Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation or process of inference about our origin and the nature of the universe disproves creationism in every respect.
BILL NYEThere are just two people entitled to refer to themselves as “we”; one is the editor and the other is the fellow with a tapeworm.
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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Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. The key to our being here now is time, 4.54 billion (Earth) years of time.
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I abandoned my religious teachings after I read the Bible twice – cover to cover. It took me a couple of years.
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The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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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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If you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. Youre not paying attention to whats happening in the universe around you.
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I hope next generation will emerge and produce technology, regulations, and a worldview that enable as many of us as possible to live happy healthy lives.
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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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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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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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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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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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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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We should educate more women and girls. Because that is the surest route to controllably, manageably reducing the human population.
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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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