Phil Plait Quotes
Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.
I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.
However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong.
The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote...
I still hear some people say that science takes the wonder out of life. Those people are utterly wrong. Science takes us to the wonder
Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession.
They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extract whatever life lesson you want from that.
Sometimes, even by accident, the universe makes beauty, and we can stand back in awe of it. Even better - we can figure out why. Science! I love this stuff.
Some people try to tell me that science will never answer the big questions we have in life. To them I say: baloney! The real problem is your questions aren't big enough.
