But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they’re not as good.
BILL NYEI say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that’s completely inconsistent with the world we observe, that’s fine. But don’t make your kids do it. Because we need them.
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It fills me with joy to know that we can pursue these answers. It is an astonishing thing that we are — you and I are one of the ways the universe knows itself.
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Humor is everywhere in that there’s irony in just about anything a human does.
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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.
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Recommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective.
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I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that’s completely inconsistent with the world we observe, that’s fine. But don’t make your kids do it. Because we need them.
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There really is no such thing as race.
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The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. It’s not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs.
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If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.
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Speaking of human computers, there is a guy named Art Benjamin, he’s a human calculator. He says it’s a skill he learned as a kid. Now he’s a math professor at Harvey Mudd. He can find the square root of a six digit number in a few seconds. Practice.
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The natural world is a package deal; you don’t get to select which facts you like and which you don’t.
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The Big Bang banged, and for some reason we’re here. And that’s astonishing. And that we can understand that, that’s the most astonishing.
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If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they’ll be all over it.
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When we sit down to draw or paint the sun’s rays, we generally use yellow because in the morning and the evening with the blue light scattered away so strongly you’re left with a little bit of red and it comes out yellowish.
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