The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.
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 TysonThis fear factor, this war driver is a very strong one and it's been with the species ever since the beginning and it motivated the Great Wall of China. War can be aggressive or defensive, right? So it motivated the Great Wall of China. Our space program was reactive to Russia.
Neil deGrasse TysonI think science has a better story to tell than anyone else has been able to tell and that's because it's based on the rigorous winnowing that science and scientists are always doing in order to find out what's really happening. I think it's really good to encourage generally our ability to tell stories and that's a great skill that we come by naturally, so I'm excited about that.
Neil deGrasse Tyson