, Cosmic

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• For the film to 'earn' the right to be criticized on a scientific level is a high compliment indeed.

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  Levels, Compliment

  "Oscar Whisper Campaigns: The Slurs Against '12 Years,' 'Captain Phillips,' 'Gravity' and 'The Butler'" by Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 23, 2013.

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• Words that make questions may not be questions at all.

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  May

  Interview with Stephen Colbert at Montclair Kimberley Academy, January 29, 2010.

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• The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.

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  World, Feels, Better Off

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• There's a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things.

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  School, Vocabulary, Memorization

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• There are no articles any more that dream about the cities of tomorrow.

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  Dream, Cities, Environmental

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• Chimpanzees are an evolutionary hair's-width from us.... Now imagine a species on Earth, or anywhere else, as smart compared with humans as humans are compared with chimpanzees. How much of the universe might they figure out?

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  Smart, Science, Hair

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• We fail in even the simplest of all scientific observations-nobody looks up anymore.

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  Science, Looks, Literacy

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2000). “The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist”, Doubleday Books

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• As a scientist, I want to go to Mars and back to asteroids and the Moon because I'm a scientist. But I can tell you, I'm not so naive a scientist to think that the nation might not have geopolitical reasons for going into space.

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  Moon, Thinking, Space

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• Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy, to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not, and end up going extinct.

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  Sight, Space, Dinosaurs

  "'Space Chronicles': Why Exploring Space Still Matters". Interview with David Greene, www.npr.org. February 27, 2012.

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• There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.

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  Self, Driven, Greater

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• No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcend economic cycles.

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  Two, Culture, Fundamentals

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• What's up with chicks and science?

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  Chicks

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• It's my duty to enlighten people.

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  People, Enlightening, Duty

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• A television advertisement must illustrate the scientific method to substantiate any claim.... That is why stains are lifted, ring-around-the-collar is removed, paper towels become soaked, excess stomach acid is absorbed, and headaches go away-all during the commercial.

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  Science, Going Away, Scientific Method

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

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  Moon, Years, Names

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• Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions.

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  Player, Champion, Chess

  "How Does the Brain Work?". "NOVA scienceNOW", www.pbs.org. September 14, 2011.

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