Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
"The atoms and molecules in your body are traceable to the crucibles in the centers of stars that manufacture these elements over its life span, went unstable, on death, exploding its enriched guts across the galaxy scattering it in to gas clouds that would ultimately collapse and make a star and have the right ingredients to make planets and people. Which means we are part of this universe. As I've said many times and this goes back, not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us."
I chose this quote because it's such a profound statement. It's hard to wrap my mind around this idea that we are a part of something so grand alone, but adding in the fact, that very thing is also a part of us. The stars that seem so constant and distant, aren't. It conflicts with my beliefs and what I see on a daily basis. That's whats so fascinating, most of us go through life not knowing much about the astrophysics because it's hard to connect whats "out there" to the world we live in, but the universe is, somewhat our world. This far away world is exploding and changing and creating. It's hard to articulate the thoughts this quote provoked because it's difficult to just think about it. It makes me think about the world, and how we don't truly know what we're seeing. The grass we step on hasn't just grown magically, it came from somewhere. There's so much we don't know and we as a people will never understand everything. It's somewhat frustrating to not understand how the nature we see on a daily basis, works and comes together. This quote is such a small part of the world I don't know and it'd be interesting to begin "decreasing my ignorance" and to be a part of the future.