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Some of us wake up in the morning and just wonder how it is any of us actually sustain a paid job.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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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.
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The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?
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