Sure, it’s really easy to be nihilistic about the state of the world these days. But you know what’s good for squelching that feeling? Watching Neil deGrasse Tyson get down on the floor of a basketball court at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and tell a first grader in an EINSTEIN T-SHIRT AND PIGTAILS about how exploring the world around her is going to make her an awesome scientist. I think my heart just grew three sizes, but I will have to do some experiments to be sure.

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