Religion is a completely different thing from the claim that the Earth is six thousand years old. That’s just crazy.
BILL NYERecommending or insisting on abstinence has been completely ineffective.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.
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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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That’s what makes a human a human, if we store information outside our bodies.
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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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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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Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.
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I always say when you see that old black-and-white footage of the rocket on the launch pad and it falls over and explodes, that’s because people had slide rules. Not having the decimal point is a real drawback. You want the decimal point, take it from me.
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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.
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We need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.
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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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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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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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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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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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