I've always been interested in pop culture. Some of my colleagues think of pop culture as beneath them, or there's the ivory tower and then there's everybody else, and I never could buy into that wall that's been put up by so many people over the decades and even the centuries.
Neil deGrasse TysonWe only recently figured out the origin of our own moon. And we have some idea of how the Sun and Earth formed, but that's only because modern telescopes empower us to see other stars and planets freshly hatched within gas clouds across the galaxy. As for the origin of life itself, the transition from inanimate molecules to what any of us would call life remains one of the great frontiers of biology.
Neil deGrasse TysonIf you find life on Europa [Jupiter's moon], like, what would you call it? Would it be, like, Europeans?
Neil deGrasse TysonIf you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument.
Neil deGrasse Tyson