Chimpanzees are an evolutionary hair's-width from us.... Now imagine a species on Earth, or anywhere else, as smart compared with humans as humans are compared with chimpanzees. How much of the universe might they figure out?
(Death by Black Hole, 2007)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all? The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. Science is something to be proud of, it allows us to understand the world inspite of ourselves.
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