Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.
The greatest explorer of recent decades is not even human.
All information is good, even when it is bad.
85 percent of the gravity of the universe has a point of origin about which we know nothing.
Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.
Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
A scientist is just a kid who never grew up.
So when I think of, what is the meaning of life, to me, that’s not an eternal unanswerable question. To me it is in arms reach of me every day.
The past is another planet.
Scientists are human. We have our blind spots and prejudices. Science is a mechanism designed to ferret them out. Problem is we aren’t always faithful to the core values of science.
I can’t tell you how many people say they were turned off from science because of a science teacher that completely sucked out all the inspiration and enthusiasm they had for the course.
The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious.
I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.
When NASA says they’re going into space, they don’t mean up and back. They mean orbit.
I don’t want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to put military bases on Mars, we’d be at Mars in two years. That would be quick. I don’t want that to be the reason.
Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers.
Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.
Down there between our legs, it’s like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?