The debate [in Undeniable] was nominally about creationism as a “viable” explanation for what we observe around us. For my side, the debate went very well; I’m not sure what I would change, although I can imagine shortening my answers during the rebuttals, perhaps.
BILL NYEClimate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.
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In another couple centuries I’m sure that worldview won’t even exist. There’s no evidence for it.
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Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation or process of inference about our origin and the nature of the universe disproves creationism in every respect.
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People get a lot out of being religious. They have strong senses of community and mutual support. So, what’s not to love [there]?
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I understand that you take the Bible, as written in English, translated many many times over the last three millennia as to be a more accurate, more reasonable assessment of the natural laws we see around us than what I and everybody in here can observe. That, to me, is unsettling.
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There’s nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.
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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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The oncoming trouble I speak of is climate change. It’s going to affect all of you in the same way the Second World War consumed people of my parent’s generation.
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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder.
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Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.
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We need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.
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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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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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I’ll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders.
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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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