Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
kids scientist grew
A scientist is just a kid who never grew up.
names people waiting
Astronauts are the only kind of celebrity I know who can have a line of people waiting for their autograph, even if the line of people does not know in advance the astronaut's name.
taken people political
Climate change has taken on political dimensions. That's odd because I don't see people choosing sides over E=Mc2 or other fundamental facts of science.
hammers looks nails
When you are a hammer, all of your problems will look like nails to you.
bad-ass charlatans
Science is basically an inoculation against charlatans.
video matter digital
In this 21st century, bedtime doesn't matter at all. All that matters is what you set for your DVR [Digital Video Recorder].
philosophy thinking drunk
It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars.
moon thinking people
Does the full moon affect people's behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people's behavior.
moon target mars
I agree that we should go back to the moon and on to Mars. We should treat all objects in the solar system, including comets and asteroids, as exploration targets.
levels compliment
To earn the right to be criticized on a scientific level is a high compliment indeed.
hard-work kind cases
We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.
listening electronics nasa
Miniaturization of electronics started by NASA's push became an entire consumer products industry. Now we're carrying the complete works of Beethoven on a lapel pin listening to it in headphones.
taken adventure animal
I want upon death to be buried, just like in the old days, where I decompose by the action of microorganisms, and I am dined upon by any form of creeping animal or root system that sees fit to do so.... I will have recycled back to the universe at least some of the energy that I have taken from it. And in so doing, at the conclusion of my scientific adventures, I will have come closer to the heavens than to Earth.
smart artist doctors
The word smart is not applied to all professions, even if you are smart in that profession. No one talks about smart lawyers. They may say a brilliant lawyer. They'll talk about a creative artist. Smart is saved for scientists. It just is. It's not even really applied to medical doctors. It applies to scientists in the lab figuring out what hadn't been figured out before.