A Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson
It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars.
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My social philosophy may be said to be enshrined in three words: liberty, equality and fraternity. Let no one, however, say that I have borrowed by philosophy from the French Revolution. I have not. My philosophy has roots in religion and not in political science. I have derived them from the teachings of my Master, the Buddha.
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