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.
BILL NYEBut investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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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 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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One of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.
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Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn’t, science will fix it.
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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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If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it’s game over. It’s control-alt-delete for civilization.
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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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Talk about science with everyone you meet. Especially talk about climate change. It needs to become a part of our everyday conversation (the way it is everywhere else in the world).
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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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People and stars are made of the same stuff.
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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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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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How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society?
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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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We need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.
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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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In another couple centuries I’m sure that worldview won’t even exist. There’s no evidence for it.
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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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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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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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We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.
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Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently.
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It fills me with joy to know that we can pursue these answers. It is an astonishing thing that we are — you and I are one of the ways the universe knows itself.
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Along with the evidence of common sense, researchers have proven scientifically that humans are all one people. We’re a lot like dogs in that regard. If a Great Dane interacts (can we say interact?) with a Chihuahua, you get a dog.
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I tell personal stories associated with aspects of the theory, and I hope they are interesting and compelling. I don’t feel you’re going to change a grownup’s mind in one reading. People have to be exposed to scientific ideas over and over again for years. It’s also not a textbook.
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The oncoming trouble I speak of is climate change. It’s going to affect all of you in the same way the Second World War consumed people of my parent’s generation.
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