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When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It’s like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?

Bill Nye

Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.
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Believe Evolution Gravity
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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Kids Needs Say World
One of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.
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Drawbacks Hearing Spells
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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Best Come Humans Things Up
No matter what you may believe spiritually or otherwise, the Earth is clearly not 6,000 or 10,000 years old.
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Believe Earth Matter Spiritually Years
In another couple centuries I’m sure that worldview won’t even exist. There’s no evidence for it.
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Century Couple Evidence
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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Climate Every Day Needs
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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Belief Earth Years
I 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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Engineering School Skills
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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Challenged Creationism Discoveries Static
I meet so many people who are intimidated by arithmetic.
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Arithmetic Intimidated People
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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Entertaining Looks Teacher
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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Country Discovered Example Fission Nuclear Papers
The philosophy of science is inherent in the process. This is to say, you think critically, you draw a conclusion based on evidence, but we all pursue discovery based on our observations. That’s where science starts.
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Discovery Philosophy Thinking
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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Art Kids Math Speaking
We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.
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Literate Problem Scientific Solve

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