I stand by my assertions that although you can know what happens to any individual species that you modify, you cannot be certain what will happen to the ecosystem.
BILL NYEThink how fortunate we are to know this much. But think also of all that’s yet to be discovered. Here’s hoping the deep answers to the deep questions-from the nature of consciousness to the origin of life-will be found in not too much more time.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.
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Talk about science with everyone you meet. Especially talk about climate change. It needs to become a part of our everyday conversation (the way it is everywhere else in the world).
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Recommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective.
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Think how fortunate we are to know this much. But think also of all that’s yet to be discovered. Here’s hoping the deep answers to the deep questions-from the nature of consciousness to the origin of life-will be found in not too much more time.
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Nuclear fission wasn’t discovered until long after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace published their original books and papers, for example.
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Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. The key to our being here now is time, 4.54 billion (Earth) years of time.
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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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Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.
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I 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.
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How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?
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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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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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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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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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People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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