The StarTalks - while kids can watch them, they're actually targeted at adults. Because adults outnumber kids five to one, and adults vote, and adults wield resources, and adults are heads of agencies. So if we're going to affect policy, or affect attitudes, for me, the adults have always been the target population.
Neil deGrasse TysonNot only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don't know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what that brings upon me.
Neil deGrasse TysonAfter all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?
Neil deGrasse TysonIf each dead person became a ghost, there'd be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe universe for me was other planets and other star systems and other galaxies. I enjoyed tracking it, but it had no specific influence on my ambitions for that reason. It wasn't really far enough away from Earth to matter to me.
Neil deGrasse TysonThere are no wild, seedless watermelons. There's no wild cows... You list all the fruit, and all the vegetables, and ask yourself, is there a wild counterpart to this? If there is, it's not as large, it's not as sweet, it's not as juicy, and it has way more seeds in it. We have systematically genetically modified all the foods, the vegetables and animals that we have eaten ever since we cultivated them. It's called artificial selection.
Neil deGrasse Tyson