Evolution is a theory, and it’s a theory that you can test. We’ve tested evolution in many ways. You can’t present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.
BILL NYEWithout an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I’m hopeful, but very, very concerned.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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If you just take a single human and put him or her in the forest he or she might not do very well without some sort of education which he got or she got from some tribe.
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I say to the grown-ups, ‘If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that’s completely inconsistent with everything we’ve observed in the universe that’s fine. But don’t make your kids do it.’
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Recommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective.
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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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The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.
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Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym.
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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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There 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.
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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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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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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.
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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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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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The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don’t fool with that.
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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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