When you look at the universe, you realize how insignificant we are. But then you realize how significant we are, because we are the universe looking at itself.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson Contemporary

Astrophysicist, science communicator

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Interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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2014

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Humorous

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