The thing about a theory in science is it allows you make predictions. Evolutionary theory allows us to predict what apples will taste good next harvest.
BILL NYEEducated women have fewer kids. And the kids they do have are better cared for and are more successful. As I like to say, it’s not one thing that we need to focus on. It’s everything all at once.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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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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Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.
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There are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as “we”; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a tapeworm.
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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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Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are in place.
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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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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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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.
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Religion is a completely different thing from the claim that the Earth is six thousand years old. That’s just crazy.
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We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.
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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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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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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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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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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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