Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. If one’s faith requires one to abandon or ignore natural laws, well, that person is going to have trouble reconciling religion and science. Otherwise, there is no any conflict.
BILL NYENASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world’s premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently.
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The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.
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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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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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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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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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We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.
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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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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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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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Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers – cut it out, and let’s get to work.
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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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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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I feel that I’ve often pointed out that there are countless aspects of life and nature that scientists and scientific thinkers cannot explain.
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