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The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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People are really excited about robotic exploration. I understand the feeling there because, in fact, robots can do things humans can't. They can survive harsh conditions, they can explore places we would never go, plus you never actually have to bring them back.
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No one is saying you're possessed by the devil anymore except the most ignorant of people in modern culture.
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If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world...then tomorrow would be invented every day.
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The greatest teachers are the ones that turn a B student into an A student, or a failing student into a B student.
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I don't want to die ... I don't want to die poor. Two great motivators in the history of human cultures.
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Right now people think God is dark energy and dark matter, the spirit. Go ahead and think that, but the day we can tell you exactly what it is - that it's gremlins in the vacuum of space or whatever - then what's your recourse at that point?
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I object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science.
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How many times have you heard a person in a workplace say, I wasn't trained for this! That's an impossible reaction from a physicist, who would say, instead, Cool. A problem I've never seen before. Let's see how I can figure out how to solve it!
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I don't need my name anywhere.
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