Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
BILL NYEBut as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they’re not as good.
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The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.
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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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There’s nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.
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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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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. All of these people breathing and burning our atmosphere has led to an extraordinarily dangerous situation.
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Not wasting any water bottles is good. Not leaving the lights on is good. Turning the thermostat down in the winter, up in the summer, is good. But the best thing any of us in the developed world, especially in the United States, can be doing is talking about it.
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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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Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder.
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If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it’s game over. It’s control-alt-delete for civilization.
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Humor is everywhere in that there’s irony in just about anything a human does.
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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?
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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 Big Bang banged, and for some reason we’re here. And that’s astonishing. And that we can understand that, that’s the most astonishing.
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If you decide to become a dancer on Broadway, never say who your favorite dance partner is, because members of the media will presume you never want to dance with anybody else.
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When we explore the cosmos, we come to believe and prove that we can solve problems that have never been solved. It brings out the best in us. Space exploration imbues everyone with an optimistic view of the future.
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