When I needed to overcome the low expectations of others or the bias that would be expressed in one circumstance or another, I'd keep on keeping on. And I climb over the obstacle, go around it, dig under it, fly over it. That's what kept me going. Otherwise I would have never been an astrophysicist.
Neil deGrasse TysonPeople think about life from day-to-day rather than thinking about life as something that invents a new kind of tomorrow.
Neil deGrasse TysonIt's odd that the word 'atheist' even exist. I don't play golf, is there a word for non-golf players ?
Neil deGrasse TysonI am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.
Neil deGrasse TysonI like seeing how people have succeeded when others would have presumed they would have failed, and others just go along with whatever everyone else does.
Neil deGrasse TysonI've found that no one complains about pop culture being a source of someone lecturing to them. If someone's telling you about Kim Kardashian, you're not going to accuse them of lecturing to you. If I can explore an intersection between pop culture and science literacy, then it generally will not come across as a lecture.
Neil deGrasse TysonBy the way, were we to find life-forms on Venus, we would probably call them Venutians, just as people from Mars would be Martians. But according to rules of Latin genitives, to be โof Venusโ ought to make you a Venereal. Unfortunately, medical doctors reached that word before astronomers did. Canโt blame them, I suppose. Venereal disease long predates astronomy, which itself stands as only the second oldest profession.
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