James Coleman
Favorite Quotes
"We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out-- and we have only just begun" (154).
If mankind, especially those in power, could adapt to what Tyson calls the “cosmic perspective,” then “our problems would shrink- or never arise at all- and we could celebrate our earthly differences while shunning the behavior of our predecessors who slaughtered one another because of them” (197).
"(...) ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe"(24).
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you" (78).
If mankind, especially those in power, could adapt to what Tyson calls the “cosmic perspective,” then “our problems would shrink- or never arise at all- and we could celebrate our earthly differences while shunning the behavior of our predecessors who slaughtered one another because of them” (197).
"(...) ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe"(24).
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you" (78).
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