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The quote says that a strong philosophy should stay open to new evidence and new ideas. If your beliefs never get challenged, you may be missing much of what the world can teach you.
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About Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University, and has been director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City since 1996. He was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University from 1991 to 1994, then joined the planetarium as a staff scientist and also taught at Princeton as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. At the American Museum of Natural History, he founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate there since 2003.
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Books by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
2017
Letters from an Astrophysicist
2020
Origins
2004
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The Pluto Files
2008