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?
BILL NYEThe most serious problem facing humankind is climate change.
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Apparently there is redundancy in memory: You store the same memory in different parts of your brain for accessing at different speeds. That speed would depend on the frequency of use and the importance of the knowledge.
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The world’s going to change climatically. We just want to control the change. We want to have a high quality of life for billions of people as we pass through this era.
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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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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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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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We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.
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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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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.
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One of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.
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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 speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.
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But 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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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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Also, we have a strange situation where we have malnourished fat people. It’s not that we need more food. It’s that we need to manage our food system better.
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