Neil deGrasse Tyson - Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

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The Theory of Evolution, like the Theory of Gravity, is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on earth is not only solid science, in my view, it's also a soaring spiritual experience.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Halley shattered their monopoly, beating them at their own game. A game that no scientist had ever played before: Prophecy. -S01E03

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Science works on the frontier between knowledge and ignorance. We're not afraid to admit what we don't know—there's no shame in that. The only shame is to pretend that we have all the answers.

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Ibn al-Haytham was the first person ever to set down the rules of science. -S01E05

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Science is a cooperative enterprise, spanning the generations. It's the passing of a torch from teacher, to student, to teacher. A community of minds reaching back to antiquity and forward to the stars.

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