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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The passion and beauty and joy of science is that we humans have invented a process to understand the universe in a way that is true for everyone. We are finding universal truths.

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To exclude kids in formal education from science is bad for everybody.

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Please, you don't want to raise a generation of science students who don't understand how we know our place in the cosmos, who don't understand natural law.

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The problem is we have this thin atmosphere and a lot of people trying to breathe it. It's this thinness of the atmosphere that has allowed humankind to accidentally change the climate of the planet.

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Change the world - even if ever so slightly - is my goal.

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What we want to do is not just less, but do more for less. I want the United States to lead the world in this. The more we mess around with this denial, the more we lose.

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Nature is bottom up. It's compelling and complex, and it fills me with joy and it's inconsistent with the top down view.

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The Earth is just a speck of sand in the universe. And there's no cavalry coming over the hill to rescue it.

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There are major issues that people - as taxpayers and voters - will have to make informed decisions on in the near future. They will need to understand the science and the ethical considerations to form their opinions. Some of these are issues that will affect humanity for decades to come.

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The comet is a kind of astronomical parody on the planet. Comets look some like planets, but they are thinner and do not hurt so hard when they hit anybody as a planet does. The comet was so called because it had hair on it, I believe, but late years the bald-headed comet is giving just as good satisfaction everywhere.

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I can be educational, but if I'm not funny and entertaining, too, who's going to come and listen to me or watch me on TV.

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Global climate change is a big deal to me. We need to change our ways.

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The Earth has never warmed this fast. We need to see how much we can change the world in the next 20 years.

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I will assert that U.S. economic growth is in lockstep with science and technology and, by extension, science education.

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I just want to remind us all there are billions of people in the world who are deeply religious, who get enriched by the wonderful sense of community by their religion. But these same people do not embrace the extraordinary view that the Earth is somehow only 6,000 years old.

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Half the humans are women, so I think half the scientists should be women - a legacy of my parents.

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I encourage you to look at the world around you and think about how it works. My friends, you can go forth and make this world a better place.

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Everything you can touch and depend on in our society goes back to science.

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I'm an educator. You do what you have to do to get what you are saying across, and if that means being funny, that's what I do.

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Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently. 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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Without clouds we wouldn't have rain. Without rain there is no water, no crops and no food for you and me. Humans would not exist without the sun, heat, water and oxygen from plants.

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I don't want people memorizing the planets or counting how many plants there are in the world. But I want them to know that the world is 4.56 billion years old, and I want them to know how we know it is 4.56 billion years old. It's wonderful and exciting, and it creates a reverence for nature. When I see people reject all that, it's kind of creepy.

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We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.

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Carbon dioxide has never entered the atmosphere so fast. In 1976 the carbon dioxide level was at 0.03 percent. We've lived through a change to 0.04 percent.

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