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Science is a philosophy of discovery intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance... Something fundamamental is going on in people's minds when they confront things they don't understnd.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.
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Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.
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