Some memories are best absorbed through your eyes in real time, even if you have no record of it later. Because then you can access that memory and how you felt in that moment. If you're looking at your cellphone screen, taking a video of something that is otherwise unforgettable, watching it later will not recover the emotion you would have had, had you witnessed it directly.
Neil deGrasse TysonAny astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large.
Neil deGrasse TysonI object to religion in science classrooms not because it's religion but because it's not science.
Neil deGrasse TysonAstrophysicists perfected navigation. We perfected all these things that matter to the power of nations manifest on the world stage. So we want to go into space. That's the new high ground, right? We care about multispectral imaging of things. Well, that's what reconnaissance wants to do. So our expertise has been in bed with national security needs forever. So maybe, secretly, that's why they keep us employed.
Neil deGrasse Tyson