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Our history, in the cosmos and on planet Earth, was shaped by countless events, some obviously epic, some seemingly trivial, yet all vital in getting us to this point, here and now, the people we are today.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.
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On Venus you could cook a 16-inch pepperoni pizza in seven seconds, just by holding it out to the air. (Yes, I did the math.)
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I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.
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Dark matter and dark energy are two things we measure in the universe that are making things happen, and we have no idea what the cause is.
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While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me. To fall into a black hole, that is more amazing than anything I've ever read in a science-fiction story.
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For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.
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If cosmological theory were dominated by women, who are no strangers to cycles, how can we know for sure that we wouldn't then be told that the oscillating universe is the more aesthetically fulfilling alternative?
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It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.
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Our five senses are faulty data-taking devices, and they need help.
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Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
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The universe's destiny has very little to do with the near-term destiny of Earth.
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We still refer to sunrise, sunset. That only has meaning if you think that Earth is in the center of things, and everything is moving around us. So even though we know intellectually Earth goes around the sun, the language is still pre-Copernican, as we would call it.
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My popularity does not derive from me pandering to people. People came to me. I don't tell anyone to follow me on Twitter. I don't tell people to like my Facebook page. I don't tell people to fill the venue. I'm offered to people, and then people come.
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I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
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