Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars move. We are too busy watching evening television to care what's going on in the sky.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if they're 50% of the research results. You in the public would have no idea that this is basically a done deal and that we're on to other problems, because the journalists are trying to give it a 50/50 story. It's not a 50/50 story. It's not. Period.
Neil deGrasse TysonI am not the most annoying person to bring to a movie 'cause I basically hold it in and write about it later or tweet about it. The most annoying people to bring to movies, I think we all agree, are those who read the book first.
Neil deGrasse TysonSpace exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.
Neil deGrasse TysonPractically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. Thereโs no wild cows.
Neil deGrasse TysonOne of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldviewโnot because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these casesโฆ but people prefer reassurance to research.
Neil deGrasse Tyson