Bill Nye, 'Science Guy,' condemns creationist influence in classrooms

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"The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old," Nye said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It's not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs."


Millions of Americans do hold those beliefs, according to a June Gallup poll that found 46 percent of Americans believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.


Nye, 56, also decried efforts in recent years by lawmakers and school boards in some states to present Bible stories as an alternative to evolution in public schools. Tennessee passed a law earlier this year that protects teachers who let students criticize evolution and other scientific theories. That echoes a Louisiana law passed in 2008 that allows teachers to introduce supplemental teaching materials in science classes.


"If we raise a generation of students who don't believe in the process of science, who think everything that we've come to know about nature and the universe can be dismissed by a few sentences translated into English from some ancient text, you're not going to continue to innovate," Nye said in a wide-ranging telephone interview.

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In the video he tells adults they can dismiss evolution, "but don't make your kids do it. Because we need them." Posted by Big Think, an online knowledge forum, the clip went viral and has 4.6 million views on YouTube. It has garnered 182,000 comments from critics and supporters.


It drew the ire of the creationism group Answers in Genesis, which built a biblically based Creation Museum in Kentucky that teaches the stories of the Old Testament and has attracted headlines for its assertion that dinosaurs roamed alongside Adam and Eve.


The group produced a response video featuring two scientists who say the Bible has the true account of Earth's origins, and that "children should be exposed to both ideas concerning our past."


Nye, who is prone to inject dry humor into scientific discussions, said Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.




"What I find troubling, when you listen to these people ... once in a while I get the impression that they're not kidding," Nye said.
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How cute that lefties are hitching their wagons to a TV personality. Well it does make sense. You guys really love that "cult of personality"
 
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"The Earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old," Nye said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It's not. And if that conflicts with your beliefs, I strongly feel you should question your beliefs."


Millions of Americans do hold those beliefs, according to a June Gallup poll that found 46 percent of Americans believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.


Nye, 56, also decried efforts in recent years by lawmakers and school boards in some states to present Bible stories as an alternative to evolution in public schools. Tennessee passed a law earlier this year that protects teachers who let students criticize evolution and other scientific theories. That echoes a Louisiana law passed in 2008 that allows teachers to introduce supplemental teaching materials in science classes.


"If we raise a generation of students who don't believe in the process of science, who think everything that we've come to know about nature and the universe can be dismissed by a few sentences translated into English from some ancient text, you're not going to continue to innovate," Nye said in a wide-ranging telephone interview.

...




In the video he tells adults they can dismiss evolution, "but don't make your kids do it. Because we need them." Posted by Big Think, an online knowledge forum, the clip went viral and has 4.6 million views on YouTube. It has garnered 182,000 comments from critics and supporters.


It drew the ire of the creationism group Answers in Genesis, which built a biblically based Creation Museum in Kentucky that teaches the stories of the Old Testament and has attracted headlines for its assertion that dinosaurs roamed alongside Adam and Eve.


The group produced a response video featuring two scientists who say the Bible has the true account of Earth's origins, and that "children should be exposed to both ideas concerning our past."


Nye, who is prone to inject dry humor into scientific discussions, said Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.




"What I find troubling, when you listen to these people ... once in a while I get the impression that they're not kidding," Nye said.
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This isn't new news. Bill Nye has been an outspoken opponent of radical conservatives, particularly in the south, who have systematically been undermining one of Americas all time greatest achievements. Universal Public Education.
 
How cute that lefties are hitching their wagons to a TV personality. Well it does make sense. You guys really love that "cult of personality"
LOL You are funny. Bill Nye happens to have a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University (one of his profs was Dr. Carl Sagan) and was a succesfull aircraft engineer with Boeing before becoming an educator. Nye has also served as a Professor at Cornell University. He may be a TV personality but, unlike you, he's actually educated and qualified to speak about science. What's your curriculum vitae?

A question for you....science when does being a scientist or an engineer like Bill Nye make one a lefty? Are you telling me that those on the right don't believe in science?
 
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LOL You are funny. Bill Nye happens to have a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University (one of his profs was Dr. Carl Sagan) and was a succesfull aircraft engineer with Boeing before becoming an educator. Nye has also served as a Professor at Cornell University. He may be a TV personality but, unlike you, he's actually educated and qualified to speak about science. What's your curriculum vitae?

A question for you....science when does being a scientist or an engineer like Bill Nye make one a lefty? Are you telling me that those on the right don't believe in science?


They hate educators, because education destroys myth and Myth is how they survive.
 
but only Baxter and a handful of extreme fundamentalist Christians actually believe the earth is 6000 years old......why even discuss it?......
 
Because the idiots want to make it part of what we teach our kids
no....nobody has ever come out and said, "let's teach kids that the earth is 6000 years old".....however, some brainless liberal fucks keep posting articles as if they had......is that because brainless liberal fucks are extremely dishonest or is it simply their ignorance.......you're a brainless liberal fuck......perhaps you can enlighten us on that......

so they call them all liberals as if that is a bad thing

and it isn't?.....
 
why do you pretend people are not seeking to have creation taught as science?

completely different question......one can believe the universe was created by God without believing it was done 6000 years ago.....by the way, it isn't a matter of teaching creation as science, the secular beliefs regarding the origin of the universe and the origin of life are no more "science" than Genesis 1 is........its a question of teaching two competing beliefs regarding the origin of the universe......
 
there are way more than two huh?

science is not world religions.


teach it in world religions with all other religious belief.

There is a reason the religious don't want that to happen
 
there are way more than two huh?

science is not world religions.


teach it in world religions with all other religious belief.

There is a reason the religious don't want that to happen

well, of the six largest religions in the world (which comprise around 95% of all people), three believe that YHWH created the universe - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam......one believes that the universe has always existed and always will - Hindus.......Buddhists, if I recall have no specific position on origin....and the last, secular humanism, believes shit just happens.....is there a significant number of people that believe in a third alternative you wish to add?......
 
there are many alternative views .

the number of people who believe a myth doesn't give the myth any basis in facts does it?
 
teaching all the worlds religions is the only way I would allow creationism into our school system
 
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