How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?
BILL NYEFor me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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There really is no such thing as race. We all came from Africa. We are all of the same stardust. We are all going to live and die on the same planet, a Pale Blue Dot in the vastness of space. We have to work together.
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SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.
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But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they’re not as good.
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The future of commerce is going to be all electronic. The gold standard was a fine idea, but electronic changes of funds and credits will be the future.
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Along with the evidence of common sense, researchers have proven scientifically that humans are all one people. We’re a lot like dogs in that regard. If a Great Dane interacts (can we say interact?) with a Chihuahua, you get a dog.
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I am so old, I entered engineering school with a slide rule. And I left engineering school with a calculator. I can still use a slide rule but it’s not a skill you especially need anymore.
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For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
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If you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. Youre not paying attention to whats happening in the universe around you.
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We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.
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Also, we have a strange situation where we have malnourished fat people. It’s not that we need more food. It’s that we need to manage our food system better.
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There really is no such thing as race.
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This is in stark contrast to creationism, which offers a static view of the world, one that cannot be challenged or tested with reason. And because it cannot make predictions, it cannot lead to new discoveries, new medicines, or new ways to feed all of us.
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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.
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