If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it’s game over. It’s control-alt-delete for civilization.
BILL NYEThe 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.
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I meet so many people who are intimidated by arithmetic.
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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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You run your life according to all this stuff that’s happened to you. All of your memories affect everything you do whereas with a computer, there’s adaptive software and things, but it’s more literal.
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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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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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People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.
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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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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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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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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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Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn’t, science will fix it.
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My father was a very good Boy Scout. He was very skilled with knots, and he showed me how to tie a bow tie.
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I used to play ultimate Frisbee, and I just got a reputation for making popcorn at parties. I don’t mean to brag on myself, but I make the popcorn in the pot, and it comes out fine every time.
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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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