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Science is not a subject you took in school. It's life. We are wrapped by it, in it, with it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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To believe in a universe as young as 6 or 7,000 years old is to extinguish the light from most of the galaxy.
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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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The typical person has no trouble believing without knowing. What people need to realize is simply that you do not need to believe to know.
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If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.
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