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I'll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders. We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.
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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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Human anatomy is either general, specific, topographical or surgical. These terms do not imply the dissection and anatomy of generals, specialists, topographers and surgeons, as they might seem to imply, but really mean something else. I would explain here what they actually do mean if I had more room and knew enough to do it.
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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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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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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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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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People like to grab stuff, hold things in their hands and make things happen. Children's museums are ideal for these kinds of things. There's nothing more fun, to me.
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If we found life on Mars, it would change everybody's view of our place in space.
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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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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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Everything you can touch and depend on in our society goes back to science.
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It will take more time for the change we have to effect, but we don't have more time. The carbon dioxide on Earth, just in the last four years, has increased from.03 percent to.04 percent. And the change will have a significant impact on everyone.
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The single biggest impact a person can have on the Earth is driving a car, either driving a fuel-efficient car or just driving it less.
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To exclude kids in formal education from science is bad for everybody.
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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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The invention process is a great exercise for kids. It compels them to define an actual problem, formulate an original solution, develop a product, and share the results or products with their friends and peers.
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I went to Monsanto, and I spent a lot of time with the scientists there, and I have revised my outlook, and I'm very excited about telling the world. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.
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When you compare Mars to Earth, and Venus to Earth, you can see the problem [earthlings face]. We do not want to become Venus.
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Change the world - even if ever so slightly - is my goal.
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If I were the king of the forest, and I'm not, we would have more astronomy.
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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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I say to the grownups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it.'
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When people, some of them very intellectual, claim that evolution is not true, I get a little nervous.
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November 27, 1955
(age 68)
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William Sanford "Bill" Nye, popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer.
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