NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: I think if people learn something that empowers them, empowers their decision making, empowers their outlook on life, then I think you can reignite the flames of curiosity that burn within them. NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: Another goal is perhaps science classes– one of them should be swapped out for a class where you learn how and why science works. ALISON BEARD: That was the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.