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Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes: To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.
         

To be scientifically literate is to empower yourself to know when someone else is full of bullshit.


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Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

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We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

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Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.



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If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.



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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.



Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

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