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Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes: To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.
         

To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.


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This page presents the quote "To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.". Author of this quote is Neil deGrasse Tyson. This quote is about science, education, critical-thinking, morality, morality-without-religion,.