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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

Book by Neil deGrasse Tyson · 7 quotes · Science, Truth, Beauty

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“З огляду на масштаби косметичної індустрії та великого індустріального комплексу краси, космічні прибульці, що завітали б до нас, напевно подумали б, що ми вважаємо себе достоту потворними істотами, що потребують постійного покращення.”

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“Contrary to implicit tenets of the green movement, not all that is natural is beautiful, and not all that is beautiful is natural. Maybe that's why the world needs poets. Not to interpret what is plain and obvious, but to help us take pause and reflect on the beauty of people, places, and ideas—things we might otherwise take for granted. Simple beauty that emanates from simple truths.”

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“The only times science cannot assure objective truths is on the pre-consensus frontier of research. The only era in which science could not assure objective truths was before the seventeenth century, back when our senses—inadequate and biased—were the only tools at our disposal to inform us of the natural world. Objective truths exist independent of that five-sense perception of reality. With proper tools, they can be verified by anybody, at any time, and at any place. Objective truths of science are not founded in belief systems. They are not established by the authority of leaders or the power of persuasion. Nor are they learned from repetition or gleaned from magical thinking. To deny objective truths is to be scientifically illiterate, not to be ideologically principled.”

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