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Title: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Authors: Neil deGrasse Tyson Category:#books Number of Highlights: 3 Date: 2022-07-17 Last Highlighted: 2020-05-17
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In other words, after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion. (273)
Science is not just about seeing, it’s about measuring, preferably with something that’s not your own eyes, which are inextricably conjoined with the baggage of your brain. That baggage is more often than not a satchel of preconceived ideas, post-conceived notions, and outright bias. (617)
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Indeed, upon learning of a 1931 book entitled One Hundred Authors Against Einstein,†† he responded that if he were wrong, then only one would have been enough. (682)
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