One of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.
BILL NYEOne of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.
BILL NYEWe need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.
BILL NYEHard to find anything lovelier than a tree. They grow at right angles to a tangent of the nominal sphere of the Earth.
BILL NYENo matter what you may believe spiritually or otherwise, the Earth is clearly not 6,000 or 10,000 years old.
BILL NYEWinter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.
BILL NYEThis 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.
BILL NYEI always say when you see that old black-and-white footage of the rocket on the launch pad and it falls over and explodes, that’s because people had slide rules. Not having the decimal point is a real drawback. You want the decimal point, take it from me.
BILL NYENot wasting any water bottles is good. Not leaving the lights on is good. Turning the thermostat down in the winter, up in the summer, is good. But the best thing any of us in the developed world, especially in the United States, can be doing is talking about it.
BILL NYEI feel that I’ve often pointed out that there are countless aspects of life and nature that scientists and scientific thinkers cannot explain.
BILL NYEI want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.
BILL NYEThere 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.
BILL NYEAlong 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.
BILL NYEThere’s nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.
BILL NYEWe need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.
BILL NYEPeople and stars are made of the same stuff.
BILL NYEI 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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