Neil deGrasse Tyson

1958– · Astrophysicist and science communicator

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and public science communicator. His presentations have used anecdotes about science and public language, including a disputed recollection of a presidential reference to star names.

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4 quotes we’ve traced to Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Our God is the God who named the stars”

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“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it”

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“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you”

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“God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on”

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Not actually Neil deGrasse Tyson

Often misattributed to Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it had been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed it”

actually Louis Agassiz

“I just can't escape the conclusion that the Earth might actually be flat”

actually Unknown

“In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence”

actually Aalewis

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“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don't.”

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