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Science reveals that all life on Earth is one.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
Actor
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Cosmologist
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Physicist
Science Communicator
Science Writer
Teacher
Trekkie
The Bronx
New York City
Neil Tyson
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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.
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The educated elite is not without their own actual snobbery. And I kind of an anti-elitist in that regard.
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If you want to come behind the Bible and explain everything scientifically, then you're denying God's power over miracles.
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So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'
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